[Krystal] We not together no more. We gotta learn how to deal with each other.
- Whatever, Krys.
I just wanna thank all y'all for showing up,
this the one year of Gods of Ink.
[all cheering]
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa...
who's that?
You looked at me crazy.
- [bleep]... - He introduced himself!
You're so caught up in the relationship aspect,
we gotta learn how to co-exist.
- Nah, but-- of course--
- Stop romanticizing me.
- I'm more pushing forward
and making something positive happen,
but I gotta have employees
and people that's really down
to wanna be there.
[Puma] If everybody's down,
we can keep this platform going
and make it another ten.
♪♪♪♪
We have to create our own legacy.
We throw a mixer
where we invite a bunch of different artists
that wanna work for the Black Ink brand.
- Whatever help you need,
I'll be there to support you, bro.
- ♪♪ Better hold on ♪♪ ♪♪ I'm a trailblazer ♪♪
♪♪ Get outta my way ♪♪
♪♪ I don't need anything 'cause ♪♪
[Nychelle] So cute, girl. With the grass on the walls,
you know the food's gonna be good.
- I love a place that gives a good vibe, girl.
And I need it.
[deep breath]
- How you been? - I've been okay.
Like, I'm happy to be back home,
but coming out here thinking there was something...
- A foundation to...
- Concrete. - Yeah.
- After Ted walked out during this dinner meeting...
- I'm gonna fight for what the [bleep] I built forever.
- Okay, so there's no reason for you to be here then.
- I thought this whole [bleep] was done.
It's been rough not knowing where I'm gonna land,
and just having to guest spot all over the city.
I came out here to be a part of something much bigger
than myself, and I still wanna do that.
- But at least Puma wants to meet with us,
fill us in, let us know what's going on.
- So when Puma reached out to meet up with me
and Nychelle today, I honestly was
looking forward to some good news.
What about you?
- I'm still tryna figure it out.
But I've been trying to focus on myself,
and maybe go on a few dates.
- With who?
- With Alex. - Mm-hmm.
[laughter]
- He actually came to Dallas
to see me when I went back... - Oh, so we takin' trips.
- Yeah, he took a trip for me, girl.
At first, I wasn't feeling Alex.
But then we started vibing at the Orlando trip.
[indistinct chatter]
That's nice? Looks good?
- A little... whoo!
- Alex isn't really what you would expect
from someone called The Vagina Slayer.
We've bene having a lot of fun, and it's a great distraction
while we wait for Puma to get it together.
- ♪♪ Big moves, big moves, big moves ♪♪
♪♪ Big big moves, I'm really that guy ♪♪
♪♪ No, I ain't no small fry ♪♪
- Since my conversation with Ted,
I've been full steam ahead.
I made up some flyers and different things
to put out on social media, and I have a lot
of great potential artists for the mixer.
I just wanna make sure that Nychelle and Draya
are still on board with everything
that I got going on right now.
I appreciate you guys, you know, taking your time out
and seeing me again, I know the energy
at the dinner was a little much.
- I mean, just seeing Ted storm out like that...
- I ain't gonna lie, man, it was a little heavy.
- I was a little nervous. - Yeah, I mean,
Ted has been the one that's been, honestly,
dealing with it the most, 'cause you know,
Ceaser's his family, yeah, you know?
But me and Ted had a talk,
we're good, we're gonna push forward.
- Ted's good? Ted's good to go?
- Yeah, me and Ted are good, yeah.
- I'm so happy to hear that Ted and Puma
hashed out their differences.
I still have my reservations,
but I said I was in,
and I'm gonna do everything I can to keep this going.
So what's this mixer you was texting us about?
- Yeah, I'm gonna put together like, a mixer.
Yeah, it's gonna be cool.
I put like, an open invite
to mad tattoo artists, you know?
And whoever bit, bit.
- You had like, a scouting process...
[overlapping chatter]
- Well, this is where you guys come into play, right?
Because I know that when people are doing a job interview,
they're gonna act all accordingly with the boss.
So I'd rather you guys see how they really act.
I wanna know how... - Okay.
- ...you guys feel, and then you guys
will let me and Ted know how y'all feel.
And then we can start the process
of finding the right crew.
It's all about the next generation, you know...
- So coachable people, almost.
- Coachable people, that's the right word.
The mixer's for me and Ted to check out
potential artists for our new shop,
and see if these people have what it takes
to be part of the Black Ink crew.
My ideal situation for this shop
is to find a nice balance between old crew and new crew,
and to have some really dope artists
with some great personalities.
- Yes, I love it.
Got your back, Puma. Got your back, always.
- Right, we gonna let 'em... - She ready
to Venom out, huh, look, she did the little Venom out.
[laughter]
[Puma] Oh, Lord, man.
- ♪♪ Life is a test, gotta learn from your steps ♪♪
♪♪ Be ready next, there's a thin line ♪♪
♪♪ Between failure and success ♪♪
- Oh, you was a hater.
Ah, my boy Rokky.
- What's good, man? - My man!
- Ah, a little something-something,
what's good with you, you chillin'?
