[Puma] We do come bearing good news, we're gonna go take a trip down to ATL.
[all cheering]
We're going down there to go work,
and not everybody's coming back to Jersey with us.
[Rok] Oh...
what the [bleep]?
You're not serious, right?
- I wanna know if you will still be my Rok.
- Of course I'ma say yeah.
- I've downloaded a couple apps like Bumble BFF where...
- Is that a dating app?
Are we using what we look like to promote?
- You're here to build up women, AMH...
- Absolutely. - ...look how you're talking--
- I didn't shut you down.
- From a woman who screams
women empowerment,
this is such a [bleep] low blow.
- You're in good hands, you know that.
My client wants a corset piercing done
through needle play. Turn around.
[all gasping]
- Oh, my God... - 22 piercings.
- What the [bleep] is that? - That is embarrassing.
I don't want that to be what represents Black Ink.
- ♪♪ Too much, too much ♪♪ ♪♪ They tell me that I want too much ♪♪
♪♪ The truth is they don't want enough ♪♪
♪♪ Keep it moving, yeah, funny now they see ♪♪
♪♪ That it's my time, right ♪♪
♪♪ Make 'em watch me when I pull up in the limelight ♪♪
♪♪ If only they can see me in my prime, right ♪♪
- Draya, Draya... - Alright, alright, alright,
lemme see about this game y'all talking about.
- Alright.
Let me read this to you.
Truth or dare, Draya.
- Uh, truth.
- What is the worst lie that you have told
to another player in this game?
- I might've said I liked that corset piercing
from earlier, but I don't know if I loved it.
- She's not in this game.
[Draya sighs]
[laughter]
- That was the truth, though.
- Oh, okay. - You know what I'm saying?
I don't think it highlighted her piercing abilities,
is all I'm saying. - Well, [bleep],
I think for being her second time,
that was a big achievement.
- I think so, and that's why I didn't say nothing,
'cause I didn't wanna discourage her
in front of her client.
Do you think that that piercing
could be the reason why she does or does not stay?
'Cause you know they gonna eliminate someone on this trip.
- I think I've had enough.
- First of all, I'm not a piercer,
I don't know [bleep] about piercings,
but I do know somebody that works and works hard.
That's the first time I've ever seen you pierce.
Ted and Puma keep eliminating people
based off their attitudes.
- Your actions left a real bad taste in my mouth.
You let your pride get the best of you.
You let us all down.
- But maybe they need to start thinking
about talent levels instead.
When it comes to people's bodies
and body modification, I feel like there
shouldn't be [bleep]-ups.
- Her taking the initiative
to step out of her comfort zone...
[Draya] I mean, 22 piercings is badass.
- A big-ass piece like that,
I mean, [bleep] shows me that is a lot.
[door closes]
♪♪♪♪
Miracle definitely deserves an A for effort
and not all this negativity
coming from the rest of the group.
She's still really young and has room to grow.
I definitely can relate to that.
- So I can admit that, you know, yesterday
I was feeling a little bit hot.
I can see you don't know how to draw, it was obvious.
- But you haven't seen what I done there...
- That don't matter, I'm seeing what you doing now.
Liza, it's nothing personal with you.
- Here's the thing.
When I went to address how AMH had made me feel
at the moment, I went to AMH
to address how she had made me feel.
For you to jump into something that you were not a part of
rubbed me the wrong way.
- She's trying, and I ain't seen no reason
to knock her down or tell her, like, "oh, you on a dating site"
and she know what type of site she on.
And if she bringing in clients, however she bringing 'em in,
my thing is is why try to knock her down though?
I actually really like AMH, she's a talented artist
and she has strong opinions just like I do.
But I do feel the way that she's been sharing
these opinions been a little over the top.
And Jahnova's behavior is a close second.
It's really starting to give Mean Girls Club.
Y'all two kinda bullied her ass at the end.
Like, that [bleep] was really coming across
as like y'all was attacking her, and it was no need for that.
- I don't think it was bullying because--
- Y'all don't think it was bullying?
- Don't come to me and say
"you say you are here to stand up for women,
why are you talking to me like this?"
Don't say you wanna be treated equal then ask for a handicap.
- I understand everybody feel
a certain way about whoever and whatever,
but at the end of the day, it's not about feelings.
Y'all here for a competition, it is what the [bleep] it is.
Y'all don't have to be friends, y'all don't have to talk
to each other, y'all ain't gotta criticize each other work,
none of that [bleep], you ain't gotta help each other.
Literally nothing. - That's my concern right now.
- Then how we gonna work together in a shop?
I feel like there has to be a resolve.
- Once this is said and done,
that's when we'll work on that.
So these new kids is over here
bickering and going back and forth
about a whole buncha stuff
that really doesn't matter.
