[Puma] Welcome to Atlanta! We're doing an amazing pop up
in the great Miya Bailey's shop.
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.
- What I need to do, shake a little something?
[car horn honks]
[Ted] I got some bad news.
Remember I was telling you I was dealing with
all this legal [bleep] with my felony and all that?
I did all the paperwork, they said that [bleep]
could take six to eight months just to get a response.
- Six to eight months? - [Ted] At this point,
all I can do is pray that it can possibly be sooner.
- It is my privilege and honor to officially pronounce you
husband and wife.
Joshua, you may now kiss your bride.
[all cheering]
- We're married!
[all exclaiming]
- Over the past couple of days, we have seen bullying...
- That is embarrassing.
- ..arguing and egos.
[overlapping arguing]
We cannot have that be a part of the team
that we wanna build.
- So Liza and AMH,
y'all both can go home.
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ We are the ones that changed the whole system ♪♪ ♪♪ Ah, do ya feel it? ♪♪
♪♪ Let's go undefeated ♪♪
♪♪ Turn up and repeat it ♪♪
♪♪ Over and over and over and over again ♪♪
[Rich] Back to where it all began, baby.
Lemme get comfy, enjoy these last moments.
[Jahnova] Don't we have anything other than
fat free milk in this bitch?
- What makes the milks, like, fat free?
Because all cows look the same.
[bleep] we gettin' non-fat milk?
We got a skinny cow?
[laughter]
- We're back from Atlanta,
and the house is dead quiet
with just the four of us.
Honestly, it's a little sad,
but at the beginning of this,
Ted and Puma did tell us
we'd be here for just two months.
Let me check the calendar.
Ugh, looks like we're about to be evicted.
- Move your ass out! - Don't get me wrong, like,
this [bleep] right here is still just like an "aw",
but this is not our reality.
Our reality is a tattoo shop.
- Yo. - You're funny.
You're already moving back into AMH's room?
- For the record, this was always my room.
AMH was just borrowing it
till the next competition, which I would've won.
- The winner is AMH.
[all cheering]
Y'all gotta trade rooms.
- How'd you feel hearing her name
come outta Puma's mouth?
- That was an extreme irrational decision.
- You think so? Why?
- Because I feel like it had nothing to do with business.
Kicking AMH out is just making me look
at Ted and Puma like they don't know
what the [bleep] they're doing here.
She's one of your best artists,
so I really hope that somewhere in the future
they can bring the talent back on the shop.
Are we still competing? Is it four? Is it three...
- I hope the [bleep] not, 'cause I'm swinging
for all you mother[bleep].
- Shoot, I'ma get a good night's sleep
so I'll be energized and ready to go.
[laughter]
- [bleep], [bleep] outta here.
[Ted whistling]
- Oh, [bleep], it is [bleep] quiet in here.
Is anybody home?
- Ted and Puma are here.
- Everybody come to the living room,
come to the living room.
- I [bleep] with Ted and Puma, seriously,
but every [bleep] time they come around,
it's always some bad news
and some [bleep] bad juju or some [bleep].
And somebody always gets sent home.
Like, enough is enough.
- I know the trip was a little rough
on you guys, you know, and you've been
building relationships with everybody.
- But we wanna let y'all know this is it.
- What does that mean?
- This is the final team.
[all cheering]
- Good job, guys!
[cheering continues]
- It's the final four... - Final four, bitch!
- We made the cut! - [laughs]
- I made it! I knew I was gonna make it,
but I made it!
- And we got even more good news.
We're about to sign the lease
on our new Black Ink Harlem shop.
- Ooh!
[overlapping chatter] [all chanting]
- Okay, oh, hey, hey, hey...
This is has been a mother[bleep] journey
to get to this point.
But with this new final four,
and Draya and Alex,
the new Black Ink Harlem,
it's gonna be unstoppable.
We've always been Black Ink from the beginning,
just as much as Ceaser has been.
Why not make it a Black Ink Harlem?
'Cause Harlem deserves a Black Ink,
that's where we started.
Because of everything you guys have been through,
we're gonna throw a celebration. - There we go.
- And show you guys the new spot.
- Dope, I'm happy to hear that.
- Yes. - We thank y'all
for putting up with our [bleep],
we thank y'all for believing in us.
- But at the same time,
start packing your stuff
so we can get the [bleep] up out this house.
Because, yeah, I gotta make sure nothing's broke.
- He need his deposit back. - Right.
[laughter] Thank you.
- Three months ago you couldn't tell me
this platform wasn't dead, but here we are.
It means the world to me that we're bringing the brand
back where it started, in Harlem.