I got [bleep] drinky-drink.
Got you a little shot.
Get you warmed up,
before I whoop your ass in some pool.
So I invited Rok out tonight because I haven't
reached out to him since the bowling date.
- I'm freshly single,
I'm new to the market and all that.
- And Rok has a tendency to regress.
So I wanted to kinda check on him ever since,
you know, him and Krystal have split.
How you doing, everything been good
since bowling?
- Since bowling, bro,
I've been alright, man...
- That was a good little opener?
- It was a experience I needed.
Yeah, I'm back in my groove, man.
- You sure? - Yeah, yeah, man.
- 'Cause clearly, y'all see each other every day.
How has that been?
- Honestly, bro,
it's [bleep] a headache sometimes.
But we had a sit-down, and I apologized to her
for flipping out 'cause even though she did wrong,
I felt like I did wrong too.
And before all this [bleep],
we was friends, so I'm just trying
to see if we can build as friends.
No personal [bleep].
We're just business partners, and exes.
- Strictly. - Strictly.
- You're on the path to being a bachelor.
- What, you never heard of the "The Bachelor" show
featuring Rok?
♪♪♪♪
[Alex] Actually, I haven't.
- It's pretty crazy. - Is it?
- You could be a guest judge and all that,
help me pick these ladies out and all that.
- Oh, I'm honored.
- I'm still working on getting over
the whole Krystal thing,
honestly, I was heartbroken.
But right now, all I know is,
I'm a good-looking guy,
I'm a co owner of a business,
and I'm single.
I'm about to live life, baby.
But what's up with you, man?
- Me and Nychelle, we, you know,
we was rapping, all that.
I went out to Dallas to go kick it with her.
She showed me around and [bleep].
- Oh [bleep], to her spot?
- Yeah, I went to her neck of the woods.
- Y'all feeling like a little connection?
- I'm getting to know her. She's a vibe.
- She's a vibe. - But we also set
some boundaries, I had to let her know, like,
listen, I don't plan on getting into nothing serious.
She said, hey, I'm not looking for nothing serious either.
- That's even better. - So I'm like, oh,
that's perfect, we're good.
I literally just got out of damn near
four-year relationship, I want to get out
and explore some more.
I'm young, fine,
sexy, single, so why not be
fun, sexy, single together, you feel me?
- So when you planning on seeing her again?
- We got this little mixer
that Teddy and Puma, they got going on.
I'll see her then.
- A mixer? - Yep.
It's like, you know, a bunch of prospects.
- So Puma's bringing in some new cats
to chill with the big dogs.
- So hopefully, it works out.
A'ight, enough talking [bleep].
Let's get to the game.
- You breaking? - Know how to break?
- I know how to break, man. - A'ight, break, break.
- I've been on a couple breaks here and there, man.
- Do your thing, show me a little something-something.
- Time to take your money.
- Scratch. [laughter]
♪♪♪♪
[Puma] It's about pushing the culture forward.
We have to keep going.
There's a whole nother generation
of young, Black tattoo artists.
You gotta keep building the next people up, bruh.
I'm not gonna lie, this train ain't stoppin'.
[Ceaser] We ain't that small shop
on 113th no more.
[Puma] Tonight's the night, people.
I put on a lotta Puma production,
but this is the one.
And with Ted's support...
- Hey, brother. - Hey, bruh.
...I feel like we got a good thing going, people.
- I wanna see a future for what we started.
And what happened with Ceas is definitely not the way
this platform should end, we have a lot more work to do.
[Puma] Ready to meet these artists?
- It feels like day one.
- Yep. - All over again, bro.
[Puma] I found ten potential artists
that might be perfect for the new shop.
- I'm from Brooklyn, so you know I have to represent.
- Oh, God, he's from Brooklyn, girl.
- Wait, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on...
- He told you he was from Brooklyn!
- I'm not at a point where I wanna go back,
so there's no reason to have this.
[Krystal] I can't keep Rok's brand on me anymore.
- We can dance and play,
and take more shots!
[all chattering, cheering]
- Hey! Hey!
- Oh, okay, that's what's up.
Y'all look good.
♪♪♪♪
- If you build it...
them mother[bleep] will come.
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ No backing off, ready to set it off ♪♪
- Tonight is our new artists mixer.
Now, I know people act a little different
when the big boss is around,
so me and Ted are gonna come fashionably late
and let Nychelle, Alex, and Draya
check out the artists for themselves.
We're looking for some new energy, man.
The new vibration.
Now, all these artists have great work,
but it's not just about the work,
it's about the vibe, baby.
We wanna make sure that we got the right people
to help us build this Black Ink legacy
from the ground up.
Just call me Willy Wonka,
'cause these kids, they got the golden ticket.
The new artists should be arriving right about now.
- Let's do this.
♪♪♪♪
[man] Wow, I like this, this is smooth.
Made Rich up in this bitch.
- ♪♪ Trust that a million dollars up ♪♪
♪♪ Me, my passport stamps and my karma's up ♪♪
♪♪ Gotta get it right now before the time is up ♪♪
- This mother[bleep] is nice.