'Cause what matters right now
is who's gonna be a part of the team for real.
Y'all forgetting the bigger picture.
Dinner is served.
Everybody grab a plate.
- ♪♪ Check it, life is crazy ♪♪
♪♪ Life's a trip, man, it's like a sand sliding ♪♪
♪♪ Straight through your finger tips ♪♪
♪♪ So take the plan, baby, throw it out the door ♪♪
♪♪ This time we ain't gonna settle, we take it all ♪♪
- Hey! - What's up, man?
Chilling? Good to see you.
Thank you for bringing him. - No problem.
- Everything been good? - Yes.
- He been behaving? - [sighs]
A little bit, a little bit.
- You acting bad, huh?
[laughter]
I know Ted and Puma got us out here
to handle business,
but I got more important things to handle.
♪♪♪♪
Ready? One, two...
My son Kam is seven years old,
him and his mom used to live in New York,
so I got to see him pretty often.
Ah, come here.
Daddy missed you.
They moved to Atlanta about four years ago,
so I've had to go back and forth from New York,
and that's pretty hard.
It's very difficult balancing fatherhood
with everything else going on in my life.
I missed a lotta key moments in his life,
a lotta things that most fathers is there for,
I'm not able to be there for.
And my job just really gets in the way of that.
Yeah! You did your thing.
Whew, how's school been so far?
- Good. - Good?
What's your favorite subject?
- Math. - Math?
What's one plus one? - Two.
- Okay, two plus two?
- Four. - Oh, alright.
I'm just happy to be here, you miss me?
- I wish you could live down here.
- Yeah?
It really breaks my heart
when I hear how much my son really wants to be with me.
He's growing up so fast, and these moments
are so precious, I know that he's not
gonna stay this size forever.
I wish we would do this, you know, a lot more,
but I'm really just trying to figure out a way
to make more time for me to come down here and be with you.
For the past few years, I've been working so hard
that I feel guilty for not being present 24/7.
I wanna be a positive role model to him.
Being a long distant parent makes that very difficult
but I'm tryna make it work.
We can finish playing around,
before we get up outta here.
Ready?
[grunts]
I definitely gotta hit the gym more.
-♪♪ Showtime, baby ♪♪
♪♪ Nah, nah, baby ♪♪
- Alright, y'all, this is the upstairs studio.
It's beautiful, ain't it? - Okay, this is fire.
- ♪♪ You know I don't do rules ♪♪
♪♪ I'm crazy sexy cool ♪♪
♪♪ Fresh cut from the old school ♪♪
- Each station just decorated just how they like it.
Like, that's beautiful.
- This building is iconic.
- Taking my first steps in Miya Bailey's studio
is literally like tattoo heaven.
People like Miya and so forth,
like, you never really imagine yourself
like, being in the same circle
eating at a table with these people.
- So we're gonna get the place
a little bit spruced up for the event.
While we're over here setting up for tomorrow's pop up,
Rich, Jahnova, and AMH are at the Black Tattoo Experience,
which also happens to be here in Atlanta.
[man] Put your chest up and give 'em your best work.
And when it ain't your best, say I'ma be back tomorrow.
[applause]
- It is a premiere gathering
for Black tattoo artists all around the country.
So I'm okay with them taking the lead over there
while we take the lead here at Peters Street Station.
It's like being in the White House.
Yesterday, you said I would go outside,
and I'd wear a [bleep] sign if I had to.
- Mmm-hmm. - I got you a sign, baby girl.
- Say less.
- You ready for this? - I am...
[overlapping chatter]
- Oh, hell no! [laughter]
Oh, hell no!
- So I'm gonna need you to throw this on,
I'ma need you to work in this, up and down.
We got tattoos, we got piercings,
I'ma need the big energy, big energy.
I'm about to put these girls to work, okay?
'Cause we need to get this place poppin',
we need everybody with clients,
and I don't wanna see no empty booths this weekend.
So I'm gonna have them go out in the street,
I've got the microphones,
I've got signs, I mean, Liza's gonna
be wearing a sign, so I'm telling, baby,
you better wear that sign and don't let that sign wear you.
- Atlanta, print tattoos is boring now, you heard me.
[overlapping shouting]
- Free tattoos tomorrow!
- Make sure y'all pull up.
- Hello! We're giving tattoos tomorrow!
I feel silly as [bleep] right now,
but if this is gonna get the word out about the pop up,
then that's what I'ma do.
Even though I look like I'm selling cheap watches
and sandwiches, I'm a team player,
so I'ma do as I'm told.
♪♪♪♪
- We been talking about getting a tattoo.
- Really? - There you go,
I'ma give you this too.
Tomorrow's a big day, and the only way
that Ted and Puma are gonna see me shine
is if I'm in my element.