With that being said, there are a few snags
that we need to work out, but we'll do that later.
- Come on, come on, man.
Come on, guys, bring it in!
[overlapping chatter, cheering]
- Hold up, come on, Ted!
[cheering continues]
[Puma] You guys did it, man.
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ Just jump in ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
♪♪ Just jump in ♪♪
[Zoom call ringing]
- Yo. - Hey, what's up?
- You all done up and [bleep].
- Okay, about to go to work in a little bit.
- My son's mom and I have
a pretty good co-parenting relationship.
And she's even mentioned in the past that
she would like for me to step up more.
But that's kinda hard to do when my child and my job
are in two different states.
So I'm calling you 'cause this long distance [bleep]
is really taking a toll on me.
When I came down to Atlanta,
me and Kam, we was talkin' and everything,
and he was just telling me... - I miss you,
I wish we could hang out together more, Dad.
- Yeah? I miss you too.
So I just feel like I'm missing out
on him growing up, so I was thinking,
he could come up here...
- Huh?
- To, like, New York?
- Like full time? - I mean, yeah.
- I'm not giving my baby up like that.
- I mean, you act like you giving him up to a stranger.
I'm his father. - I get that,
but to shift his life like that, no.
- He's older, he needs the male structure
in his life full time.
- But that's a big dynamic change for everybody.
- I mean, it's not like... - Are you ready for that role,
Alex, like, taking him to school,
getting up early, doctor's appointments?
This is full time, like, your life,
your schedule revolves around your kid.
- I-- I'm not gonna sit here and lie and say
that I am completely ready for all of that...
but I will say that I will be ready.
- I think the best option is you coming down here.
We have more help down here.
And he's in sports and everything,
so I want that to continue with him.
- But I got a lot going on with Puma and Teddy up here,
you feel me, so it's like, it's a lot to think about.
♪♪♪♪
Moving Kam to New York wouldn't be the ideal situation,
but I have to make my money in New York,
that's where the shop is.
Kam's the reason why I-- why I've been going so hard.
- I understand that, but you can't get lost
in going so hard that you miss out on moments
with him though, so...
you have to find balance.
- [sighs] Yeah, I got a lotta [bleep] to figure out.
I'll call you later.
- Alright, bye. - Bye.
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ Change the whole system ♪♪
- Welcome to Harlem, USA, this is Black Ink.
♪♪♪♪
Everything that you ever thought, like,
Puma's not gonna do it, have I not proved you wrong?
♪♪♪♪
It's finally here, y'all,
the thing that me and Ted have been working on
this whole [bleep] time.
Black Ink Harlem is back, baby.
Ted just dealt with Ceaser
and the logistics of the name and all this stuff.
- Did y'all handle that with him?
- Yeah, everything's good.
[Puma] The haters said we couldn't do it.
But look at me now, bitch.
A new [bleep] shop!
We're [bleep] back in Harlem.
We did it, man!
- It's not shabby, bro. - It's not too shabby, man.
- Even though Puma wanted a bougie-ass shop
on the Lower East Side,
I used my great powers of persuasion
to change his mind.
These prices are so [bleep] crazy,
and there's so much competition with everything down here, man.
- Yeah. - But I've been looking
at spots in Harlem, our community is what built us,
and we know we gonna get the love there.
- As much as I wanna be down here,
I think you're right.
- Thank you, feels good to be right.
- Yeah, yeah... - Feels good to be right.
Now the only thing missing in this shop is a new couch.
- We got our final four, plus our two OGs,
enough space to fit everybody, we're on the right path, man.
- I'ma be honest, bro,
we knew how to do this [bleep]
because we had to deal with Ceas for years.
- [bleep], man. - Know what I'm saying?
So this is [bleep] we was basically--
- Built for. - Built for, bro.
[Puma] It's kinda [bleep] wild when you think about it.
It was less than a year ago Ceaser was busting
me and Ted's balls talking about
step up to the plate, be more involved.
- We ten years strong in this [bleep].
I need y'all to step up!
- But when [bleep] hit the fan,
look who the [bleep] stepped up.
I'm already thinking about different things
we can do, man, adding some artwork up in here
to brighten up the spot.
I don't know, maybe do the floors over...
- Definitely gotta make some money first
before we do the floors over, they're fine.
- Yeah. - Like, once we put chairs
and there's people in here, and clean it, we be good.
I am way more concerned about what's up with this lease.
- Not necessarily?
- A few months ago, I started working
with my guy Kevin from 100 Suits,
and he's been helping me with the process
to get my felony expunged so I can take a more active role
in this new business venture.