- Hello, how y'all doing? - Hey, what's up?
- ♪♪ They told me take my time 'cause I'm so impatient ♪♪
♪♪ Can never stop my shine, I got the motivation ♪♪
- You're about to see "Novacane" tonight,
Jahnova done walked out the door.
We about to get it mother[bleep] popping in this bitch.
- What's your name? - Drea.
- Drea, I'm Kevo.
- ♪♪ From the top of the sun, they be talkin' about us ♪♪
♪♪ Remember when we used to hop on the train and the bus ♪♪
♪♪ Can't stop, we done came so far ♪♪
[woman] I'm sitting on the toilet, I open up my DM,
and there's a flyer sitting there.
Certain things come knocking on your door,
and you gotta be willing to open that door.
- Oh, [bleep]. - Who the [bleep] is that?
- Miracle. - Hey, girl!
[overlapping chatter]
- Hey, what's happening? Y'all got drinks?
[overlapping greetings]
- ♪♪ Can't stop, we done came so far ♪♪
♪♪ Can't quit, we done came so [bleep] far ♪♪
♪♪ Can't lie, we done came so far ♪♪
- Cheers. To new friends.
- Cheers to new friends, or enemies.
[slurping]
- What y'all want?
- We looking for a game to whoop your ass in.
- We can play this game. - It's an icebreaker--
- It's not, but we get to know each other.
[overlapping chatter]
And am I just gonna be the host
and I'ma host the cards? I'm with that.
- Yes, you're zaddy, you're reading.
- What's the best thing about the opposite gender?
I'ma ask you. - I mean, what can I say?
Y'all mother[bleep] got three legs.
Hey, my name is Jahnova,
I'm from Sacramento, California,
and I've been tattooing for two years.
I bring the fire.
I'm talented, I'm gonna [bleep] go all in.
People think I'm sweet and kind,
but I'm really a [bleep] bitch.
- Honestly... - I'ma be nosy.
What y'all talking about?
Two years.
- Where you from? - I live in Dallas.
Yeah, where you from?
[overlapping chatter]
- But how you just gonna... [chatter continues]
How you just gonna come over here, and I was...
- Take over the whole conversation?
That's what I do. What's good, my name's Drea.
I'm from Dallas, Texas,
and I've been a tattoo artist for two years.
Being a tattoo artists feels so, like, authentic.
It lets me be myself.
It's like, the best of the best
really go to Black Ink, so it's like,
I'm the best, so it's like, I fit right in, you know?
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ I'm outta control ♪♪
- Damn! Look at the lights.
- Hey, y'all. - Aw, y'all snuck in.
- How you doing?
-♪♪ All eyes on me, yeah ♪♪
♪♪ I've been off my leash ♪♪
♪♪ I'ma need my things soon ♪♪
♪♪ 'Cause I walk to my own beat ♪♪
[overlapping chatter]
- ...but my work shows for itself.
- You gonna have to show me.
- We gotta swap. Wanna do it now?
Okay, let's do it, let's swap.
- Oh, [bleep], let Trilla in the door.
Oh, [bleep].
What's up, y'all? How y'all doing? What's good?
[overlapping chatter]
-♪♪ The power, everything got devoured ♪♪
♪♪ It was your time, now it's ours ♪♪
- Ta-da!
The Casanova has arrived.
Oh, this legit.
I ain't about to get kidnapped, you know?
- What thing are you most scared to tell your parents?
- Mmm! - I mean, I ain't afraid
to tell her no more, I guess my first thing
was to tell her that I was poly.
- You got two bitches? - Not right now,
I don't got no bitches right now.
- So you're mono. - [laughs] Yes.
It's your boy Ink Dreamy,
I'm here from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
and I've been tattooing for five years.
I'm color blind, but knowing how shade works
and values change, I just try to put in
the in-between grounds.
I'm really gonna be a part of
the pioneering crew moving forward because,
you know, now Dream's here,
now Dream's here to shake [bleep] up.
- Look at you, I love dual flowers too.
- Look at my [bleep] butterfly.
- Listen, and I freehanded those.
- You lying. - Swear to God.
What's up, y'all, my name's Liza.
I am 26 years old, I'm a tattooer
out of Phoenix, Arizona,
and I've been doing it for two years.
AMH and I went on this bowling date
with Alex and Rok.
- How long are y'all in town for?
- Little while. - Little while, little while.
- So y'all need to be here
just long enough for us to link up again.
- We can do that.
[Liza] And Alex had told me
that there was this mixer going on,
so I said, [bleep] it, I'ma go.
I got that oomph,
that spark, that new [bleep]
that they're looking for.
I feel like I'm better that mother[bleep],
and I'ma speak on that, so...
[Jahnova] I ate this morning.
- Hey, sis, you do the split in the tongue and [bleep]?
- I want to start doing that stuff.
...and the first time I met her, yo,
when she opened up her mouth,
and her [bleep] tongue was split,
I said, check please!
[laughter]
- Rock that [bleep]!
Doop-doop-doop-doop-doop.
I'm Miracle,
I've been piercing for three years,
and I'm from Nashville.