So I'm doing whatever I can
to get as many clients as I can.
- What do I need to do, shake a little something?
[car horn blares]
- This is a very big opportunity today.
This is everybody's last chance
to make an impression on me and Ted.
- Woo!
- We got this. That's what I like.
I really can't wait.
- I'm ready to get married ASAP.
- When we talking about rushing, what we talking about?
- I'm talking about... - Tomorrow.
- [gasping] What?!
- What you working on over here?
- I got the Loser/Lover.
- Uh, the V's in the wrong spot.
That's a rookie mistake.
- Yeah.
- ♪♪ I'm getting dirty side money in the A ♪♪
♪♪ Atlanta, Georgia, down south where I stay ♪♪
♪♪ If you ain't heard about us, we the big-timers ♪♪
♪♪ Getting money is the hobby that we play ♪♪
- Alright...
- Nostalgic.
- I think we should set up and see who need what.
[Draya] You see how nice it is
when we all work together?
- Yes. - Let's keep this up.
- This is gonna be fun today, y'all.
I am so excited to be in Miya Bailey's shop right now.
Hell, any shop for that matter.
The energy is feeling good,
the location is fire, and I'm ready to work.
- Okay, I like the [bleep] scene here.
Everybody is setting up.
What up, though?
Let's tap elbows. Okay, okay.
Today is huge, we're doing an amazing pop up
in the great Miya Bailey's shop.
And even Draya and Alex are included.
There's no real rules, or no real guidelines,
I just wanna see how all these newbies
work together in this awesome shop.
What's going on with you two?
I heard about some drama the other night.
- When I brought up the dating platform
to find my clientele, to her, it seemed
like I was just using my face.
- But if I'm a part of the conversation,
why would I not say how I feel about it?
I feel like when the pressure's on,
um, she looks for sympathy.
It feels like playing victim.
- I don't know why the [bleep] she's coming at me
with this type of animosity
like I did something personally to her.
She's supposed to be pro women, and uplifting women,
and doing this for women, I don't get it.
- If you feel like she's doing something that you don't like,
I feel how you go about it, even how when I told you
what you was talking to Miracle, your tone, I think maybe
sometimes you wanna try to understand why
a person's like that.
[Puma] I'm a huge fan of AMH,
but this whole bully thing that she's doing,
it's got me really worried.
'Cause we've had some bullies in "Black Ink Crew".
- Is this "Ho-tober?"
- Oh! - Oh, wow!
- Whatever, stop--
- Don't tell me what the [bleep] to do.
- Why you always gotta threaten me, though.
- Get out my face. - Why you always gotta...
[overlapping shouting]
- I really hope that AMH understands
you don't have to be the big mama bully
on the block, just be cool, relaxed.
End of the day, it worked,
you got clients that's coming in,
I need both of you guys to really just fix your energy,
and just try to work together please.
- Hell yeah, yeah. - Okay.
- I stand by everything I said.
No matter if I'm friends with somebody or not,
I'm gonna call them out.
The truth is Liza's in way over her head
and no amount of playing victim is gonna cover that up.
- You guys get yourselves ready,
I'ma go line up with y'all clients and stuff.
This is a very big opportunity today.
As y'all see, this studio is amazing.
And I wanna make sure that we show our asses in a good way.
- Woo!
- We got this. That's what I like.
Me and Ted have really been paying attention
to how everybody's been acting on this trip to Atlanta.
And we keep trying to remind these mother[bleep]
that not everybody's going back to this mansion.
We need that energy high,
and we gon' kill this [bleep] out here, right?
But at the same mother[bleep] time,
there's gonna be an elimination happening here in Atlanta.
This is everybody's last chance to make an impression
on me and Ted to see who we pick
to be part of this crew.
So there's a lot on the line today.
- So these are what I drew up.
- And then we're gonna get it right in your middle finger.
- We're gonna mark it and see if you like the placement.
- They stagger. - A'ight, that's cool.
- 'Cause it's like, they're flying.
- We're gonna shave your little peach fuzz.
- Don't move...
[Ted] So now this is what I'm talking about.
A shop full of artists with clients in every chair.
I can see a future and that future looks bright.
Koi fish, that looks good. - Thank you.
- Hope everybody brings they A game
and make our decision on who to cut difficult.
We don't need a layup right now.
♪♪♪♪
-♪♪ Yeah, let's get it started now ♪♪
♪♪ We just can't get enough ♪♪
- I've already learned so much during my time here,
and I'm so grateful for this opportunity.
- ♪♪ Just can't get enough ♪♪
♪♪ Let's get it started singing ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪♪
♪♪ Yeah, let's get this started right on time ♪♪
- I don't know if Ted and Puma were influenced by AMH's
disrespect for me the other night,
but hopefully, they're seeing all these clients
that I'm bringing in today and they judge me on that.
