>> YOU EITHER GONNA APOLOGIZE
FOR THE [bleep] YOU DOING,
OR YOU JUST GET THE [bleep] OUT.
>> DEUCES, BRO.
>> YOU [bleep] WEAK-ASS BITCH.
GET THE [bleep] OUT OF HERE.
>> THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF
SOMETHING DEEPER GOING ON.
DUTCHESS IS A PUPPET MASTER.
>> WHERE THE [bleep] YOU BEEN,
[bleep]?
>> IN A FEW DAYS, I'M GOING TO
COURT TO FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT
I'M GOING TO PRISON FOR THIS
GUN CHARGE.
>> LAST CHANCE.
YOU [bleep] UP ONE MORE TIME,
YOU'RE DONE.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT TOMORROW'S
GONNA HOLD FOR ME.
I COULD BE IN JAIL.
>> I GET ONE QUESTION, TED.
DID YOU [bleep] SASSY?
SO, TED, IS LESBIAN [bleep]
BETTER THAN REGULAR [bleep]?
'CAUSE THE PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW.
>> I GOT TO TALK TO YOU.
DID YOU [bleep] ME?
>> NO.
>> I QUIT.
GOOD-BYE.
THE DISRESPECT HAS REACHED
A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PLATEAU.
BLACK INK, I'M OUT.
>> SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN
THE [bleep] OTHER WOMAN.
>> YOU'RE MY GIRL.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT,
SHE'S THE OTHER WOMAN?
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> CHILDREN!
CLEAR OUT!
[hip-hop music]
*
>> * 'CAUSE IT IS WHAT IT IS *
* IT DOES WHAT IT DO
* I LIVE HOW I LIVE
* AND IF I FEEL IT
* IT'S TRUE *
* TELL ME WHAT Y'ALL *
* TALKING ABOUT
* Y'ALL PLAYING *
* DON'T ROLL THAT DICE *
* WITH YOUR LIFE
* LIKE IT'S A GAME *
>> WHAT'S UP WITH YOUR BAIL
BONDSMAN SITUATION?
>> SO HE WAS LIKE, BASICALLY,
ONE MORE TIME, IF I MISS,
I GO TO JAIL.
SO I STILL GOT THIS PENDING GUN
CHARGE HANGING OVER MY HEAD,
AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT MY BAIL
BONDSMAN HAD TO MARK DOWN EVERY
SINGLE TIME THAT I DIDN'T SHOW
UP AND SEND IT TO THE D.A.
>> YOU GOT TO BE GOOD WITH THESE
PEOPLE WHILE YOU FIGHTING
THIS CASE, MAN.
FOR YOU TO BE PLAYING AROUND
WITH THEM, THEY NOT GONNA PLAY
NO GAMES WITH YOU, MAN.
>> I KNOW.
I THOUGHT THAT BECAUSE THE
SIMPLE FACT THAT I TATTOOED,
HOMEY.
>> HEY, YOU AIN'T TATTOOED
A JUDGE.
[laughs]
THE [bleep] DON'T CARE ABOUT
THAT [bleep], BRO.
>> WHAT'S POPPING?
>> CANDICE, WHAT'S
POPPING, BABY?
HOW ARE YOU?
CANDICE IS AN ADULT ACTRESS,
AND, YOU KNOW, SHE'S DONE A FEW
MOVIES THAT I'VE SEEN BEFORE.
THEY'RE PRETTY AWESOME.
WE WERE OUT ONE DAY, AND WE
KIND OF LINKED UP, AND THEN,
YOU KNOW, I WAS LIKE, "HEY,
YOU SHOULD COME BY BLACK INK
AND GET TATTOOED BY ME."
>> SO WHAT ARE YOU GETTING
DONE TODAY?
>> I WANT MY GRANDMA'S NAME
ON MY BACK.
>> YOU SAY YOUR GRANDMA'S NAME?
>> YEAH.
>> SHE'S A PORN STAR.
I MEAN, LIKE, HOW DOES IT REALLY
WORK IF YOU HAVE YOUR
GRANDMOTHER'S MEMORIAL PIECE
ON YOUR BACK, AND, YOU KNOW,
GUYS ARE GONNA BE BACK THERE
LOOKING AT IT?
>> IN LOVING MEMORY, CONSTANCE.
>> CONSTANCE?
>> IT REALLY WOULDN'T CREEP ME
OUT, BUT SOME GUYS, YEAH.
THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, HIGHER
STANDARDS THAN I DO.
I'LL TELL YOU THAT MUCH.
YO, GIVE ME, LIKE, FIVE MINUTES.
I'M GONNA GO DRAW THIS UP FOR
YOU; THEN I'M GONNA COME OUT--
>> MAKE IT HOT FOR ME.
>> I AM.
MAKE SURE YOU LOVE IT, THOUGH.
OH, LET'S DO IT.
>> CAN WE TAKE A SHOT BEFORE
I START MY TATTOO?
>> YOU GOT SOME OF THAT JAG
ON YOU?
>> YOU GONNA BE DRINKING OUT OF
MY BOOBIES.
>> FREE BOOBS AND FREE BOOZE.
[laughs]
BOOB SHOT, BOOB SHOT.
I DON'T WANT TO GET IN TROUBLE.
JESUS, TAKE THE WHEEL.
>> [laughs]
>> BLACK INK, THAT'S WHAT
WE KNOWN FOR,
SOME CRAZY [bleep].
IT'S NOTHING NEW WHEN CANDICE
WANTED EVERYBODY TO START TAKING
SHOTS OUT OF HER BOOBS.
>> CANDICE VON, I LOVE YOU.
>> OOH.
>> ALL RIGHT, GET IN THAT
COMFORTABLE POSITION.
>> THAT SOUNDS LIKE A VIBRATOR.
[buzzing]
[moans]
[bleep].
[moaning]
>> TRY NOT TO MOVE WHEN THAT
NEEDLE'S ON YOU.
>> OKAY.
IS IT TURNING YOU ON?
>> [laughs]
I THINK THAT CANDICE WAS TRYING
TO GET A RISE OUT OF ME
WHEN I WAS TATTOOING HER.
>> [moans]
OH!
>> TRYING TO KEEP IT COOL.
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA
WIPE THIS OFF.
I'M GONNA LET YOU TAKE A LOOK
AT IT IN THE MIRROR.
>> I LOVE IT.
IT LOOKS SO GOOD.
>> YEAH?
ALL RIGHT.
CANDICE WAS VERY HAPPY
WITH THE TATTOO.
SHE DEFINITELY SOUNDED LIKE SHE
WAS SATISFIED.
BYE, GIRL.
>> THAT'S SO WONDERFUL.
I'M SO HAPPY. IT LOOKS SO GOOD.
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S ANOTHER DAY
AT THE OFFICE.
>> * OOH
* OH, IF THE GRASS IS GREENER
* ON THE OTHER SIDE
* IF YOU WANT, I'MA TAKE YOU *
* YOU CAN GO
[door buzzes]
>> HI.
>> I'M HERE TO SEE CEASER.
I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH HIM.
>> TIFFANY.