I wanna make sure that piercing's on the map,
that piercing's taken a lot more seriously
and you don't get a lot of pretty girls
that like to pierce nowadays,
it's mostly grown men with beards.
Hey, you ain't let her try it on you?
- [bleep] no, I was scared.
- I would've put some black into that
just to create the d-- 'cause you've done
so much beautiful color, and now it's like, you gotta push it.
- My name is AMH,
I have been tattooing for five years,
and I am from Indianapolis, Indiana.
I specialize in color work.
People have seen my work before and not believed that I did it.
So I have an agenda to prove
that we are the [bleep] because we're good,
you know what I mean, and not just because I have a vagina,
which I guess that makes me kinda tight as well.
- Yo!
Who is that?
- Hi, y'all, how are y'all?
[overlapping chatter]
Yeah...
Nice to meet you.
[Nychelle] When Puma asked me to be his eyes and ears
at the mixer, I was down for it.
We gotta find the next generation of artists
for "Black Ink Crew."
And it's imperative that we find the right people
so we can keep the legacy alive for everyone.
How you feeling? - I'm feeling good.
Got a little grapefruit juice in me.
- Okay, with a little something else in there?
- Nope, just grapefruit. - Just grapefruit juice?
- I'm Made Rich, I've been tattooing for 15 years.
I'm from Queens, NY.
I like to do everything,
whether it's black and grey,
color, I enjoy a challenge.
Who else would you go to but me?
I'm probably the city's most valuable player.
- Well, what're we doing?
- We're doing portfolio judging.
- Right, let me see. - I'm an artist too,
so, you know, I do a lotta things,
but this is an endeavor that I always wanted to do.
- I love that, bro. Whose is this right here?
- That should not be in nobody's portfolio.
- It's not easy tattooing hands that small
and making them look good.
Ink Dreamy got talent.
You had a hard canvas, it was scarred, bro.
Whose is this?
- That's me.
- I'm sorry... - We uplift.
Damn, y'all are rude.
Black Ink artists are supposed to uplift each other,
not tear each other down.
That's a big minus in my book.
Okay, who else wanted to show their stuff?
- Are you a tattoo artist? - Of course.
I don't have to, I'm already an artist.
- She didn't bring a portfolio.
[Liza] What the [bleep]?
I don't know you from a can of paint,
you gonna judge my work?
That's [bleep] crazy.
- ♪♪ Hey, we kickin' it ♪♪ - Oh, that's Alex.
Look, hello! Good to see you again.
- It's good to see you.
My job here today is to check out the vibes
and really see what everybody is really like.
- I got a question real quick. Who the [bleep] is shorty?
- That's what I was about to say.
- The one that's judging everybody...
- So I asked her if her work was bomb,
we all show portfolios, can I see your work?
- Who is this bitch?
And somebody come and get her,
please, because I'm about to.
- Hold up, guys, we're gonna find out right now.
- I've been thinking like, what the hell am I
about to do with this?
Need to get this [bleep] off of me.
- It's the point of no return.
- Would I ever get back with Rok, wait...
[laughter]
- Since you acting like you don't have a portfolio...
[overlapping chatter]
- Yeah, we wanna see. - Hold on, hold on.
I'm not here trying to get a spot,
where's your portfolio?
♪♪♪♪
[AMH] Who the [bleep] is shorty?
The one that's judging everybody.
- I need to see her-- hold up.
- We're all tattoo artist, right?
We all show portfolios.
- Can I see your portfolio?
- My [bleep] nice, and I don't want
a mother[bleep] judging me that I'm eating alive.
[overlapping chatter]
- Yo, yo, yo,
y'all wanna see her portfolio?
- Oh, wait, hold on, mama, give me my phone.
These girls are going overboard.
Clearly, they think I'm an invitee,
and this type of hostility is not something
I wanna see from a member of this crew.
I'm humble as hell. I'm from Texas,
y'all ain't know me.
- So you tattoo out of Houston? To Black Ink Houston...
- I'm here, I'm here in New York.
- Oh, Black Ink New York.
- Yeah, I'm just here to meet y'all...
- So you're doing work for Black Ink right now?
- Yeah. I'm new to the crew,
so I understand if they don't know who I am.
But a good artist always know where they stand,
and if you doubt your own skills,
you'll always be looking over your own shoulder.
- ♪♪ Break it, roll it, light it up ♪♪
♪♪ And pass it around ♪♪
- Hey!
Looking cute.
[AMH] Oh, [bleep], that's Draya.
- Hey, bad bitch alert.
The best way to get to know somebody
is to cut loose and have some drinks.
And quite honestly, I need some fun,
so I'm looking forward to this tonight.
[overlapping chatter]
- Dressed for Halloween, I'ma call you Mr. Bones.
- My name is Trilla Casanova, but I like Mr. Bones.
- You said who? - Trilla Casanova.
What's good, y'all, it's Trilla Casanova,
I'm from Brooklyn, New York,
and I just started as a tattoo artist.
I like to express myself however I feel,
even if that's painting on a building.
Which I won't do 'cause that's illegal in New York.