- ♪♪ Every time ♪♪
♪♪ Ooh ooh ♪♪
- I love it when a plan comes together.
- ♪♪ Ooh, it's my time ♪♪
- It's a crazy [bleep] thing.
[overlapping chatter]
- I see everybody in here.
- Hey, man. - Look good in here.
- I really appreciate you, brother.
- Great pop up, bro. - Mr. Laroy.
[overlapping greetings]
- Kevin Laroy is a tattoo artist
and he works out of LA with Kat Tat
at Enigma Tattoos.
- Hello, hello. - What up, what up?
- I just wanna thank everybody for coming out tonight
for Enigma's four-year anniversary.
- Overall dope person, great tattoo artist.
- How's it on the west coast? - Dog, it's beautiful,
I ain't gonna hold you, it's beautiful.
So what y'all got going on?
- So basically, we had to start
from the ground up again.
- So a whole new team, a whole new shop,
whole new everything. - Wow.
- But yeah, I want you to check out some of the work,
though, Miya, make sure this is going...
- I wanna see what everybody doing in here.
- Let's start from the top.
We have a really big decision to make.
Yeah, me and Ted are not artists,
but this is the reason why we came to Atlanta.
So we can get some words from a great artist like Miya Bailey.
He can help us really make a decision
on who we're gonna choose for this crew.
- Lemme see what you're doing.
- So we just did a freehand rose.
- Beautiful. - Thank you.
- I'm not competing for a spot in this shop
like some of these other artists,
but I mean, some of them are gonna be my future coworkers
and I'm really rooting for each and every one of them.
[Miya] See what's going on, it looks good.
[Rich] It's different working with a team.
You just draw the inspiration regardless of the level
of the artists, so I'm happy to be back in the fold of that.
- Yeah. - I'm proud of you, bro.
- Thank you, brother.
I feel like I've given my all,
every single time we've been given a challenge.
So one way or another, I'm walking away
from this experience a winner.
But hopefully, a winner with a job.
- Hey... - Oh!
Oh, [bleep].
Nice to meet y'all, Santana.
- Kevin, nice to meet you. - How are y'all?
- What you working on over here?
- I got the Loser/Lover.
- Uh...
The V's in the wrong spot.
[tense music]
♪♪♪♪
[Krystal] Today's the day.
Rok and I are getting married.
- I don't know about y'all, but I'm sweating.
[music winds down]
- When we said everybody wasn't gonna make it to the end,
we wasn't bull[bleep].
So unfortunately, I hate to say it,
you will not be able to move forward with us.
[Miya] What you working on over here?
- I got the Loser/Lover.
- Uh...
The V's in the wrong spot.
- Oh, God, [bleep].
The client wanted a black tattoo
that said "loser" with a red V
over the top of the S that say "lover".
I accidentally put the red V
over the black E.
- Why you decide to use red before black?
- This piece right here, the way my stencil is set up,
I was like, lemme just knock the red out.
- See, I'ma offer some advice.
Next time, just do like, a little outline of the red
so you don't lose your stencil, so that way,
when you put the other stencil on,
you'll know it's right.
- That makes sense. - Yeah.
- Always follow the fundamentals,
black before everything.
[Santana] My dumb ass...
but, you know, I think what that was
was just I was so... [snaps fingers]
Working so fast trying to make sure I was
on top of everything, that that just slipped my mind.
I don't really know how it's gonna go
but I know somebody gotta go home,
so I'm nervous.
- Mr. Slick... - My [bleep] Kev.
- You had your head down the whole time...
- Yeah, man, I'm working over here.
- Good, you enjoying Atlanta while you...
- Oh yeah, of course... - Single man, right?
- Yeah. - We enjoy
all the fruits of Atlanta, it's a lot of 'em.
[laughter] - I seent it.
Tattooing in Miya Bailey's shop is fire,
because I've looked up to him
and admired him for a very long time.
- That's a beautiful A. - Yeah, I like it.
- I can't wait to see... - Yes, thank you, thank you.
I came in here as one of the least experienced artists,
and it hasn't been easy for me.
But I definitely have grown,
and I wanna put all that AMH drama behind me.
- Look at you, shining bright. - I'm trying.
I feel like this whole experience
has been tailor made for me to shine,
and for me to show the world
that I deserve a spot at the table.
- Damn, why you ain't tell me you was coming?
- Why I didn't tell you? The element of surprise.
[laughter] - That's what's up.
- So I love, appreciate, and respect Miya very much.
He has paved the way for me to even be an artist.
- So you went through apprenticeship.
- Yes, I got my game from Miya Bailey.