>> WITH O'[bleep] MAYBE GOING TO
JAIL FOR A WHILE AND ME LOSING
ONE OF MY BEST ARTISTS,
I DECIDED TO START LOOKING
FOR TALENT.
YOU A TATTOO ARTIST?
>> YES.
>> WHERE YOU TATTOO OUT OF?
>> IN NORTH NEW JERSEY.
>> WHAT, YOU GOT YOUR OWN SHOP
AND WHATNOT?
>> UH, WORKING ON THAT.
>> WHAT YOU WANT TO WORK
FOR ME FOR?
>> MAYBE TO BE ABLE TO TATTOO
MY NEW YORK CLIENTS.
>> SWEETHEART, IF YOU GOT YOUR
OWN SHOP THAT'S IN THE MAKINGS,
I [bleep] WOULDN'T BE CONCERNED
TWO CENTS WORTH OF [bleep] ABOUT
BLACK INK.
>> LET ME SEE YOUR PORTFOLIO.
>> SURE.
HEY, O'[bleep].
WANT TO TAKE A LOOK?
>> OH, SNAP.
LOOK AT THIS.
TIFFANY'S A DOPE ARTIST.
I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK CEASE MIGHT NEED TO HIRE
HER, BUT THEN AGAIN, HE DOESN'T
NEED TO FIRE ME, SO I DON'T KNOW
IF HE NEEDS TO HIRE HER.
>> YOU SEEN HER PORTFOLIO
ALREADY?
>> YEAH, I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT
BECAUSE IF YOU WANT TO HAVE YOUR
OWN SHOP, IT'S KIND OF LIKE...
WE TRYING TO BUILD A BUSINESS
THAT'S LOYAL.
>> [laughs]
I'M SORRY.
I'M...
IT MUST HAVE BEEN
SOMETHING I ATE.
I'M SORRY.
I DON'T THINK DUTCHESS REALLY
TOOK TOO WELL TO TIFFANY COMING
IN AND TRYING TO, LIKE, STEP
INTO HER TERRITORY, AND,
YOU KNOW, IT'S ANOTHER WOMAN.
SO JUST THE BATTLE
OF THE VAGINA--
THE VAG WAR THAT'S GOING ON.
[laughs]
>> WE'LL LET YOU COME HERE
AND GET YOUR NEW YORK CLIENTELE
UP SO YOU CAN TAKE
ALL OF THEM TO YOUR SHOP?
THEN WHAT DO WE GET OUT OF IT?
THAT'S SOME BIG COJONES
RIGHT THERE.
I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU I AM
THE [bleep] CAPTAIN OF THE TEAM.
WHY THE [bleep] WOULD I
ENTERTAIN THIS?
I AM DUTCHESS.
LIKE, PEOPLE NEED TO GET THAT
THROUGH THEIR HEAD.
I WOULDN'T GO WORK FOR SOMEBODY
ELSE WHEN I'M GONNA HAVE
MY OWN [bleep].
THAT'S JUST ME PERSONALLY.
>> YOUR WORK IS VERY IMPRESSIVE
AND ALL THAT [bleep], BUT
I CAN'T SAY YES RIGHT NOW.
>> I THINK THAT LITTLE VOICE
IN CEASER'S HEAD HAS DREADS
AND A LITTLE DOWN SOUTH ACCENT.
EVERYTHING DUTCHESS SAYS GOES.
>> NOT EVEN FOR A GUEST SPOT?
>> TIFFANY WORK IS PRETTY
AWESOME, BUT HONESTLY,
WOULD I HIRE HER?
HELLS NO.
DUTCHESS WILL RIP HER [bleep]
HEAD OFF HER [bleep]
FAKE-ASS BODY.
>> I UNDERSTAND.
>> THANKS, TIFF.
>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME.
>> ALL RIGHT.
[tense hip-hop music]
*
[door buzzes]
>> OH, HOLD ON.
SHE'S HERE!
>> HI, BABY.
AH!
[laughs] OKAY.
HOW ARE YOU, SWEETHEART?
>> WHAT UP, MOMMY?
>> HI, SWEETHEART.
>> FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW,
MOMMY IS MY MOTHER FROM BROOKLYN
WHO BASICALLY GUIDED ME THROUGH
THE TATTOO INDUSTRY.
>> MOMMY, WHAT BRINGS YOU OUT?
>> WELL, I JUST COME TO GET THAT
FAMILY FEELING, AND I HAVEN'T
SEEN YOUR FACES IN A MINUTE.
WHERE IS EVERYBODY?
>> EVERYBODY'S HERE.
>> I DON'T SEE NOBODY
I RECOGNIZE EXCEPT FOR
THESE TWO RIGHT HERE
AND MY BABY OVER HERE.
WHERE IS PUMA?
WHERE'S SASSY?
>> OH, MOMMY, IF YOU KNEW WHERE
PUMA AND SASSY WAS, YOU WOULD BE
HUNTING THEM DOWN TO BEAT THEY
ASS 'CAUSE YOU WORSE THAN ME.
I AM SO GLAD MOMMY IS HERE.
NOW WE FINALLY GOT A VOICE
OF REASON IN THIS BUILDING.
>> WHAT HAPPENED?
>> RUNNING AROUND TALKING
[bleep].
>> ABOUT THE SHOP?
>> ABOUT US--ME AND CEASE.
AND THEY THOUGHT IT WASN'T GONNA
GET BACK TO US.
THEY THOUGHT THE WORLD WAS
THEIRS AND IT WAS THAT SMALL.
>> PUMA HASN'T HAD A DOLLAR IN
HIS WHOLE [bleep] LIFE.
I BEEN HELPING THIS [bleep]
FOREVER.
WHAT HAPPENED IS, ME AND HIM GOT
INTO A PROBLEM.
>> 'CAUSE HE DON'T REALLY DO
NOTHING.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
>> BRING IN CUSTOMERS.
>> THE CUSTOMERS THAT HE BRING
WASN'T GETTING TATTOOED.
THEY WAS WAITING ON HIM.
>> WAS HE ACTING LIKE
A CONSULTANT?
>> HOW CAN YOU CONSULT WHEN
YOU'VE NEVER HAD YOUR OWN
BUSINESS?
WHAT CAN YOU CONSULT?
>> AND SASSY, THE [bleep] QUIT.
>> YEAH.
>> QUIT?
>> YEAH, THE [bleep] QUIT.
>> WE MADE A JOKE THAT TED
SMASHED SASSY.
>> THAT SHOULDN'T GO ON.
>> WHAT WAS LEFT OUT IS THAT
SOMEBODY TEXT SASSY SAYING TED
IS IN THE SHOP SAYING HE HAD SEX
WITH YOU.
SO THE OTHER DAY, EVERYBODY'S
IN THE SHOP JOKING.
A JOKE TURNED INTO SOMETHING
VERY SERIOUS.
SASSY GOT A TEXT THAT WE WAS
SLEEPING TOGETHER.
IT'S TOTALLY FALSE.
IT'S A [bleep] UP FEELING 'CAUSE
I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF IT,
BUT THE PERSON I AM, I'M GONNA
STEP FORWARD AND TAKE CARE OF IT
BEFORE IT GOES ANY FURTHER.