Everybody else might have different experiences
and different experience levels,
but nobody doing it like Trilla Casanova.
I'm a star, I'ma shine forever.
Lemme do my walk, hold on, hold on...
- Hold on, do your walk, Mr. Bones.
Okay!
[overlapping chatter]
I like him, he's got personality.
Trilla has a dope-ass personality,
he seems like a fun guy to hang around all day,
so I like him.
- I'm from Brooklyn, so you know I had to represent.
- Oh, God, he's from Brooklyn, girl.
- Wait, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on...
- He told you he was from Brooklyn, bitch!
[Draya] I'm a Bronx girl, and Bronx girls just
don't [bleep] with people from Brooklyn.
That's harsh.
- What're you saying too harsh on?
- When you see a shadow in nature,
it's soft, I can see lines,
I can see patches.
- It healed up good though. - I'm sure.
- Yo, what's going on, my name is Ink Me Up Kevo,
and I'm from Clinton, Maryland.
I've been tattooing for five years.
I'm versatile, you know, I can do anything
when it comes to this tattooing.
I'm a beast.
I am the missing link
of Black Ink, yeah, that's me.
- You could never beat me in a tattoo competition.
- I definitely can, I definitely can.
- A hurt male ego. - My ego's not hurt.
I'm just very confident in myself.
- Here comes this loud and wrong-ass Kevo.
Some people, they're just better
when they keep their mouths shut.
- So I'm new in New York.
I came here with $500.
- Where you from, Baltimore? - Baltimore.
- I was born in Charleston.
- You lying!
Balti-mother[bleep]-more! - Yeah. [laughter]
- I'm Santana, I'm from Baltimore, Maryland.
And I've been tattooing about four years.
I'm a little rough around the edges,
I get fire from every [bleep],
but I'm one of them type of people once you get
to know me, you're going to love me.
You just have to give me a chance.
What you see here is strictly like, line work and [bleep]--
- Beautiful, look at that.
- I take what come th-- what come through the door.
- Okay, I feel that. - I ain't there yet
where I can dictate... - But that's good though.
- Santana's a wild little thing.
She got skills, and you can tell she'll scrap if she has to.
- You not gonna put me on the spot.
[laughter]
- I wanna know who the Vagina Slayer
think is pretty. - [bleep].
- Listen, don't get yourself
caught in a web that you can't get out of.
Jahnova is definitely an alpha personality.
She gives off the next Sky.
I don't really know if that's good or bad,
but it's giving.
- This is Drea.
- We got a different spelling, though,
so you get a pass.
- Drea's a little spicy,
but you know, that's cute or whatever.
Either way, there's only room for one Draya
to give out passes tonight, and it's not her.
[Nychelle] So you went through apprenticeship...
- Yes, I got my game from Miya Bailey.
- That's real. - That's a real [bleep].
- Miya Bailey is the founding father
of the urban ink scene.
He opened the first Black owned tattoo shop
in Atlanta, Georgia, paving the way
for minority artists to have opportunities
in the tattoo community.
- I'm very thankful to be here,
I'm so proud of all y'all in here.
Nice to see y'all growth, it's very beautiful.
- If Jahnova apprenticed under Miya Bailey,
then she's legit.
♪♪♪♪
- We can dance and play,
and take more shots! [all cheering]
- Oh, [bleep], y'all gonna get me drunk in this bitch.
[Liza] Hands high, hands low,
good [bleep] for sho.
[all cheering]
♪♪♪♪
-♪♪ Got big plans up in the party and I do my dance ♪♪
♪♪ Feeling so free and I'm feeling so G-O-O-D ♪♪
♪♪ And I finna go cray-cray-crazy for a little, yo ♪♪
♪♪ Made a big touchdown like a Super Bowl ♪♪
- Ugh, my client just cancelled.
- What? I hate when that happens.
That might actually work out for me.
After that show the other day,
I've been thinking like, what the hell am I
about to do with this?
I can't keep Rok's brand on me anymore.
- Mmm. - I feel like I'm at a point
where I wouldn't go back,
so there's no reason to have this.
- It's official for you? Like, it's about time.
[Krystal] Going through a breakup sucks.
Even when you're the person that initiated it.
Rok and I came to an understanding
that we need to treat each other with respect,
but after seeing him lash out at me,
I decided I have to take some extra steps.
- And then there's this one person
behind Krystal that wants to be mean mugging me,
so a-- yeah, I'ma feel a type of way.
- First, I got rid of the engagement ring.
- So what I can offer you is 90% of the value.
- Yeah.
There goes my engagement.
And the next step is getting rid of this R,
'cause I can't look at it every day.
[sighs]
- Why do you feel emotional though?
- I just feel like this will close a chapter for me.
- I feel like he's gonna feel it
if you cover it up.
- Can you cover it for me?
- I got you, girl. - I feel like I never
pictured myself as a person that would get
somebody's name, I was just
doing it to make him happy.
- It's the point of no return.
- Would I ever get back with Rok? Wait...
[laughter]
- Tell me now, girl.
- Nah, we've talked enough
about this [bleep], do that [bleep].