- That's real. - That's a real [bleep].
I've grown so much as an artist since I worked there.
I'm gonna do like, some script "love"
and gonna put it on her wrist.
- Okay. - Yeah.
My independence, my passion and drive
has expanded, and honestly, I'm a new person.
- ♪♪ Gotta let it all out ♪♪
♪♪ Boy, you know you got it right here ♪♪
♪♪ And I can't stop staring ♪♪
♪♪ It's a strange time now, I'ma knock this down ♪♪
♪♪ With a boom ♪♪
- ♪♪ What is you doing ♪♪
♪♪ What is you doing ♪♪
♪♪ Man, life is too short to keep your wasting your time ♪♪
♪♪ Tell me what is you doing? ♪♪
♪♪ What is you doing ♪♪
♪♪ Yo, what is you doing? ♪♪
- I appreciate you taking the time to come
meet up with Krystal and her moms.
We're taking it serious this time, have a little dinner--
- Okay. - And you know,
we can just talk about this wedding.
[Rok] It's important for this dinner,
'cause I need my mother and Krystal's mother
to meet up with us, and we gotta let them know,
like, yo, we're getting married ASAP
with or without y'all consult.
Fingers crossed.
Oh, hey, baby. - Hey.
It's important to have our moms at dinner today
because there's supposed to know when we get married.
[laughs] Duh, like,
I would literally be killed
if my mom didn't know I got married.
- Hey, mama. - Hola.
[Krystal] Hopefully my mom
accepts Rok into the family. - You look beautiful.
- I know we showed our asses a bunch of times,
but hopefully she can get over it because
I wanna be with Rok.
- I appreciate both of y'all for coming,
you know, it's a big step,
i-- into to the new chapter of our life.
- What make it different?
- I wanna know that you guys are making this commitment
because you really do love each other.
It's not that you love each other today
and tomorrow you don't. - Exactly,
and I really love Rok, I want the best for him.
That's why I'm hard on him.
I'm sorry that I gave up before,
you got every right to feel like you tryna protect your son,
because I want that for him too.
- You know what, love is one thing,
and respect is another.
- And commitment is another. - Yeah, exactly.
You need to work on those.
- I'm very committed.
- I'm ready to get married ASAP, like...
- What is the rush?
- What's the rush? We were supposed
to get married before, why not get married now?
- Listen, marriage is a big step.
[Krystal] My mom likes Rok.
But my mom, she also plays devil's advocate.
You gotta remember where we at in our lives too,
like, Rok's 33, I'm 30, I wanna settle down,
I wanna be able to build my own family,
you know, it's time.
- I just wanna make sure this is a decision
that's gonna stick this time.
- She have to accept him exactly how he is.
- Exactly. - And that has been
the problem in the past.
- I hope that everything,
you know, this time is different.
- It is gonna be different. Y'all gonna see.
This is the one I want with me for life.
- It's one and done.
- That's the reason why I wanna rush this wedding,
because I wanna show her that I'm really serious.
- When we talking about rushing, what we talking about?
- Rush-- I'm talk-- - Tomorrow.
We booked the location for tomorrow.
- What?! Do you know what goes into planning a wedding?
- You must be crazy.
I need to go to my daughter and pick the dress.
If it's tomorrow, when that gonna go?
- Mommy, I already got the dress.
- Wha... - Sorry.
[Rok] Listen, regardless if y'all agree with it or not,
we're still gonna go through with it.
- I see.
- Krystal and I have already did
the long engagement thing,
and that didn't work out so well.
So now, I'm not wasting any time,
and I'm definitely not giving her another chance to walk away.
We want you to be there. - We want you to both be there.
- We're not gonna give up on each other this time, ever.
Like, this is for life.
- And whatever work we have to do, we'll do it.
♪♪♪♪
- I don't agree with the decision you making...
but I will not miss this for the world.
- And I agree 100%.
- And that's why we love y'all.
- I really thought they were about to say
that they weren't coming.
And maybe they feel like we're rushing things,
but I feel like right now, it's now or never.
- Krystal knows that whenever she need me,
I always gonna be there, and I will be
on your back, boo boo.
- Cheers, cheers to family. - Salud.
- [speaking Spanish]
♪♪♪♪
[Puma] What you think about what we got going on here--
[Miya] This is fly, you can have a super team.
I ain't never seen Rich do no letters,
so that's a humbling thing for him right there.
- I know, it's been hard for him though, you can tell.
- Yeah, 'cause he used to doing stuff on his own.
For him to be a team player,
he has to feel connected to something.
Like an anchor, like,
you know what I'm saying? It's worth it.
- It's one of my worries with Rich.
Are we really his anchor?
Me and Ted go back and forth on Rich every day.
On one hand, he's a super talented artist
that has the respect of his housemates.