IT DIDN'T HAVE TO GO AS FAR
AS IT'S GOING NOW.
ONCE A GIRL CAME IN HERE CRYING,
YES, I FEEL SOME TYPE OF WAY,
AND I SHOULDN'T BE STUCK IN
THE MIDDLE OF A [bleep] JOKE
THAT'S NOT TRUE.
>> THAT'S JUST HOW IT GO.
I THOUGHT WE WAS IN HARLEM IN
THE BIG APPLE WHERE [bleep]
IS REAL.
THEY STARTED THIS [bleep] BY
[bleep] WITH MY [bleep]
RELATIONSHIP LIKE IT WAS A JOKE.
SO IT'S FUNNY NOW.
HA, HA, HA, BITCH.
I DON'T CARE.
>> SO WHAT, SOMEONE
SAYS SOMETHING?
SO WHAT, SOMEONE
FEELS SOME TYPE OF WAY?
GROW THE [bleep] UP.
WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
THERE'S TOO MUCH DRAMA.
>> I KNOW.
>> YOU RUNNING A BUSINESS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> THAT'S YOUR BUSINESS FAMILY.
YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, TAKE THEM IN
THE BACK.
IF YOU GETTING MAD BECAUSE
SOMETHING HAPPENED, DON'T TAKE
IT PERSONAL.
>> IT'S ABOUT TIME SOMEBODY
SPEAKING UP AND TALKING SOME
TRUTH IN THIS SHOP,
'CAUSE THESE TWO [bleep] JUST
DON'T GET IT.
>> FIX IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
LIKE, YOU JUST DON'T LEAVE
THINGS UNDONE LIKE THAT.
YOU HAVE TO FIX IT.
>> IT'S GONNA GET WORSE.
WHAT WE GONNA DO, CEASE?
>> WHAT THE HELL?
MOMMY'S SUPPOSED TO BE ON MY
SIDE, AND TED'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE
MY BACK NO MATTER WHAT.
THIS IS MY FAMILY.
MAN, [bleep] THIS.
I AIN'T TALKING ABOUT THIS
[bleep] NO MORE.
>> I'VE NEVER SEEN ANY FEMALE
GET CEASER THE WAY THIS
BITCH HAS, MAN.
>> WHY EXACTLY DID YOU GO
OFF ON CAITLIN LIKE THAT?
>> SHE DESERVED TO GET HER ASS
WHIPPED BECAUSE SHE TALKED TOO
MUCH [bleep].
SHE'S STILL THE OTHER WOMAN.
>> MY MOM REACHED OUT TO ME.
>> THAT'S CRAZY.
>> I KNOW.
ANYBODY WHO KNOWS NEW YORK CITY
'80s, DRUG EPIDEMIC KILLED
THE BLACK FAMILY.
IT'S A KNOWN FACT.
>> EVERYBODY FELT LIKE ONCE
Y'ALL GOT TOGETHER, IT WAS JUST
Y'ALL AGAINST US.
>> THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY'S REAL
PROBLEM IS.
THEY THINK THAT I'M THE REASON
FOR EVERYTHING.
[hip-hop music]
*
[heavy hip-hop music]
*
>> ACHILLES.
>> DADDY.
>> WHAT'S UP, MAN?
GIVE ME A HUG.
I MISS YOU.
>> I MISSED YOU TOO.
>> WHAT'S UP, KATH?
>> HI.
>> KATHY IS MY CRAZY BABY MAMA
FROM THE BRONX, AND LAST TIME
I SAW KATHY WAS WHEN SHE WAS
BEATING CAITLIN'S ASS UP
FOR NO REASON.
>> SO WHAT'S UP?
>> NOTHING, NOTHING.
I WAS JUST SEEING
WHAT'S UP WITH YOU
WITH EVERYTHING.
>> BEEN BETTER.
[chuckles]
>> SO WHY EXACTLY DID YOU GO OFF
ON CAITLIN LIKE THAT?
>> IT WAS A LOT TO HANDLE
SEEING, YOU KNOW...
SEEING HER THERE.
[screaming]
>> NO!
>> STOP IT!
>> [bleep].
>> CALL ME CRAZY, BUT IT STILL
SEEMS, LIKE, REAL CHILDISH.
>> I UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT
TOGETHER AND WE'RE NOT A COUPLE,
BLAH, BLAH, BLAH,
BUT, LIKE, SHE'S STILL
THE OTHER WOMAN.
LIKE, WHY WOULD YOU THINK IT'S
OKAY FOR HER TO BE THERE?
>> BECAUSE THIS IS THE SAME DAY
THAT SHE'S COME--THAT SHE'S
THERE FOR ME AT COURT.
>> SEE, BUT I UNDERSTAND
YOU WERE TRYING TO--
I DON'T KNOW--KISS HER ASS TO
A POINT SO SHE COULD TESTIFY FOR
YOU AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT YOU THINK IT'S OKAY FOR ME
TO JUST BE AROUND ALL YOUR
BITCHES 'CAUSE YOU SUCH
A LADIES' MAN LIKE THAT.
AND I'M SUPPOSED TO HANDLE THIS
WITH GRACE AND...
>> NOPE, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO
EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID, RIGHT?
>> SHE GOT WHAT SHE DESERVED.
SHE DESERVED TO GET HER ASS
WHIPPED BECAUSE SHE TALKED TOO
MUCH [bleep].
ON A HIGHER LEVEL, WHAT I DID
WAS TOTALLY UNCALLED FOR,
BUT ON THE STREET LEVEL...
SHE GOT WHAT SHE DESERVED.
I WAS OVERFLOWING WITH PAIN
THAT DAY,
BUT I'M NOT GONNA SIT HERE
AND BE LIKE, "OH, I WAS TOTALLY
WRONG FOR WHAT I DID."
NO, I HAD MY REASONS.
>> NOW I'M FACING THIS GUN
CHARGE, AND I'M NOT GONNA EVEN
HAVE THE PROPER DEFENSE THAT
I WANT TO BECAUSE SHE CAN'T
TESTIFY FOR ME.
>> YOU CAN BLAME ME FOR THAT
ALL YOU WANT, BUT THE REAL
EXTENT OF HER NOT TESTIFYING IS
BECAUSE YOU DID SOMETHING
TO PISS HER OFF.
>> ONLY WOMAN WHO I'VE REALLY
BEEN PISSING OFF IS YOU.
>> EVERY TIME I TRY TO FOCUS ON
US AND OUR FAMILY,
IT'S ALWAYS ANOTHER GIRL
IN THE MIX.
DESPITE ALL YOUR TROUBLES,
ALL YOUR DRAMA, ALL YOUR CHAOS,
I ACCEPTED YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE,
AND EVEN AS THE MOTHER OF YOUR
CHILD, I FEEL LIKE I'M A NOBODY.
>> I JUST--
I FEEL LIKE I MOVED ON, LIKE...
BUT THAT WAS 'CAUSE THAT WAS
ALSO THE SAME TIME YOU MOVED OUT
THE HOUSE, AND THEN YOU WENT
M.I.A., AND I COULDN'T EVEN
GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU.