- You can actually file for an expungement
and have that conviction taken off your record.
But you know, it could be a six to eight month process.
- I was always keeping faith that it would be
a speedy process and it won't take the full six months,
but here we are in a great space
and I'm still dealing with this bull[bleep].
I spoke to Kev, the guy from 100 Suits the other day,
and I basically haven't heard anything back yet.
- Th-- I mean, [bleep], that [bleep] has shaken me up.
'Cause you know, we're right here
at the finish line, bruh, like, what're we gonna do?
This is not good, we already have people
drafting up the lease on this new shop.
If Ted can't sign, then that means another delay.
And in this crazy ass New York City
real estate market, man,
who knows what the [bleep] can happen next?
- I promise you I'm gonna figure this out.
- I hope so 'cause we'll be back at square [bleep] one.
- I wanna be there way more for Kam
than my father was there for me,
so I'm like, I could move to Atlanta.
- But what about Teddy and Puma?
- I do have a guest that y'all will probably
find very unexpected.
[woman] What's shaking?
- To Black Ink Harlem.
[all cheering]
[Puma] After all this hard work we done did
to keep this dream alive...
- Ceas wanted me to deliver a message.
[Puma] ...is it about to all fall apart?
- ♪♪ Got me waving like hello, hello ♪♪
♪♪ When I get knocked down I'm getting right back up ♪♪
[Draya] Today I have a very special client.
And now that Black Ink Harlem is finally opening,
hopefully, this will be my last house call
'cause I'm tired of this [bleep].
- [Alex] What's shaking? - Hey, what's up?
- Come on in. - I like the place...
[overlapping chatter]
You got some money, eh? - I'm broke, baby.
- I like that-- - Don't worry about-- hey.
That's sensitive. - Oh, my bad, alright.
- What's up, though, you chilling?
Same old [bleep]? - Yeah, same old same old.
- I'm glad you could come here today
and do my [bleep] tattoo. - I'm excited.
- I'm excited too.
I'ma get Kam face right here on my chest
close to my heart. - Aww!
- That's my heart. - You getting
a little bit more classy. [laughter]
- So this tattoo that I'm getting today
is a portrait of my son.
I just love my son, and I just wanna show
people that that's my heart, that's my world.
I've been having like, [bleep] battle lately.
When I was hanging with Kam in Atlanta,
he was like, oh, I miss you,
you think you can move down here,
I wanna move with you, and I'm just like,
don't make me cry...
- Right, how do you say no?
I can't even imagine what that must be like,
just dealing with that, like, being so far away.
How you gonna deal with it though?
- Um, I could potentially move to Atlanta.
- Move, like, permanently...
- Yeah, like, me move to Atlanta.
♪♪♪♪
- But what about Teddy and Puma
and the shop, have you spoken to them about this yet?
They are kinda counting on us to be here, yeah?
- I mean, as far as Puma and Teddy,
I mean, I will have the conversation with them.
- I definitely feel for Alex.
I cannot imagine having to choose between
my child and my career.
And although I cannot help him with this,
I will, however, give him a banging tattoo.
But, um, you need a table, tray?
- I'ma need a table, tray,
come on, tattoo artist, what you got?
- I'ma get it right over here.
- Where the supply closet? - Chill...
- I need stuff!
♪♪♪♪
You ready? - Yeah, I'm ready.
- Alright, let's go.
- ♪♪ Made mistakes I had to learn from ♪♪
♪♪ Built some bridges had to burn some ♪♪
♪♪ Sleeping, go wake up and smell the coffee ♪♪
♪♪ Next time it's gon' be a stern one, whoa ♪♪
[Alex] So at Kam's age,
I didn't have my father there physically.
I'm trying to do different.
I'm trying to beat the odds,
and I wanna be there way more for Kam
than my father was there for me.
- ♪♪ Sometimes it's hard to find a diamond in the rough ♪♪
♪♪ On a blood diamond, what I really call myself ♪♪
♪♪ Yeah, yeah, life is like a domino effect ♪♪
♪♪ I'm in it now, I ain't got no time to check ♪♪
♪♪ In the house, and I been standing on my head ♪♪
♪♪ Oh yeah yeah yeah, oh yeah yeah ♪♪
- I've been working really hard to take care
of Kam financially, and now with Puma
and Teddy opening up this new shop,
that means more money,
which means that benefits my entire family.
- ♪♪ Shake up, think up, dig up ♪♪
♪♪ Pick up, pick up, hey ♪♪
- But it's a lot already balancing making
my bread in New York, and also trying
to see my son as much as I can in Atlanta.
Weekends and phone calls is just not enough.