- ♪♪ I was 19 in a white dress ♪♪
♪♪ When you told me I'm your princess ♪♪
♪♪ So I played right into your fantasy ♪♪
♪♪ Was a good girl, so I'd sit tight ♪♪
♪♪ And if I don't speak, then we can't fight ♪♪
♪♪ Looked in the mirror, now I can't believe ♪♪
- I tried really hard to make this relationship work,
and honestly, I feel like
Rok didn't put in that same effort.
I tried to get him to step up
and make some business decisions,
but he just threw it back at me.
I wanted a partner that I could learn from,
you're supposed to guide me when I can't guide myself.
How am I supposed to let you lead me
when I'm perfectly capable of leading myself?
- ♪♪ Breaking all the rules 'cause they were only habits ♪♪
♪♪ Cinderella's dead now ♪♪
♪♪ Casket, you thought the shoe fit, but I... ♪♪
- I honestly didn't feel like myself in that relationship
because I was giving off so much of my energy towards him,
and I feel like it wasn't natural,
I wasn't in my feminine.
Covering up this tattoo definitely gives me
a sense of closure, like, now I'm able to move on.
- ♪♪ I forgot I was a bad bitch ♪♪
♪♪ Forgot I was a bad bitch ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
♪♪ I forgot I was a bad bitch ♪♪
♪♪ Forgot I was a bad bitch ♪♪
- Girl, we...
are done.
- Let me see.
Oh, my God, bitch, you got rid of it.
- It's gone, baby.
- That's why I picked you for a cover up.
- It looks good on you, though, I like that.
- Oh, my God, I shouldn't be this happy.
I feel like, [bleep] the guys.
Like, after all that [bleep] that happened the other day,
like, I wanna take the girls out.
Just to apologize for everything that happened.
- Let's do this sooner than later.
- We're going tonight.
[Vanity] Ooh, a brand new woman.
- Now this [bleep] is finally over.
Lemme go get the wrap.
- What happened? - [crying]
[Tatti] I'm scared, and I have to tell
my boyfriend Jemz.
- What's this, baby?
- ♪♪ I forgot I was a bad bitch ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ I don't know if I trust anybody ♪♪
♪♪ With my heart ♪♪
♪♪ Oh ♪♪
- Since the meeting when we found out that
we may or may not be coming back,
and when Puma texted everybody but me,
I've been hustling, working at Diamond Tattoos for Bae.
[Bae groans]
You want me to help you?
[Tatti] Also, Jemz and I just recently
started dating again, so it's been a lot.
We dated a few years back.
- I want one of them little fancy massages you be doing.
[laughter]
With your magical hands and [bleep].
- But a certain somebody
was extremely jealous...
- I'm a real [bleep], so I went to your [bleep]...
- You don't give a [bleep] about me.
He potentially ruined the relationship,
so this time around, we've just, you know, been keeping it
more lowkey and private.
But the other day, I was at Diamond Tattoos,
and I wasn't feeling quite like myself.
So Bae suggested that I take a pregnancy test,
and the results were a little surprising.
[sobbing]
- [bleep], bitch, what happened?
[laughter]
- Congratulations, bitch!
Come here!
- ♪♪ Shouldn't I just want this? ♪♪
♪♪ Shouldn't I just care? ♪♪
[Tatti] I am not even gonna lie a little bit.
I'm scared, I'm nervous.
And I have to tell Jemz, who has two kids,
and his youngest is not even two years old yet.
And we're barely together a year,
so I'm not really sure how he's gonna take this.
This may not go how I think it's gonna go.
- ♪♪ All I, all I want ♪♪
♪♪ Want ♪♪
♪♪ You are all I want ♪♪
♪♪ Want ♪♪
♪♪ You are all I want, want ♪♪
- ♪♪ G-g-get crazy ♪♪
♪♪ It's about to go boom ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
- Alex, Draya, and Nychelle had their time
with the new artists, now it's time for
me and Ted to check what these people got.
Oh, my goodness.
- Hey, guys!
[Miracle] Ted and Puma in the building.
Look at you, hi!
- You know, check out their vibration,
look at their portfolio, and see what the [bleep]
they really working with.
- What you say your name was? - AMH.
- You did this? - I did.
- That's clean as [bleep].
I'm interested in seeing some more of your work.
- I do a lot of vagina work.
- You said what? - Vaginas.
I like to tuck it in my tattoos.
- So you put a flower in the flower.
- I do.
- The hills, shorty.
- Okay, they a little spaced out,
but they not bad.
[Ted] You pierce everything?
[Miracle] You have the anatomy for it,
I can pierce it.
I do genitals, tongues.
I-- there's genitals in here.
There's not [bleep] in here, though.
They haven't let me take a picture of it yet.
It's weird, guys send me dick pics all the time
but as soon as I start piercing them, they get shy.
[Liz] I know there's a lotta ass going on...
- Oh, no, no, I'm not worried about that.
- But I gotta portray them tattoos too.
I got ass too, but [bleep].
- The artwork is pretty good, the liquor is flowing.
So far so good, I like the vibe in here.