>> WHY WOULD I STAY IN A HOUSE
WITH A MAN WHO DOESN'T
RESPECT ME?
>> I RESPECT YOU.
I JUST DIDN'T--
I WASN'T IN LOVE WITH YOU
ANYMORE.
>> IT'S JUST BEEN SO HARD.
LIKE...
>> THE LIVES OF THESE TWO KIDS
AND MINE'S GONNA JUST BE HANGING
IN THE BALANCE SOON.
I MEAN, LIKE, I COULD REALLY
POSSIBLY BEING GOING
TO JAIL NOW.
I KNOW IT'S DEFINITELY KIND OF
HARD TO WORK THINGS OUT WITH
KATHY RIGHT NOW, BUT I BELIEVE
THAT IF WE'RE GONNA TRY AND BE A
FAMILY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LET
GO OF EVERYTHING FROM THE PAST.
BASICALLY, DESTROY AND REBUILD.
THAT'S IT.
[somber hip-hop music]
*
>> * PART OF ME IS SAYING
* HE'S NOT EVEN WORTH THE PAIN *
* PART OF ME KEEPS WISHING
* HE WERE IN MY ARMS AGAIN
* THERE'S A PENDULUM SWINGING *
* IN MY HEART TONIGHT
* I CAN'T STOP THIS PENDULUM *
* YEAH
>> YO, ACHILLES.
WE OUT.
DON'T FORGET YOUR HAT.
>> MOMMY, I LOVE YOU.
[electronic hip-hip music]
*
>> PUMA.
>> ALEX.
WHAT UP?
IT'S BEEN A FEW WEEKS SINCE
CEASER FIRED ME FROM BLACK INK,
SO I FIGURED WHO ELSE DOESN'T
KNOW HOW TO BE CASTRATED
AND KICKED OUT OF THE FAMILY
BETTER THAN ALEX?
>> WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE SHOP?
TURNT UP.
I WANT TO KNOW DETAILS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
>> WELL, CEASER OFFICIALLY IS
[bleep] WHIPPED.
>> [laughs]
>> [bleep].
I DON'T WANT IT, BUT IT MUST BE
GOOD THE WAY HE BE ACTING.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANY FEMALE
GET CEASER THE WAY THIS [bleep]
HAS, MAN.
YOU GOT HER SO WRAPPED AROUND
YOUR BRAIN, YOU FORGOT ABOUT
YOUR ACTUAL BUSINESS.
>> YES.
>> SHE'S STRIPPING RATHER THAN
[bleep] TATTOOING.
>> ARE YOU SHOCKED?
ARE YOU SURPRISED.
>> BUT YOU'RE "RUNNING
A BUSINESS."
"BUT I'M A SOUTHERN BELLE.
I'M COLLEGE EDUCATED."
>> "I HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE."
>> "I GOT A MASTER'S DEGREE."
I'M GLAD.
YO, THANK GOD I'M AWAY
FROM BLACK INK.
YOU KNOW BLACK INK
FROM WHEN I KNOW BLACK INK.
IT WAS A STAPLE.
IT WAS SOMETHING.
IT WAS DIFFERENT.
>> DO YOU GUYS WANT TO SAVE
THE SHOP?
>> I DON'T WANT TO SAVE
BLACK INK.
I WANT TO CREATE SOMETHING
BIGGER.
I WANT TO OPEN UP MY OWN SHOP.
>> YOU KNOW THE WAR YOU WOULD
START IF YOU WERE TO DO THAT?
>> I DON'T GIVE A [bleep].
>> IF CEASER ACTUALLY TREATED
HIS EMPLOYEES WITH RESPECT,
IT WOULDN'T BE THE WAY IT IS.
KARMA'S A BITCH.
SORRY.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT YOU
ACTUALLY WILL MAKE MONEY.
>> ACTUALLY HAVE GOOD TATTOO
ARTISTS THAT WORK THERE AND WILL
DO ACTUAL WORK AND NOT BE
ON A STRIPPER POLE.
I'VE BEEN AROUND WILD SHOPS.
I'VE BEEN AROUND WILD ARTISTS.
THAT'S THE THING THAT CEASER
FAILED TO REMEMBER.
I KNOW PEOPLE.
CEASER MADE THE BIGGEST MISTAKE
OF HIS LIFE BY LETTING ME GO
FROM THE SHOP.
I'M ABOUT TO [bleep] HIS WHOLE
CAREER UP.
SUCKS TO BE HIM.
>> YOU'RE DEALING WITH
A VERY WEAK INDIVIDUAL.
>> OH, THAT'S WHY I'M GONNA DO
WHAT I DO.
SEE, AT THE END OF THE DAY,
YOU LET STUPID PEOPLE HANG
THEMSELVES.
KARMA COMES AROUND.
I BELIEVE IN THAT [bleep].
I PUT A LOT OF HARD WORK
INTO BLACK INK.
I BEEN THERE.
AND JUST TO SEE SOMEBODY TAKE
A PERSON AND PUSH THEM AWAY--
BUT IT'S COOL, MAN,
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW, ALL MY FOCUS
AND ENERGY IS INTO
COMPETITIVENESS AND WINNING.
THE WALLS WILL CRASH AROUND HIM.
>> [laughs]
>> AND IT WILL ONLY BE HIM
AND HIS QUEEN TO SIT THERE
AND ENJOY THE CRUMBLE.
>> YO, CEASER--CEASER'S GOING
AROUND STEALING CLIENTS NOW?
>> LISTEN.
I AIN'T STEAL YOUR CLIENT.
YOUR CLIENT CHOSE ME, PIMPING.
>> I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU
TO QUIT, BUT IF I PRESENT
A SITUATION WHERE I CAN
GUARANTEE YOUR KIDS ARE FED...
>> THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.
>> SAY NO MORE.
[hip-hop music]
*
[heavy hip-hop music]
*
[indistinct chatter]
>> HELLO, SWEETHEART.
KISS?
>> MWAH.
AFTER MOMMY'S LAST VISIT TO
THE SHOP, SHE CALLED ME UP,
WANTING TO GET UP FOR DINNER.
>> WELL, THAT WAS THE OLD DAYS.
THIS IS THE NEW.
>> ME?
NOW, WAIT.
DON'T YOU DARE.
>> OOH.
>> NOT FOR ANY REASON MORE THAN
THE FACT THAT--LISTEN.
>> ARE YOU [bleep] KIDDING ME?
I BEEN DEALING WITH PUMA'S
[bleep] SINCE WE WAS LITTLE
KIDS.
FIRING PUMA IS PROBABLY
THE BEST BUSINESS DECISION
I'VE EVER MADE.
[bleep] NO.
I DON'T CARE WHAT--
>> SO?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN "SO"?
HE WAS THE MAIN ONE THAT WAS
GIVING FOR ALL THOSE OTHER
PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE NOW.
>> MOMMY--
>> SEE, THIS IS PART OF
THE PROBLEM.
WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN ME AND
PUMA WAS BUSINESS AND FRIENDSHIP
ENDING AT THE SAME DAMN TIME.
I KNEW HIM OVER 15 YEARS.
WE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH
TOGETHER.
I HAVE ALWAYS GIVEN HIM MORE
THAN I GOT IN RETURN.