But on the other hand, Rich has been a boss before.
Is he really ready to be a soldier now?
- So from what you see with everybody,
if you had to make the decision
to get rid of somebody right now.
- Yeah. - Who would it be?
- That's a hard decision, man.
I did see a mistake tattoo-wise.
The sister from Baltimore.
- Santana. - Santana.
- Yeah, she misspelled the tattoo,
but the client don't seem to mind.
- Oh, [bleep]. Not again.
We've been down this road
one too many times.
Another misspelled tattoo. [groans]
- It's a rookie mistake,
but I can tell that she's hungry.
And hungry people learn faster
and stay around and are more loyal.
Sometime you put the energy in people that you feel
is more loyal and come up and be better.
You want people to help you build the empire, like,
I got a future in this company,
and one day, I might can have a shop,
and work under them, and be a boss too.
- Okay.
- Then I think about O'[bleep],
he misspelled a tattoo, and now look at him.
He owns his own business, he's striving well,
sometimes you gotta make a little mistake
to be great.
Miya probably misspelled a tattoo at least
once or twice before.
Right?
Everybody's done it. I'm hoping.
Well, we appreciate your hospitality, again.
- Nah, man. - And trust me,
your words of wisdom... - Always an honor, man.
Always an honor, y'all just take care of the place,
make y'all self at home... - Thank you, my brother.
- And man, if y'all play with toys, put 'em back.
- No, we see the rules, don't touch.
[laughter]
Y'all a reflection of us, me and Ted,
and what we're trying to build, we're not trying to be
that [bleep] no more.
So we're gonna eliminate one more person.
- I'm like, for real, sad.
I'm just really sad right now.
[sniffling]
- ♪♪ Got the sound off, getting it going ♪♪
♪♪ We bout to take it over ♪♪
♪♪ Every single time we arrive ♪♪
♪♪ You know the show is over, we ain't come to play ♪♪
♪♪ Y'all thought this here was a game... ♪♪
- We got turkey bacon, pork,
oxtail, shrimp and grits.
- That's the whole ass of the ox, man,
you ain't never seen an oxtail?
- It's definitely a great morning
after the day at the pop up yesterday.
We all killed it, and I'm still
high off that adrenaline.
I think everyone did a great job.
- Yeah. - Mmm-hmm.
- Short notice, btu we got it done.
- I agree. - I think overall,
a lotta y'all showed y'all strengths yesterday
and a lotta y'all worked well together, you know,
so I appreciate y'all, 'cause you know,
we not just up in any shop.
If any of y'all would've [bleep] up,
it would've been real embarrassing for all of us.
So good job making it tough for Ted and Puma
to make a decision, everybody.
- Yeah, y'all growing.
[mock crying] They grow so fast.
[overlapping greetings]
- Good morning, everyone.
[tense music]
[Santana] It really don't matter how we all
worked well together yesterday.
I mean, in reality, Ted and Puma did tell us
somebody's gonna go home.
Oh, my God, I'm just praying Miya
didn't tell 'em about my mistake.
- Y'all really surprised us.
Everybody did what they was supposed to do yesterday.
But when we said everybody wasn't gonna make it to the end,
we wasn't bull[bleep].
♪♪♪♪
- It's great to see the newbies came together for this pop up
and made it work, but we've told them
from day one, it's more than just their skills as an artist.
Black Ink was built off of relationships,
and us being together, actual family.
It's not just about your tattoo skills.
I wanna see you guys being a team.
Unfortunately, we only got but so many
spots in the new shop.
So just because you had a couple good days
doesn't mean that erases all the bad [bleep]
you've done recently.
So it's time to send another one packing.
- We gonna now go down the line one by one,
critique everybody, and figure out
what's the next move.
Since you're at the front of the couch,
we're gonna start with you.
You had the most clients out of everybody yesterday.
So that was a good look.
[Puma] And in past competitions,
you've shown that you can be an effective apprentice.
This your first time setting up for a tattoo artist?
- Yeah. Thank you, I appreciate that.
- But we've also seen you mix business with pleasure,
and that has caused a lot of trouble.
You were talking about me, so I was gonna say my side...
- We have to really think about that.
- Which brings us to...
Santana.
What I can say about you,
you're hungrier than a mother[bleep].
You're very humble, you take criticism well.
Yesterday, you messed up on a tattoo.
- What you working on over here?
- I got the Loser/Lover.
[Ted] Miya and Kev spoke to you about it,
and you showed that you're willing to learn.
- But you got a lotta drama that's been happening
with you too, you know what I mean?
So we still gotta figure out if you're worth the risk.
- Next up, Rich.
Great tattoo artist.
- Everybody respects your experience,
but you talk too mother[bleep] much.