I'm caught in between two different decisions,
and I don't know which one
is the wrong or right decision right now.
I ain't think I was gonna survive that right there.
- You did so good. - I almost tapped out.
- Oh, come on, it's not that bad.
Couldn't be worse than birthing him.
- [groans] True. - Mmm-hmm.
[laughter]
- Let's see what we working with.
This [bleep] is so fire.
- You like it?
- It look just like the picture.
- You gonna leave me a good Yelp review?
- Oh yeah, you already know.
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ I got faith in the lord ♪♪
♪♪ Faith in my squad, going for a leap ♪♪
♪♪ Need space for my bro ♪♪
♪♪ Now I'm on the airline... ♪♪
[Miracle] This is nice.
- It just feels good to be out the crib, we made it.
Celebrate time, man.
There was never a doubt in my mind
that I'd be chosen for the shop.
But it is great to have this pressure off my back.
Tonight, we're gonna let loose.
And I have a surprise for my coworkers.
- This my first time in big Queens.
- I still haven't taken the train
the whole time I've been out here.
- How you ain't take no train-- - I know!
- You seen the joint with people surfing on the trains now?
- What do you mean sur-- - Like on top?
- Who puts water in there?
[Jahnova screeching] [rats chittering]
- Oh, my God!
- You know when you go to pick up the phone,
you think you done dialed out, and it's just a dial tone.
[dial tone]
That's just my girl Nova, you know, [bleep].
- I do have real guests that
y'all will probably very unexpected.
- Who is it? - She'll be here in a minute.
- Ooh, it's a she? - You brought your girlfriend?
See, I knew you had... - Come on, come on, come on...
- You brought strippers? - Strippers and giraffes...
- Why giraffes? - Because you are
the type of mother[bleep] to bring a giraffe.
- [laughs] It might be-- a'ight, you gotta be
innovative sometimes. [laughter]
- We need shots.
- [woman] Surprise! - There she goes!
[all exclaiming]
- [bleep], there she goes.
- I had some other business
that I had to finish up in New York,
so I reached out to old brother Rich.
I wanted to hear all the tea,
and you know, find out how devastated everybody
has been without me.
- How've you been feeling since Atlanta, AMH?
- [sighs] So, you know,
the reasons that Puma told me I was cut,
it does not make sense to me.
I know I might've came off aggressive
about the corset...
It's uneven, that's why your ribbons were so loose,
'cause you couldn't pull them tight.
- I spent a whole hour making sure that
everything was lined up correctly.
- You wasted a lotta time then.
...but I don't just tear people down.
They asked me my opinion, you know?
- I don't know why AMH keeps bringing up
the whole corset thing.
I don't wanna deal with her no more,
the best I can do is just keep my mouth shut.
Obviously, Ted and Puma thought that I did a good enough job
because I got a spot in the shop.
- They're already not artists,
they don't see things the way we do.
And it makes me question the business.
I would never build my studio this way,
and I know business, business don't flip flop,
you gotta stand on your business.
- Stand on that. - I think they are
standing on it, they're standing on it in a way
that's kinda like, not clear to us,
but business is business. - I think the issue at hand
right now is that we're in this situation to where
we're following people that don't see life
through views of an artist.
- I wouldn't say I have a vendetta against Puma and Ted,
but being cut really opened my eyes.
Black Ink has always been about building leaders
in our community, but Ted and Puma seem like
they just want a bunch of followers.
To me, that is not the Black Ink legacy.
- All in all, we have made it to where we're at.
Ted and Puma are opening up a new shop.
There is a party,
I would like to invite you.
I think it would be dope for you to come.
[Jahnova] Rich invites AMH to the lease signing party.
Here we [bleep] go.
AMH is my girl,
but if you don't have anything nice to say
about Ted or Puma, what's the point
of coming to the party?
She needs to just take her L quietly,
and move on.
- I love y'all,
and I'ma support y'all 110%,
but I think I need to think about it.
'Cause I gotta check on me.
[Puma] We do have
a little situation.
Nothing too crazy though.
I'll let Ted fill you in.
- Um...
- Hey, fellas.
Can I have a talk with y'all?
So, basically,
I need to be in Atlanta.
- What the [bleep], man?
- ♪♪ You ready for the perks of being a star ♪♪
- ♪♪ It's now or never ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
♪♪ Now or never ♪♪
[Puma] I know that Ted has been working really hard
to get his felony expunged,
but time is [bleep] ticking, bro.
So I called a meeting with the property owner,
we're basically gonna put all our cards
on the table and see what she says.
These wheels are already in motion,
and honestly, there's no time to pause now.