>> I REALLY DON'T WANT TO, MAN.
LIKE...
>> SON...
YOU GONNA ALIENATE YOURSELF
AND BE ALL ALONE.
EVERYBODY'S GONNA ALWAYS BE
SNICKERING AND WHISPERING BEHIND
YOUR BACK BECAUSE YOU'RE WALKING
AROUND BEING THIS MEAN GUY THAT
WE KNOW YOU'RE NOT.
THE PERSON WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
WAS A FRIEND OF YOURS,
A FRIEND.
>> AT THE END OF THE DAY,
I'M A BUSINESSMAN,
AND MOMMY TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING
ABOUT THIS BUSINESS.
EVEN THOUGH I MIGHT BE ONE TO BE
STUBBORN, MOST OF THE TIME,
I LISTEN.
MOM, I'M GONNA LISTEN TO YOU.
I'MA TALK TO HIM.
>> * TAKE OFF
* MY HEART AIN'T BEEN SEEN *
* SINCE I BEEN A TEEN
* A MALE OF MY KIND
* THAT'S SELDOM SEEN *
* MORE SWEAT
* MORE TEARS
* MORE BLOOD
* EVERY SECOND IS A VICTORY
* AND FEELS SO AMAZING
[door buzzes]
>> HOW YOU DOING?
>> HOW ARE YOU?
>> WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> WHAT'S UP?
>> OH, WHAT UP, BRO?
>> WHAT'S GOOD, MY DUDE?
>> WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH YOU?
>> I'M GOOD. HOW ARE YOU?
>> I AIN'T SEEN YOU
IN A MINUTE, YO.
>> YOU KNOW ME.
I BEEN WORKING, MAN.
YOU KNOW HOW IT IS,
SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, MAN.
>> LET ME SEE HOW THAT [bleep]
HEALED UP?
THAT [bleep] PRETTY GOOD,
EVEN THOUGH I AIN'T START THAT
[bleep].
MIKE SANTIAGO IS ONE OF
O'[bleep]'S OLD CUSTOMERS THAT
I HAD TO FINISH UP WHEN I FIRED
HIS ASS.
NOW, THE ONLY THING IS,
NOW THAT HE GOT A TASTE
OF SOME REAL QUALITY WORK,
HE'D RATHER ME FINISH HIS TATTOO
THAN O'[bleep].
>> DID O'[bleep] RECOGNIZE
YOUR WORK, [bleep]?
>> YO, WHAT'S GOOD?
>> WHAT'S GOOD, MY DUDE?
>> I'M COOL, MAN. HOW ARE YOU?
>> BEEN A LONG TIME NO SEE.
>> YOU MADE AN APPOINTMENT
FOR TODAY?
>> YEAH, CAME TO SEE MY [bleep].
>> WHAT THE HELL?
CEASER CLAIMS THAT HE'S ALL
ABOUT LOYALTY, BUT HE JUST
STOLE MY CLIENT.
HOW BIG ON LOYALTY IS THAT?
YO, CEASER, SO YOU JUST GOING
AROUND STEALING CLIENTS NOW?
>> I AIN'T STEAL YOUR CLIENT.
YOUR CLIENT CHOSE ME, PIMPING.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIX YOUR
[bleep], YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
LIKE, [bleep].
YOU GOT FIRED, [bleep].
>> YOU FIRED ME 'CAUSE OF
BULL[bleep].
>> WHATEVER.
YO, WHAT THE [bleep]?
MAN UP.
HOW THE [bleep] YOU GONNA MAKE
IT THROUGH LIFE ACTING LIKE
A LITTLE SENSITIVE BITCH?
>> YOU TRYING TO EMBARRASS ME
IN FRONT OF MY CLIENTS, AND YOU
TRYING TO TAKE MONEY OUT OF
MY POCKET, AND YOU KNOW I GOT
THESE LAWYER FEES TO PAY?
[bleep] BOTH OF Y'ALL.
>> AW.
>> YEAH, HE TOOK THAT [bleep]
PERSONAL.
>> LISTEN, MAN.
>> HE ALL RIGHT.
>> [laughs]
>> SO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO?
>> BASICALLY I WANT A
CONTINUATION FROM WHERE WE
STARTED, YOU KNOW?
GOING WITH THE NEW YORK CITY
THEME.
>> UH-HUH.
>> MAYBE THROW IN, LIKE, A BUS,
MAYBE THROW IN A TAXI CAB.
>> I WOULD SAY THAT YOU TAKE IT
MORE HOOD--
PINUP GIRL, MONEY, BUILDINGS
TYPE OF THING, YOU FEEL ME?
>> OH, ALL RIGHT.
>> WITH THE TAXI CABS, THOSE
[bleep] DON'T STOP FOR US.
>> YEAH, I'M GONNA SAY NOW,
I'M KEEPING IT 100 WITH YOU.
YEAH, YEAH, I GOT STORIES
ABOUT THAT.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHY HE WANTED ME
TO PUT AN N.Y.C. TOUR GUIDE
ON HIS ASS, BUT WE'RE BOTH
FROM THE HOOD.
HE NEED SOMETHING
TO REPRESENT HIM.
ALL THAT GLITZ, GLAMOUR YOU SEE
ON 42ND STREET AIN'T ON
125TH STREET.
NEW YORK AIN'T ABOUT
THE LANDMARKS AT ALL.
IT'S ABOUT THE HUSTLE.
MONEY...
WOMEN...
AND THE DIRT--DIRT OF THE HOOD.
IT'S ABOUT GETTING OUT.
I NEVER THOUGHT I'D MAKE IT
TO THIS AGE,
ESPECIALLY THE WAY I USED
TO ACT.
I THOUGHT SOMEBODY MIGHT [bleep]
PUT A BULLET IN MY HEAD.
[scoffs]
BUT LOOK AT ME.
I HAD A LITTLE TALENT
AND A LITTLE BRAIN ON MY HEAD.
I GUESS I'M JUST LUCKY.
YO, COME ON, BRO.
YOU READY?
>> YEAH, MAN. LET'S DO IT.
>> WHY YOU AIN'T LET O'[bleep]
FINISH YOUR TATTOO?
>> JUST BUSINESS, MAN.
AIN'T NOTHING PERSONAL.
>> EXACTLY.
IT'S JUST BUSINESS,
MY BUSINESS.
I BUILT THIS SHOP.
I MADE IT WHAT IT IS TODAY.
I REMEMBER WHAT THE BOTTOM IS.
I WILL NEVER HIT BOTTOM AGAIN.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S START THIS TAT.
>> * EVEN WHEN THEY DON'T *
* GOT THE FACTS
*PEOPLE STILL TALK *
* BUT THEY TWO CENTS IN
* LIKE I'M SELLING GUMBALLS *
* THINK THEY GOT ME PEGGED
* LIKE A PIRATE LEG
* HELL NAH
* YOU THE ONLY ONE
* THAT AIN'T GOT A LEG *
* TO STAND ON
* BY ANY MEANS, ANY MEANS
* I'MA DO WHAT I DO BEST *
* OKAY
* BECAUSE IT SAY SOFT KINGS
* WE DO IT SOFTLY, RIGHT
* I KEEP ON TELLING THEM
* WE MUST BE DOING
* SOMETHING RIGHT
* WHOA
>> GO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, YO.