What made you get into tattooing?
- I love art, and I'm a show-off.
This is art that's gonna be on people forever,
you've gotta be a show-off, you gotta be confident.
- Phew, mine! - Hold on,
I ain't sipping nothing, but look, look...
- I know you can tatt like a [bleep].
- You still out there in Long Island City still?
Wow.
- I don't really feel like there are many artists
especially in this New York area,
that bring what I bring to this table.
And I think the crew needs someone of my level
and caliber on the team.
- I'm a colorblind artist.
I'm at a place in my life where I still--
I've learned to appreciate the color of tattoos.
- Yeah.
- I'm also polyamorous,
so if you n-- nevermind.
[laughter]
- I am so sick of Dreamy saying that he's poly
all [bleep] night.
- I guess the first thing was to tell her that I was poly.
But I am a polyamorous man.
- Every chance he get, he's talkin' about poly.
[Jahnova] If I look in the mirror and say
poly three times, [bleep] gonna pop up.
- ♪♪ A little party never killed nobody ♪♪
♪♪ We have these moves, moves ♪♪
♪♪ A little party never killed nobody ♪♪
♪♪ We have these moves, moves ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
[chatter/laughter]
- Oh, okay!
That's what's up, y'all have fun.
Okay.
Alex found himself a new girl to dance with.
Okay.
- You throw it this way, I'ma take it.
You throw it this way, I'ma take it.
♪♪♪♪
- So what do you think so far, Ted?
[Ted] This was us before, man.
Open bar, taking shots.
Tha-- I'd have been behind her doing the same thing.
- Ooh!
♪♪♪♪
- We need that energy in the shop again, man.
[Puma] There's some good talent here.
Okay, him, he can't come.
We not picking him, he gotta go.
- I like him!
- But he gonna get us a case,
he gonna catch us a case, man.
- That's what everybody said about me,
I didn't never catch us a case.
[laughter]
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ Got some news for you ♪♪
- I'm just making sure that I'm still y'all favorite.
[laughter]
Tonight, I'm just gonna make up for this party.
To the end of Krystal and Rok, bitch!
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ I don't need recognition ♪♪
♪♪ I'm on a mission, I'm paying dues ♪♪
♪♪ I'm in position, I'm staying up ♪♪
♪♪ It's getting late ♪♪
♪♪ You doing good, I'm doing great ♪♪
- Ooh, this is nice.
[overlapping chatter]
Last time I saw everybody, it was a disaster.
Back the [bleep] up before I swing on y'all!
[overlapping chatter]
- Yeah, let's pour this up. - Oh, you got glasses.
- It's like putting the money back into the business.
[laughter]
I'm just making sure that I'm still y'all favorite.
[laughter]
- In the divorce, you get us.
- I have not seen you so happy.
- You see? Thank you.
It feels good to see everybody on my side.
Hopefully Rok will keep his word
so we can run this business and stop butting heads.
But tonight, I'm just gonna make up for this party.
[all cheering]
To the end of Krystal and Rok, bitch.
- Oh, [bleep]! - Forever!
- ♪♪ Just got paid money burning through my pocket ♪♪
♪♪ Night still young, 'bout to take off like a rocket ♪♪
♪♪ Baby, throw me a parade ♪♪
♪♪ Woke up feeling good ♪♪
♪♪ Stepped out looking better ♪♪
♪♪ Looking in the mirror, got my groove back, Stella ♪♪
♪♪ Yes, I'm a star, I'm a whole a capella ♪♪
- Oh, [bleep]!
- Wow-- oh, yes, ma'am.
[all cheering]
- Yes! Enjoy, ladies. [laughter]
- This party definitely seems like more of a relief
and less dramatic than the last one.
Everybody's having a good time,
so I'll make it rain on these hoes.
[laughter]
[all cheering]
- ♪♪ Looking so good, we should all celebrate ♪♪
♪♪ Yeah yeah yeah, throw me a parade ♪♪
♪♪ I need a parade ♪♪
- What is happening?!
- Not for nothing, I'm real glad
I sold that engagement ring.
[laughter]
♪♪♪♪
- Jemz!
[Jemz] Yeah?
- Come eat.
♪♪♪♪
- Wow. - Right?
I don't know why I made so much food.
- Yeah, you made a lotta food.
- ♪♪ I'll have a baby when you call me your boo ♪♪
[Tatti] So I'm finally gonna tell Jemz
about the pregnancy, and I decided to attach
the pregnancy test to a spoon
and wrap it in a napkin,
and I think because I'm so nervous,
I cooked way too much food
to just distract myself, and maybe him.
Um...
Let me serve you.
Since I cooked for...
three people.
I'm so nervous right now,
I might throw up.
And then I made tostones and maduro
because I'm not sure.
I'm not sure about anything right now.
- Yeah, we're not sure about a lotta things, babe.
[deep breath]
♪♪♪♪
What's this, baby?
[laughing]
You're serious?
- Yeah! - No way.
- [laughs] Yeah.
- For real? - Yeah.
- Come over here. - Oh, my God.
- Wow.
- What do you think?