Ah, Michelle.
- Hey, fellas. - Hey.
- How're you? - What's up, love?
[overlapping greetings]
- Thanks for taking your time out
and seeing us today, we appreciate it.
We really like the spot,
you know, and this is definitely what we're looking for.
We're trying to bring Black Ink back to Harlem.
But we do have a little situation.
♪♪♪♪
- Okay, so you're not gonna be signing the lease today?
'Cause I have a host of others that want this spot as well,
and I need signatures from the both of you.
- We wanna sign, don't think we don't wanna sign.
I'll let Ted fill you in.
- Um, hmm...
This is the moment I've been dreading
since Puma and I stared this journey.
I was hoping things would get resolved before this point,
but now we down to our final group of artists
and it's all up to me.
[sighs] Um, a'ight,
I gotta be like, transparent with you.
I got a legal issue.
Basically, I got in trouble back in the day,
so I got a felony under my belt.
But I put in all the paperwork to get it sealed,
but I know when signing a lease for a commercial space,
sometimes landlords don't allow felons.
So I'm hoping you're willing to take a chance on me.
♪♪♪♪
- You know, I have to cover myself as well.
However, y'all from Harlem,
um, I really want y'all to have the spot.
I want y'all to have it.
So...
sign the lease today,
and we'll be completely fine.
- Clearly, I was in my head too much about this.
It's great to know that my felony
is not gonna slow us own.
We got you, we got you. - We got you.
- Yeah, okay. - I do need
to get my felony expunged, but it's also time
for me to move on from my past
and take on whatever's coming after.
- ♪♪ Ah, right now, can you feel it? ♪♪
♪♪ Let's go undefeated ♪♪
♪♪ Turn up and repeat it ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
- Life is changing before my eyes.
- Lord knows I'ma miss these closets.
- Time just went by so fast.
[blows raspberry]
Today is a sad day.
We leave today.
I swear, I'm leaving with more than
what I came in.
- It was fun and all.
Time to go.
It's bittersweet 'cause I know I made it
to the end of the competition,
but now we just leaving the house.
It's just hits house became my home for real.
- Hello, my peeps. - What's good?
- Sad day.
- Basking in the last moments.
- Hello, hello. - Hey.
- I'm just grateful for all the ups and the downs.
Me and Miracle had our little thing,
but it wouldn't be the same without these people.
I wouldn't trade nobody.
- This is an experience that no one else will have.
No one else in the Black Ink Crew
has ever had.
- We got a big-ass opportunity
and we took advantage of it.
I loved every bit of it.
I loved being in the house with these people,
even if we didn't get along.
I grew more than I've grown anywhere else
in any other state with any other people.
- What was y'all best moment here?
What're you never gonna forget in this house?
- Us drinking was always fun.
- Dancing in the living room.
- [bleep].
[all chanting, laughing]
♪♪♪♪
- Can we just have a moment of quick silence
for all the [bleep] that ain't here with us?
♪♪♪♪
- Well, [bleep]...
[laughter]
- There was once eight of us in here.
- Now there's four... - I don't know how
eight people fit up in here.
- Look at the camera... - I'm at the camera,
I'm in the camera, I'm in its eyes, I'm in the lens...
We walked in not even knowing this [bleep] was a game.
- [Puma] Welcome! - [Rich] We walked into
an arena, and the rules for the game...
[Santana] It was like "Hunger Games".
[Jahnova] Without knowing it was "Hunger Games".
- Yeah. - And I was Rue.
- You were Rue? - But I didn't die.
- Okay.
[laughter]
- Let's go.
We came in together, we goin' out together.
- It has been a mother[bleep] time.
- It feels like a new beginning for all of us.
And we're gonna [bleep] [bleep] up.
- [Santana] More to come. - [Rich] Talk that [bleep].
- Lights, camera, action. - Talk that.
♪♪♪♪
- Cheers!
[AMH] Y'all thought y'all was having a party without me?
- This is horrible. - We haven't even
opened the doors yet and we already got fights brewing.
Rich...
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ Sometimes we fall, but now we rise ♪♪
- "Black Ink Crew" is a movement
that has spread across the country.
But its beating heart has always been in Harlem, USA.
- Black Ink forever!
[Ceaser] Welcome to the grand opening
of Black Ink 125th.
It [bleep] looking [bleep] good in here!
[Alex] 113th is home.
- Oh, [bleep]. - X, what up, brother?
- We gonna figure it out. - Yeah.
[passerby] No sugar, no cream.
[passerby howls]
- Good ol' Harlem. - Good ol' Harlem.
- Good ol' [bleep] Harlem.