>> TOUGH, MAN.
>> YOU EVER GONNA GO BACK
TO O'[bleep] AFTER THIS?
>> NAH, MAN.
>> * LET'S GO *
* LAST NIGHT WAS CRAZY
* MUSIC THUMPING
* THE CROWD IS LIVE
* YEAH
[electronic hip-hop music]
*
>> YO.
>> WHAT UP, MAN?
>> GOOD, MAN.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> [bleep], ORDER UP SOME DONKEY
PUNCHES.
>> WAIT, SO YOU GOT
YOURSELF TWO.
>> BOY, HEY, YOU TOOK [bleep]--
HEY, I TOLD YOU 9:00.
IT'S 10:05.
I'M TRYING TO CHANGE MY LIFE
AND BE MORE ON TIME FOR [bleep],
RESPONSIBILITIES AND ALL THAT.
>> AFTER ALL THE [bleep] I BEEN
GOING THROUGH WITH COURT AND
THINGS AT THE SHOP, IT'S GOOD TO
FINALLY CHILL OUT AND CHOP IT UP
WITH MY BOY PUMA.
IT'S ALWAYS A CHILL TIME
WITH PUMA.
>> HEY.
>> YO, WE GOT THE SAME EXACT
THING?
DID WE JUST BECOME BEST FRIENDS?
>> DID WE JUST BECOME
BEST FRIENDS JUST NOW?
>> [laughs]
>> HOW'S THE KIDS, MAN?
WHAT'S UP WITH LULU?
>> UH, SHE'S DOING GOOD.
SHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE COMING
INTO THE CITY SOON TOO.
IT'S STILL VERY HARD BECAUSE
KOLI DOESN'T WANT LULU TO SEE
KATHY ANYMORE.
SO, I MEAN, LIKE, IT'S GONNA BE
HARD FOR ACHILLES AND LULU
TO BE TOGETHER NOW.
>> THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
AT THE END OF THE DAY--
>> IT'S GONNA BE CRAZY.
>> I WISH THEY WOULD REALIZE
THAT IT'S BIGGER THAN THEM.
THAT'S A BROTHER AND SISTER THAT
REALLY NEED TO KNOW WHO EACH
OTHER ARE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
YOU GOT TO PUT THE BULL[bleep]
ASIDE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S KIDS
INVOLVED, YOU KNOW?
SO, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING OF, LIKE,
KIDS AND, LIKE, SITUATIONS,
MY MOM REACHED OUT TO ME.
SHE HASN'T SEEN MY DAUGHTER YET.
>> THAT'S CRAZY.
>> I KNOW.
I JUST RECENTLY TALKED TO MY
MOTHER FOR THE FIRST TIME...
IN A COUPLE OF [bleep] YEARS.
SHE HIT ME UP ON FACEBOOK.
SHE'S SEEN PICTURES OF MY CHILD.
IT'S LIKE, "YOU SEE THIS LITTLE
GIRL NOW, AND NOW YOU WANT TO BE
IN HER LIFE,
BUT YOU WASN'T EVEN IN MINE,
SO WHY SHOULD I LET YOU?"
I DON'T KNOW.
ME AND HER DIDN'T HAVE, LIKE,
THE CLOSEST RELATIONSHIP
IN THE PLANET.
AND I FEEL LIKE I CAME OUT
PRETTY COOL, BUT, LIKE,
SOMETIMES I KIND OF, LIKE, WISH
IT WAS DIFFERENT.
ANYBODY WHO KNOWS NEW YORK CITY
'80s, DRUG EPIDEMIC KILLED
THE BLACK FAMILY.
IT'S A KNOWN FACT.
MY MOTHER WAS ONE OF THOSE
PEOPLE THAT GOT CAUGHT INTO IT.
AND I MEAN--AND SHE GAVE UP
QUICK.
ABOUT SEVEN YEARS OLD, I GOT
SHIPPED OFF THE FIRST TIME.
[bleep] WHAT HAPPENED WITH
ME AND MY MOTHER.
I FEEL LIKE MY DAUGHTER DESERVES
JUST TO MEET HER GRANDMOTHER,
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
>> YEAH.
DEFINITELY.
>> DO YOU BE A GOOD PERSON
'CAUSE THAT'S YOUR MOTHER,
THE PERSON THAT BIRTHED YOU INTO
THIS PLANET?
OR DO YOU BE AS BAD AS HER
AND JUST NOT ASSOCIATE?
>> I SAY LET HER MEET HER.
WHATEVER HAPPENS AFTER THAT...
>> LET IT JUST HAPPEN.
>> YEAH, LET EVERYTHING
TAKE ITS COURSE.
>> LIFE--
YOU JUST GOT TO ROLL WITH
THE PUNCHES.
IF IT KNOCKS YOU DOWN, THOUGH,
GET THE [bleep] BACK UP.
I KNOW WHAT IT IS FOR PEOPLE
TO PUT YOU DOWN AND NOT BELIEVE.
AND SOME PEOPLE JUST CRASH
AND FALL FROM THAT MOMENT,
AND SOME PEOPLE RISE.
IT'S FUNNY HOW PEOPLE ALWAYS
UNDERESTIMATE ME, MAN,
AND I FEEL LIKE CEASER
UNDERESTIMATED ME.
BUT YOU CAN'T UNDERESTIMATE
ANYBODY, 'CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW.
LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
>> YEAH.
>> ARE YOU [bleep] HAPPY
AT BLACK INK RIGHT NOW?
>> I MEAN, THINGS CHANGED A LOT.
IT'S LIKE--IT'S NOT
THE BLACK INK THAT I'M USED TO.
>> I FEEL LIKE CEASER'S REIGN
IS BRINGING, LIKE, SADNESS
AMONGST THE [bleep] LAND.
>> YEAH, IT IS.
LIKE, HE'S MY BOSS.
HE'S NOT REALLY, LIKE, MY FRIEND
ANYMORE.
>> YEAH.
I DON'T LIKE THAT [bleep].
HAPPINESS.
WHAT IF
I WAS ABLE TO BRING THAT?
I DON'T WANT TO SPILL
THE [bleep] BEANS YET, BUT I
HAVE SOMETHING REALLY, REALLY
[bleep] MAJOR IN THE WORKS.
I DON'T WANT TO TELL
YOU TO QUIT.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TELLING YOU
TO DO, BUT IF I PRESENT
A SITUATION WHERE I CAN
GUARANTEE YOUR KIDS ARE FED...
>> THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.
>> SAY NO MORE.
>> CEASER'S MY FRIEND, BUT WITH
EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON
RIGHT NOW AT BLACK INK,
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT
IN THE FUTURE.
I GOT TWO KIDS TO FEED,
AND I GOT LAWYER FEES.
I'M GONNA MAKE THE SMART
DECISION.
>> I GOT YOU.
>> I KNOW.
>> DON'T WORRY.
IN PUMA, WE TRUST.
WHERE'S THAT GIRL?