Are you happy? Are you excited?
- Mm-hmm. - Are you sure?
Are you sure? - Wow.
- It is such a weight off my shoulders to know
that Jemz is excited and happy about this.
Over the years, I have faced
my fair share of drama at Black Ink.
Why you always [bleep] something to say to me?!
D, is this yours?
- Oh, no!
- There was definitely a lotta good times.
Ceaser, a pleasure to meet you.
And I can't wait to make this
exactly what it already is times ten.
- You the VP of this whole shop.
You over all these mother[bleep].
- But the lows really hurt.
- Tatti, I'm getting rid of that title.
You're not a receptionist.
- I-- what?!
- Bae and Tatti,
y'all officially fired.
- I can finally say that I'm truly
in a happy and healthy relationship
with somebody that I care about,
and in an environment that I am growing
and learning from an artist like Bae.
Yeah, man, this was-- this was hard.
- Right, but people want that.
That was the whole point of this, you know?
- I have done a lot of changing in the past few years,
and I can honestly say that I am proud of
the person that I have become,
and I look forward to what the future brings.
It's gonna be a lot of work,
but I really feel like we got this.
I love you too.
We're having a baby!
- ♪♪ When you mess with me, you're messing with fire ♪♪
[all cheering]
- Is that Draya?
- I'm always gonna end up in the middle of some [bleep].
And I thought it was my time to step in
and have some fun with these people.
♪♪♪♪
- You being the newest member
of the whole situation, how you feel about all this?
- You missed it, Miracle ran off with my phone.
- Yo, yo!
- Oh, wait, hold on, mama, give me my phone.
I think we'll be okay, I think she's just really drunk.
- That was us before, know what I'm saying?
We've been through that.
You remember your first day of work?
- Oh, yeah, yeah.
They laughed at me for ten minutes straight.
- This is Alex, he's our new artist.
- Vagina Slayer.
[extended laughter]
- I don't wanna make any judgements yet,
I'm just like, sitting back and watching
and being optimistic.
- Yeah, he made his judgement.
- Tell me your scorecard.
[Alex] Made Rich is super talented.
♪♪♪♪
Brooklyn.
- Trilla? I [bleep] with him.
I just [bleep] with his energy, know what I'm saying?
Look at him, look at him, look look look look.
- He ready to get something... - Definitely trying to have sex.
Look at him, that's sex eyes.
- Something's gonna go so left with that kid, I can feel it.
- AMH? - I like AMH.
- She's a dope-ass [bleep] artist.
I feel like she's a little level-headed,
so she wouldn't do anything to jeopardize anything.
- Out of all the portfolios I looked at, she had
the most dope portfolio, period.
- What about the Twerkulator?
♪♪♪♪
- She brings good energy. - Ah.
- Oh! - She's a good dancer.
- Is she? - Yeah!
You should know.
♪♪♪♪
Oh, okay!
- What the [bleep]? That sounded really spicy.
- It was getting spicy, I was like, oh, okay, Alex.
- Are they a thing?
Nobody that's just my friend
reacts in that kinda situation like that.
Come here, cousin.
A'ight, so how do you feel?
- Definitely got some good prospects, I will tell you that.
- What you think about the other Drea?
- As far as the work, it was not impressive.
She's got a lot to learn,
but will she be an addition to the scene, you know?
How we feel about young lord, you know?
2009 with the little curly curl,
he got the wet Jheri curl poppin'.
- Colorblind? - Artwork was good.
[Draya] I got a cataract in one eye.
Look, we equal opportunists over here.
That's all I'm saying.
- I love the fact we have a few prospects,
like, this wasn't just a waste of time.
- Right. - At least everybody's
not a hard pass. - Cheers to that.
- I can't even lie, I gotta give it to Puma.
This mixer was a great idea,
and it's giving me a lot of hope for what's to come.
- Ladies and gentlemen, everybody,
we appreciate all y'all to come.
Me and Ted got a lot to talk about.
I know we're not gonna see eye to eye on everybody,
but I feel really good about this whole Puma production
that I just put on, man.
Trust me, we'll be in touch, and we'll let y'all know.
I proved to Ted that we can find some talent
and make this mother[bleep] happen.
- Salud!
- To the new generation of Black Ink.
- To the new generation...
[all cheering]
- After sleeping on it, I think it's time that we choose out of the group.
- Right now...
[Puma] I'ma have to agree with you on that one.
- I haven't heard from Alex since the mixer.
Then boom, he asked me on a date.
- I definitely like you,
I just be enjoying my time as being a single man.
- If he thinks he can turn me on and off like a switch,
he got another thing coming.
- Welcome to speed dating.
[Rok] All I'm looking for is some fun
and no strings attached.
I never did no [bleep] like this before.
- What the [bleep] is you doing at my table, Rok?
- Remember I was telling you I was dealing with all
this legal [bleep] from my felony.
I did all the paperwork,
but I got some bad news...
- I'm meeting with a friend of a friend
to give me some much needed business advice.
Hopefully, he can help me out.
♪♪♪♪
Damon, what up?
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ MTV ♪♪