Are you willing to respect us when we're doing what
we're trying to do?
- We figuring out if you know
how to be a soldier, and not a general.
- I definitely drew a lot of negative energy to myself
when this first began, but I've had
a change in philosophy recently,
and I know I can be a team player.
- AMH, you're, like, one of my favorites,
you know that, right?
But this weekend kinda threw me off with you,
I'm not gonna lie.
'Cause the way you been talking
to some of your housemates,
it isn't cool.
Seems like you've been bullying everybody lately.
Like, Liza and the situation with Bumble.
It's a new generation, man.
She may have came up with a new scheme,
and you [bleep] on her.
That ain't it.
[AMH] I thought this was a competition, so I competed.
Do I regret it? I don't,
because a shop is only as good as its weakest artist.
- Jahnova, we know you're a great tattoo artist,
we see your hard work.
- Will you be able to separate your personal life
and whatever's going on at work, AKA the tattoo shop?
- My boyfriend's not here, and I still am
doing what I need to do.
Trust me, I'm separating
business from personal.
- Last but not least... - Liza, Liza, Liza.
I think me and Puma got caught up in your personality,
you're a nice person.
You are the least experienced.
Every competition, you have always been at the bottom
and you need to work on yourself.
And since we're literally about to open a new shop,
we don't have that time to work with you anymore.
You will not be able to move forward with us.
[sad music]
- Damn, they asked me to step up and show
why I wanna be here, and that's exactly what I did.
And now, you're just letting me go
as kind of like, then what the [bleep] are you doing?
Their reasoning doesn't make sense to me.
- But you know what else, though,
what we also don't have time for
is the bull[bleep] because y'all a reflection
of us, me and Ted, and what we're trying to build.
We're not trying to be that [bleep] no more.
So we're gonna eliminate one more person.
- Is that your vows?
- Ish.
I don't know, this is my first wedding.
[Puma] We don't have time for the bull[bleep].
So we're gonna eliminate one more person.
I hate to even say it but...
AMH, you gotta go home too.
[tense music]
Right now, "Black Ink Crew",
yeah, we have our moments of drama,
there have been some fights,
but going out of town and fighting in public,
we don't need that again, man.
This is serious.
As much as I like you,
I have to worry about everybody else.
And if you guys can do something like that here,
we can lose it all again,
and I'm not taking that risk again.
- So basically because I have an opinion
and I expressed it, I'm being sent home?
After everything I've given up for this
and all of the good things I've done since I've been here,
it's all been for nothing.
- So Liza and AMH, y'all both can go home.
It was a pleasure, I appreciate y'all,
but it ain't it.
[Ted] This is one of those situations where
you have to finally step up and become a boss.
You have to learn to separate business, friendship,
and personality, and over the past few weeks,
we have seen arguing, bullying, and also egos.
We cannot have that be a part of the team we wanna build.
Ready, bro? - A'ight.
- I'll see you guys
back in New Jersey, man.
- Catch the rest of y'all back home.
- Alright, guys. - Alright.
- Just come through, [bleep] up, and leave.
What the [bleep]?
I know everybody is thrown off right now
'cause nobody even expected this,
not even me, for real.
But AMH, she has, like,
this whole power trip thing going on,
so it just makes sense.
[overlapping chatter]
- You got makeup on your shirt.
- I don't care.
I am completely mind blown
about what Ted and Puma are doing.
I really have no idea where this is gonna go,
how this is gonna end,
what kinda shop we're putting together.
- It was an experience whether you were here
for one day, or 60 days, or 20 days,
you came here, you did it, you got the experience,
and just grow from it, okay?
You are early in your career.
You got years to go,
and so much time to grow,
and so many more amazing people to meet.
I mean, somebody had to go,
and if it wasn't gonna be Liza and AMH,
it might've been Santana and Miracle,
or Rich and Jahnova.
I just really hope that they walk away from this
as better artists, and hopefully,
they can mend their relationship.
[Jahnova] I'm definitely gonna like,
learn from this, and how one simple mistake
can be the biggest mistake.
- That was a curve [bleep] ball, though.
[Liza] I got sent home.
The reasonings behind it is so crazy
'cause it was over some [bleep] that was out of my control.
- That [bleep] wasn't fair.
- I'm still kind of in shock.
Like, it's not like, real.
- I'm just happy that I did what I did yesterday.
And the tattoos I did and the people I've met.
- I don't respect that decision.
I feel like I deserve a little more than that.
[sad music]
- I'm at a loss for words.
Somehow I went from winning competitions...
- The winner is AMH.
[all cheering]
- ...and getting handpicked to do a tattoo for Corey Jacobs,
to being sent home over nothing.
I don't respect that decision.
You know, it's time to get the [bleep] outta here.