I NEED ANOTHER DONKEY PUNCH.
THIS [bleep] GOOD.
>> [laughs]
>> DONKEY PUNCHES.
>> AND A JOKE WENT TOO FAR.
IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE SOME TYPE
OF RESOLUTION.
>> IN WAR, THERE ARE CASUALTIES.
>> MY MOM IS ON HER WAY
TO MY APARTMENT.
I HAVEN'T SEEN HER IN QUITE
A LONG TIME, AND
I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS.
[smooth jazzy music]
>> * YEAH
* MM, THROW YOUR HANDS UP
* MM
* YEAH
>> RIGHT NOW, MY MOM IS
ON HER WAY TO MY APARTMENT.
I HAVEN'T SEEN HER IN QUITE
A LONG TIME, AND IT'S HER FIRST
TIME MEETING MY DAUGHTER,
WHICH IS GONNA BE AN EXPERIENCE
IN ITSELF.
I'M, LIKE, EXTREMELY [bleep]
NERVOUS, MAN.
THIS IS HUGE.
[doorbell rings and knocking]
>> HI.
[laughs]
LOOK AT YOU.
>> MY HAIR LONGER THAN YOURS.
>> WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> A LITTLE EXTRA ROOM
OVER HERE.
I FELT IT WAS ONLY RIGHT
FOR ME TO MEET UP WITH MY MOM
JUST BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO BE
SELFISH AND DENY MY DAUGHTER
HER GRANDMOTHER.
>> SO WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> I'M ABOUT TO, LIKE, OPEN UP
MY OWN BUSINESS NOW.
>> [gasps]
WOW.
>> I'M TRYING.
>> AS LONG AS YOU KEEP FAMILY...
YOU KNOW, IN YOUR LIFE.
>> IT'S AMAZING HOW YOU CAN WAIT
FOR A MOMENT YOUR WHOLE LIFE,
AND THEN WHEN THE MOMENT IS
ACTUALLY THERE, YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT THE [bleep] TO SAY OR DO.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING
TO DO, MAN.
EVERYBODY JUST BEEN SO SEPARATE
AND DISTANT.
EVERYBODY ELSE WAS SO DISTANT,
IT MADE ME DISTANT,
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO KEEP IT
TOGETHER NOW.
THAT'S HOW THE GAME GOES,
I GUESS.
>> NOT DISTANT.
LIKE YOU SAID, EVERYBODY HAS
THEIR DIFFERENT LIVES.
YOU DOING YOUR THING.
>> WE NEVER WAS REALLY USED TO
THE CONCEPT OF FAMILY.
WE DIDN'T HAVE, LIKE,
THE GREATEST RELATIONSHIP
IN THE PLANET, US TWO.
>> I THINK--WELL, WE'RE NOT
GONNA GO THERE.
>> YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT
OF ANIMOSITY THAT NEVER WAS
CLEARED, BUT YOU GOT TO, LIKE,
FORGIVE AND FORGET, I GUESS,
AS THEY SAY.
IT'S ROUGH, THOUGH,
BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M DOING IT.
>> LET'S START ANEW.
>> YEAH.
>> OKAY?
>> THAT'S THE BEST WAY
OF DOING IT.
>> OKAY.
>> I LOVE YOU, THOUGH.
>> I LOVE YOU TOO.
I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU.
PROUD OF YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> APPRECIATE IT.
>> [laughs]
>> LET ME GO SEE IF SHE'S
EVEN UP.
>> YEAH, IS SHE--SHE'S UP?
>> I THINK SO.
I KIND OF DON'T WANT TO DWELL ON
"IT'S YOUR FAULT,"
"IT'S MY FAULT,"
WHERE AT THE END OF THE DAY,
IT'S ALL ABOUT REBUILDING
WHAT WE LOST, YOU KNOW?
HI, GRANDMA.
>> HI!
[laughs]
HELLO.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> SAY, "HI, GRANDMA."
>> IT'S SO NICE TO MEET YOU.
[laughs]
>> HER NEW THING IS,
SHE'S TOUCHING TEETH.
>> HELLO.
>> THAT'S QUANNI.
>> HELLO, DENISE.
>> HI.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
FUTURE HOLDS, MAN, BUT I REALLY
LIKE WHERE THIS RELATIONSHIP IS
GOING NOW WITH MY MOTHER, AND,
YOU KNOW, I'M PROUD OF HER NOW,
'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN,
SHE'S GROWN, AND, YOU KNOW...
SHE'S IN A BETTER PLACE NOW.
>> GOOD-BYE.
I LOVE YOU.
>> I LOVE YOU TOO.
I'LL BE SEEING YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, YOU TOO.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> BE GOOD.
>> EVERYBODY IS FAKE.
LIKE, THIS [bleep] IS FUNNY
TO ME.
WHOEVER TOLD SASSY WHATEVER THEY
TOLD HER GAVE HER A HELL
OF A EMBELLISHED STORY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
AND A JOKE WENT TOO FAR.
SASSY GOT UP AND [bleep] QUIT.
>> AND THAT'S WHOSE FAULT?
>> SOMEBODY STARTED A RUMOR
A COUPLE WEEKS AGO
WHERE SASSY AND TED
WERE FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS.
EVEN THOUGH IT WAS FUNNY AT
THE TIME, I NEED TO TALK TO HER
ABOUT SMOOTHING THINGS OVER
WITH SASSY.
AT THE END OF THE DAY,
IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE SOME TYPE
OF [bleep] RESOLUTION.
>> NO, THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
WHY YOU SO PERPLEXED
IF [bleep] IS [bleep] NOTHING?
>> I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SAY
THIS, BUT SHE'S ACTING LIKE
A [bleep].
>> TED WAS THE ONE WHO STARTED
THE WHOLE [bleep].
HE TOOK THAT JOKE WAY TOO FAR,
SASSY.
>> HMM.
[edgy hip-hop music]
*
>> I'MA BE HONEST WITH YOU.
THE ONLY PERSON IN THIS SHOP
THAT REALLY [bleep] WITH SASSY
LIKE THAT WOULD BE...
TED.
AND HE LET IT GET THERE
BY TRYING TO PLAY
THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE.
>> WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO
RIGHT NOW?
BUT THE TRUTH IS THE TRUTH.
>> ALL RIGHT.
AND A JOKE WENT TOO FAR.
>> IN WAR, THERE ARE
CAUSALITIES.
THE PROBLEM IS,
WE'RE NOT IN WAR.
THESE ARE MINIONS.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT SASSY COULD
DO THAT COULD REALLY [bleep]
BOTHER US LIKE THAT.
>> WE BOTH KNOW THAT.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY,
CERTAIN [bleep] GONNA HAVE TO BE
ADDRESSED.
>> THIS [bleep] CRAZY.
I LAUGHED. I EGGED IT ON.
IT WAS FUNNY.
SO [bleep] WHAT?
IT WAS A [bleep] JOKE.
WHY YOU SO PERPLEXED
IF [bleep] IS [bleep] NOTHING?
>> HONESTLY, I NEVER THOUGHT I
WOULD SAY THIS ABOUT DUTCHESS OR
USE THIS WORD, BUT SHE'S ACTING
LIKE A [bleep].