- The shop honors that history
with these six new artists
pushing the brand to a new future.
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ We gon' rise, we gon' rise ♪♪
♪♪ We about to rise ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
- It feels good to be in here, we're back in Harlem.
I'm on cloud 9 right--
you know, matter of fact, no,
I'm on cloud 9-hundo right now, baby.
This feels amazing.
We're officially back in Harlem,
where it all started from.
Harlem, USA. We did it!
- Okay... - Hey.
[overlapping greetings]
- Welcome. - How's it going?
This is beautiful.
- How you like it, cousin?
- My emotions is all over the place tonight.
Being back in Black Ink shop in Harlem, fire.
But I'm nervous, because I know that I have
to talk to Puma and Teddy about everything that's
going on with me and my son.
Ooh, drinks. - Wow.
- Look at you, [bleep] the whole shop,
he said, ooh, drinks.
That's the first thing you gonna say?
Y'all [bleep] with the space, though?
- No, this is a space right here.
- How many people fit in here?
- I mean, six people on a day,
I think that should be good enough.
- Oh, okay, I see you, Puma and Ted,
it's actually kinda nice here, I see potential.
I'm ready to start working, honestly.
- ♪♪ Turn it up, turn it up, time to get fired up ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
- Okay, okay... - Hey, y'all.
- Hey, welcome!
[overlapping greetings]
- You know it ain't no party without Trilla.
- What the [bleep] are you doing here?
- It's a surprise! - What's up, bro?
- Since Rich is over here
handing out invites to everybody,
I thought, well, shoot, I'ma bring my plus-one.
The Novas are still going strong,
and it's all love over here, baby.
- How you like it, Jahnova?
- It's nice, I like the vibes.
- You know, right now it's just the start.
Add the chairs in and everything,
it should all look good.
- Puma... - Huh?
- It's a celebration. - Come on, man,
let's turn the [bleep] up. - Cheers.
- Black Ink... - To Black Ink...
- Black Ink Harlem, yeah!
[all cheering]
♪♪♪♪
- Oh, [bleep]! Where the [bleep] we at?
- Hey!
- We didn't know we was pulling up to the club.
Pull up to the spot, the spot looking dope as hell.
- What's good, baby? - It feels dope
that they're actually gonna make another Black Ink in Harlem,
'cause that's where we first met.
What's up, what's up?
- We just gonna assume that because y'all came
to the couples dinner together that y'all are a couple.
- Yeah. - We're a couple.
- Ah, [bleep]. - So it's like...
- That's where all the craziness started.
- It's kinda like going back to it,
but hopefully they don't have the same drama
like in the past.
- Yeah, I feel like the new people don't know
what's about to happen. [laughs]
- You look good, y'all both glowing.
- It's good to see y'all...
- Together. - Together.
- A lot happened. - Hold up,
I see a ring on her finger. - Wait, whoa, wha...
- I see a ring on her... - Right.
- That's what I'm trying to tell y'all!
[all exclaiming]
- We got married. - What?
[all cheering]
- Whoa, whoa, whoa!
I am so...
I'm fed up with Rok and Krystal.
Like, one moment they're together,
the next moment they beefing, next moment, Krystal's trying
to knock somebody's head off,
next thing you know, they're married,
next thing you know, Krystal's pregnant, right?
What the [bleep] is going on, guys?
- This is [bleep] beautiful.
- Y'all know since 113th I was on her body...
- Yeah, but she was beating your ass...
- I'm glad you said it 'cause I was definitely gonna say it.
- She was like, no, [bleep], get the [bleep] away!
- Wanna know what's so crazy? Want some crazy [bleep]?
You and Quani fell in love at 113th too.
[all] Aww! - What?
- Rok just became single.
- Damn, she fine! - This my wife!
- That's his wife, calm down!
- Y'all fell in love at 113th too?
- Oh, we did! All over 113th!
- Wow, whoa, whoa! [all exclaiming]
You coulda kept that to yourself.
- It was nasty time.
I'm telling you, man,
Harlem is for the lovers, baby.
But, yo, where the [bleep] is Rich?
- We missing some people, right? - Fashionably late.
- Trilla coulda had his [bleep] spot
if he doesn't wanna show up. - Let's talk about it.
[laughter]
- ♪♪ V-V sub zero, blue cheese, yo quiero ♪♪
[Rich] I am excited for this next step.
I really am, but I still a feel a little way
about how AMH was treated.
As an official member of the "Black Ink Crew",
I think it is my time to let Ted and Puma know
that they are extremely mishandling top tier talent.
- Cheers!
- Y'all thought y'all was having a party without me?