I'm just gonna use this experience
to keep pushing my career forward,
because I really have so much more I can give.
[overlapping chatter]
And they shop don't deserve to be a shop without me either.
[chuckling]
Love y'all, for real. - I love you too.
I'm about to go sit in a tub.
- ♪♪ One day at a time ♪♪
♪♪ One one, one day at a time ♪♪
- I'm sick to my [bleep] stomach.
After all I did yesterday,
Ted and Puma are losing out on a lot.
I mean, I have great personality.
I take care of my clients, which is number one,
and makes them wanna come back.
At the need of the day, it's their loss, not mine.
I'm just overall sad because
I felt like I had more to do,
I have more to learn, and I wasn't able to.
I just know I'm not gonna give up on doing what I love.
I'ma keep pursuing, and I don't know,
it just [bleep] sucks, it makes me all emotional.
- ♪♪ I'm just tryna hold my head ♪♪
♪♪ I'm just tryna hold my head ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
[Krystal] Rok and I are getting married
and everything has been happening so fast.
I didn't even expect me to get married, honestly.
Especially not right now.
- I don't know about y'all, but I'm sweating.
♪♪♪♪
- I got so much going through my mind right now.
I'm really about to marry the love of my life.
Look, I know we're moving kinda fast,
but I wasn't tryna give Krystal any time to change her mind.
I just really wish all our friends could've been here.
- Is that your vows? - Ish.
- Remember, you can look at your phone.
- I could, that's okay? - Yep, I think so.
- I don't know, this is my first wedding.
[violin playing "Here Comes the Bride"]
♪♪♪♪
[Rok muttering] [laughter]
- We've come together to celebrate the matrimony
of Joshua and Krystal here in Garden Chapel.
Love is the force that brings us all here today.
Dear couple, I invite you to exchange your vows.
Josh, you go first.
- Ahem.
Krystal, you're my best friend,
I promise to work on our love,
and always make you a priority in my life.
I met Krystal four years ago,
and basically, I fell in love with her right then.
[bleep], kill, marry. - Let's go.
- Marry Krystal. - Marrying!
[overlapping chatter, laughter]
- You marrying me, I'm marrying you.
[all exclaiming]
[Rok] And since then, I've had the best years of my life.
And I don't even think she even notices
how much she makes me happy.
I give you my heart, my soul, and I promise
to be your loving husband forever more.
- I was never the type of girl that just thought about
my wedding day, but here I am, standing with my man,
and I feel like it feels so surreal.
I'm happy to spend the rest of my life with you.
'Cause I couldn't see my life without you.
- And even when [bleep] got bad,
I never forgot all the good times,
and those were the moments that actually helped me
get through it all.
Everything feels like it's falling into place now.
- You could really see a future with me?
- I see a future with you, I'm ready to take care of you.
You know I love you. - I love you too.
[overlapping shouting]
[pastor] Take the ring of your partner.
- [laughs] Okay.
- Okay, my hands are shaking, so don't mind me.
- It wasn't until me and Rok weren't together
that I realized how much he adds to my life.
And now that we have each other, I'm never letting go.
- Repeat after me.
Krystal, I give you this ring.
- Krystal, I give you this ring.
- Joshua, I give you this ring.
- As a symbol of my love.
- With this ring. - With this ring.
- I marry you.
- Joshua, Krystal, you have spoken the words,
and performed the rites which unite your lives.
And the power vested in me by this great state of New York,
it is my privilege and honor to officially
pronounce you husband and wife.
Joshua, you may now kiss your bride.
[all cheering]
[both] We're married.
- And I bet you never thought you'd hear us say that.
- Well, hello, Mrs. Rok. - Hello, Mr. Krystal.
- No, I'm still Mr. Rok, what you talking about?
- No, you're Mr. Krystal now.
- Not every day, man, I--
[all exclaiming]
- It took three years and almost losing Rok
to really realize how much he meant to me.
- I was mad close to giving up on you.
- Wow... - But the moment
I was really about to give up,
that's when you came back around.
♪♪♪♪
Our relationship journey is crazy.
[Krystal] There's been a lot of ups an downs,
but they do say love is a battlefield.
- Love is a battlefield,
and if you wanna really win the love battle,
don't give up.
- We're signing the lease for the location. - Today. - When when when?
[all cheering] - Back in Harlem!
We're gonna throw a very large celebration.
- What the [bleep] are you doing here?
- Yo, what is with everybody inviting
the people who didn't make it?
- Y'all thought y'all was having a party without me?
- I say this in the most graceful way possible...
[Puma] After all this hard work
we done did to keep this dream alive...
- Cease wanted me to deliver a message.
- ...is it about to all fall apart?
[Ceaser snickering]
♪♪♪♪
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