♪♪♪♪
- Okay...
[Ted] What the [bleep] is she doing here?
- This is on you, bro.
You told me everything is good, Puma.
I've been focused on getting [bleep] together.
What the [bleep] is this?
You handle that [bleep], Ted.
[AMH] Y'all thought y'all was having a party without me?
[Quani] Puma, what's happening?
- Hey, what's up? - What's good?
- Yo, what is with everybody inviting the people
who didn't make it to the end?
- Hey, baby.
- I really do like AMH,
but we got rid of her for a reason.
Her [bleep] attitude.
AMH is definitely a super talented artist,
but this is supposed to be good vibes, people.
Not, "nyah nyah nyah nyah!"
I understand with Trilla...
...but this is horrible.
- Okay, okay.
The new shop is, um...
it's compact, um...
Alright, well, toast to this [bleep].
Seeing the shop now, you know, it takes
a little bit of that bitterness away
that I was feeling about being cut.
I'm feeling a little less bitter right now.
- I think six, or... - Six artists?
- You wanna be one of 'em? - Nah.
♪♪♪♪
- Why did you walk in with AMH?
- You know, I feel like
ideally as a tattoo shop, a tattoo brand,
we'd wanna grow and expand,
so why completely shut the door to an artist?
Right?
- I feel like we built a bond,
I watched, I grew with these people,
I can't come and support them on the lease signing?
- What's wrong with that?
- Just moving forward, bro,
understand there's a structure,
and if we say something ain't it,
it ain't it.
- Are you under the assumption that you're tattooing here,
or did you just wanna come... - Where would I tattoo at?
Not enough [bleep] space.
- I've been team AMH from the jump,
and I thought it was completely crazy
when Ted and Puma cut her from the crew.
But now, I'm starting to understand.
You say you here to celebrate us,
and you here to support us, so I don't understand
where the negativity's... - What negativity?
- You came in and said, "oh, how many artists
gonna be up in here?" - You took that as negativity?
- What is it? It ain't positivity.
- Why every time somebody's questions me,
they asking me what I said.
I don’t know what the [bleep] is going on with Jahnova,
but she need to check that [bleep] back at the door.
You got an attitude because I said the shop is small.
Bitch, it is, you know it is.
- I'm just happy we got us a space, it's gonna get...
- I'm happy you got a space too.
I love that for you.
[Ted] We haven't even opened the doors yet on the new shop,
and we already got fights brewing.
Once again, Ted is right.
AMH is a troublemaker, and there's nothing
her or Rich can say to change my mind.
I say this in the most graceful way possible,
I'ma have to ask you to leave though, please.
- Why I gotta leave?
- Because this is not the energy,
you wasn't invited, now y'all beefing
back and forth, know what I'm saying--
- This the same [bleep] y'all did in Atlanta,
somebody came to me with an argument,
and y'all took it out on me.
You cut your top [bleep] performers
that you had this whole time.
- AMH, I'ma have to ask-- please--
- People been trippin... - We don't need this energy.
- I get in one argument with a bitch that brings
some [bleep] to me, and they cut me for it.
[bleep] y'all and this weak ass party.
- Ooh, that wasn't very nice.
- That was intense.
- But this is why, Rich.
There's either people who wanna be team players,
or people who wanna be solo acts.
- AMH throwing this cup,
I really do feel like this is a bad representation
of me being that I brought her here.
I still feel a little way about how Puma and Ted
handle business, but I get what Puma means
about being a team player.
I'ma stick around and I'ma show
Puma and Ted that I can play my part too.
- A'ight, y'all got drinks? Let's toast...
[all cheering]
- ♪♪ They try to knock us down, but we still going up ♪♪
♪♪ We coming in too strong, now they tip-toeing ♪♪
♪♪ They can't stop us, no, they can't knock us ♪♪
♪♪ Coming for the win and I know they gon' watch us ♪♪
- Nothing brings back old Black Ink memories
like a cup being thrown or somebody being kicked out.
- This is crazy... - Hey, fellas.
Can I have a talk with y'all?
- For real? - Yeah.
But I can't get lost going down memory lane,
I cannot put this conversation off any longer.
So...
I'm feeling this whole situation right now...
- Awesome! - Awesome.
But at the same time,
with everything going on,
I kinda gained a different perspective
on what's important to me.
So when we was in Atlanta,
you know, I was with my son,
and we don't get to spend that much time together
and all that, you feel me, and I need to change that.
'Cause it's like, that's my kid, bro,
you feel me, so basically
what I'm trying to say is...
I need to be in Atlanta.
- We just getting this [bleep] started...
- We legit just got it.
You were supposed to be part of this whole process, bruh.
But, if there's one person
who understands dad life, you know that's my Black ass.
I'm all about dad life,
and being there for your son, especially little Black boys,
you gotta be there, so just do what you gotta do, Alex.
[Puma] My two kids are my world,
so who the [bleep] would I be to tell Alex,
oh, no, you can't go to Atlanta.
I'm very proud to see how far Alex has come
in his whole situation.
Taking care of your [bleep] son,
that's what the [bleep] I'm talking about, Alex.
- Like Puma said, take care of your family, bro.
I understand why Alex is making this decision,
but getting this team together was tough
and Alex was definitely a key factor.
It is always something.
- Let's enjoy it. - Come on.
Don't touch the paintings!
- I didn't touch it! I didn't touch it!
- Rok head! - I didn't touch it!
[Alex] Being a part of Black Ink
has changed my life in every way.
I've grown more as an artist than I thought I ever would.
And through the brand,
I got to be a part of something bigger than just tattooing.
- Big Black Ink!
- Plus, I think I've officially
earned the title Vagina Slayer.
- Who puts all the cream on you?
- On me? - Ohh!
- I feel like this chapter of my life is ending,
but the new kids better behave,
'cause I'm only a short plane ride away.
- I have a speech.
- A Puma speech.
- Alright, thank you for being here.
This has been a long, hard road,
where nobody believed in none of us.
But we're here,
where Black Ink originally started.
- Harlem, baby!
- At the start of this, I was on my own [bleep]
Puma's Island trying to make this thing happen.
And now, look at us, surrounded by OGs
and newbies ready to push forward
on this new chapter of "Black Ink Crew".
The new crew, Jahnova, Santana,
Rich, Miracle, I'm proud of all of y'all.
- Y'all a part of this new journey,
and we just want y'all to understand what
Black Ink means to Harlem
and what y'all mean to the world now.
Puma and I built this brand with Ceaser,
we literally been there since day one.
And we almost lost everything in a New York minute.
But we've proven that Black Ink
is bigger than one man.
We've bossed up big time, and I'm finally ready
to graduate from the couch to a throne.
- Soak this up, enjoy this energy...
[Ted] This is a full circle moment for us.
[Puma] Let's turn up.
Black Ink Harlem!
[bleep]!
[all cheering]
Mazel tov!
-♪♪ Nothing's impossible ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
- You're back in Harlem. - Back in Harlem.
♪♪♪♪
- Shots, everybody!
- Yeah, I need a shot. To a new start!
- Oh, [bleep]. - Oh.
- Yo.
- Spyder man. - What's going on?
What's going on, brother Puma?
- Oh, now I'm brother Puma?
'Cause the last time I seen you, Spyder, it was...
- You a bitch-ass [bleep]. - Thank you.
- That's what bitch-ass [bleep] do.
Fake-ass boss.
You a clown, Puma.
- Matter of fact, who the [bleep]
told you about this party?
Like, how the [bleep] you get this address?
- What's going on? What's up? What we doin'?
- This is a new Black Ink shop. - This is the new
Black Ink Harlem. - Black Ink Harlem?
- Black Ink Harlem right here.
- Man, [bleep].
Well, don't mean to be the bearer of bad news
but Ceas wanted me to deliver a message.
- What the [bleep] is that?
- It's basically a cease and desist letter.
He didn't give nobody the authority
to open up any Black Inks.
- What the [bleep], man?
I bust my Black ass, me and Ted,
to try to uphold this whole Black Ink legacy.
And then Ceaser comes left field with this bull[bleep]?
You told me, Puma,
I wanna name it Black Ink, I talked to Ceaser.
- I don't know about that.
He said he ain't speak to you in the longest.
- [laughs] Oh... - You get what I'm saying?
- Wait, what? - [Puma] I thought Ted said
he talked to Ceaser and got permission.
Did he lie to me all this time?
Did Ceaser change his mind recently?
Like, Ted, say something.
- Yo, peace and love, a'ight?
[Quani] Suck a hot dog.
- Bro, this is on you, bro.
You told me everything is good, Puma.
[Ted] I'm not here for this blame game [bleep].
Puma, get the [bleep] out my face.
I am not the one that [bleep] up.
Of all people, Puma should definitely know
how petty Ceas is.
I've been focused on, you know,
getting [bleep] together.
What the [bleep] is this?
I've been working too mother[bleep] hard
and came too [bleep] far to let anybody stop me now.
Ceaser may have fired the first shot,
but I'm here ready for war.
You handle that [bleep], Ted.
Ted, [bleep].
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