>> [bleep] LET IT GO THEN.
[bleep].
>> DUTCHESS, WHAT THE HELL
IS WRONG WITH YOU?
I CAN'T FIGURE YOU OUT.
>> [bleep] DWELLING ON
[bleep] FOR?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M DONE TALKING ABOUT THIS.
>> SUE ME FOR [bleep] LAUGHING.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> I'M GOOD.
SO I GET A PHONE CALL FROM
DUTCHESS, AND I'M THINKING,
"YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE FINALLY GONNA GET ALL THIS
[bleep] OUT OF THE AIR.
SHE'S GONNA CONFESS
WHATEVER IT IS,
OWN UP TO ALL THE [bleep]."
ALL I WANT TO HEAR:
"SASSY, I'M SORRY."
>> DO YOU WANT TO TALK FIRST?
>> OKAY.
I COULD TALK FIRST.
UM...
WE WAS COOL, AND THEN THE LAST
TIME I SAW YOU, YOU WALKED
RIGHT BY ME.
AND THEN [bleep] BEEN, LIKE,
A BEEF.
>> LIKE YOU SAID, IT WAS GOOD.
SO TO SEE THAT INSTAGRAM WAS,
LIKE--THAT HURT ME.
HOW ARE YOU COMMENTATING
ON A RELATIONSHIP THAT YOU KNOW
NOTHING ABOUT, NUMBER ONE,
AND NUMBER TWO, SINCE WHEN DID
YOU BECOME A [bleep]
RELATIONSHIP COUNSELOR?
YOU COULD HAVE TALKED TO US
INSTEAD OF IT BEING PLAYED OUT
TO THE WORLD LIKE
OUR RELATIONSHIP IS A JOKE.
>> THE REASON WHY I DIDN'T COME
TO YOU WAS BECAUSE I NEVER FELT
LIKE THAT I EVER SAID ANYTHING
THAT I DIDN'T SAY TO YOU.
THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.
CONVERSATION THAT WE DEFINITELY
HAD WHEN YOU AND CEASE FIRST
DECIDED Y'ALL WAS GONNA TAKE IT
TO THAT NEXT STEP,
I SAID TO YOU, "DUTCHESS,
GONNA BE A PROBLEM BETWEEN
MIXING BUSINESS AND PLEASURE."
THERE WAS NOTHING FURTHERMORE
SAID THAT WAS DAMAGING TO YOU,
TO CEASER FROM OUT OF MY MOUTH--
>> THAT BLACK INK
WAS GONNA FAIL,
THAT OUR RELATIONSHIP
WAS GONNA BE A BIG FACTOR
IN BLACK INK FAILING.
>> AND IT COULD BE.
>> IN REGARDS TO THAT,
YOU WERE WRONG.
>> I SAID IT COULD BE A POSITIVE
OR A NEGATIVE ON THE SHOP.
EVERYBODY FELT LIKE ONCE Y'ALL
GOT TOGETHER, IT WAS JUST Y'ALL
AGAINST US.
>> THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY'S
REAL PROBLEM IS.
THEY THINK THAT I'M THE REASON
FOR EVERYTHING, JUST LIKE THE
OTHER SITUATION THAT I WANTED
TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT
PERTAINING TO TEDDY.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD
ABOUT PUMA.
HE'S OPENING UP A SHOP.
>> HE GOT TO BASICALLY GET
PRESSURE WASHED
BEFORE HE TRY TO DO ANYTHING
BUSINESS-WISE.
[upbeat hip-hop]
*
>> THE OTHER SITUATION THAT
I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT
PERTAINING TO TEDDY.
I'M VERY PISSED OFF
AT HOW THIS PLAYED,
BECAUSE FROM MY UNDERSTANDING,
IT'S ALL MY FAULT.
>> THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING
FROM EVERY SINGLE PERSON
THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO
WITH BLACK INK.
>> NO, IT WAS NOT LIKE THAT.
TED WAS THE ONE WHO STARTED
THE WHOLE [bleep].
>> RIGHT NOW, I AM HAVING
AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TIME
BELIEVING ANYTHING THAT'S COMING
OUT OF DUTCHESS' MOUTH.
FOR YOU TO JUST SIT THERE
AND THE VERY FIRST THING YOU
WANT TO DO IS PLAY THE BLAME
GAME JUST LETS ME KNOW THAT THIS
CONVERSATION REALLY ISN'T WHAT
I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE.
>> I ADMIT TO ALL MY FLAWS.
I DON'T HAVE TO HIDE BEHIND
ANYTHING,
SO IT DOESN'T BENEFIT ME
TO SAY THAT.
HE TOOK THAT JOKE WAY TOO FAR,
SASSY.
AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT
HAPPENED WITH IT.
THE REALITY OF IT IS,
I DON'T CARE IF SHE BELIEVES ME.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CEASE
WANTED ME TO DO,
AND I'M SICK OF PEOPLE THINKING
THAT I AM SOME LITTLE
[bleep] MINION, CEASER'S PUPPET
BITCH THAT DOES WHAT HE SAYS.
I DON'T.
I AM A GROWN-ASS [bleep] WOMAN.
>> I DON'T KNOW, MAN.
I'M SO ANNOYED, BECAUSE I REALLY
BELIEVED AT THIS MOMENT,
SHE WAS READY TO STEP UP,
OWN UP TO THE BULL[bleep],
TELL ME THAT SHE WAS SORRY.
IT WAS FIXABLE AT ONE TIME
VERY EASILY,
BUT NOW I'M DONE.
HMM.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD
ABOUT PUMA.
HE'S OPENING UP A SHOP.
I'M GONNA BE THERE WITH HIM.
>> OH, OKAY, SO DO THAT.
[bleep] IS YOU THINKING?
HE GOT TO BASICALLY GET PRESSURE
WASHED BEFORE HE TRY TO DO
ANYTHING BUSINESS-WISE,
'CAUSE NOBODY'S GONNA TAKE
HIS ASS SERIOUSLY.
[smooches]
YOU ARE THE WEAKEST LINK.
GOOD-BYE.
THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY
TO PUMA.
ALL RIGHT, BABES.
SO I'M GLAD I GOT TO SEE YOU.
>> ME AND MY MAN PUMA,
WE HAD A FALLING OUT.
>> MM.
Y'ALL GOT TO WORK THAT OUT.
IT'S NEVER GONNA BE RIGHT IF YOU
DON'T DISAGREE OR HAVE
FALLOUTS.
>> YOU KNOW, I'M NOT ONE
OF YOUR [bleep], SO I DO
WHAT I WANT TO DO.
I'M NOT LOOKING FOR NOTHING.
IF ANYTHING, THIS WON'T BE
NOTHING BUT SEX.
I'M GONNA GO TO THE BATHROOM.
YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME
TO JOIN ME.
>> I NO LONGER WORK
AT BLACK INK,
BUT I'M OPENING UP A NEW
TATTOO SHOP BOUTIQUE ON 124TH
BETWEEN LEX AND 3RD.
>> LITTLE SNEAKY BASTARD.
>> DO NOT TAKE ALL
YOUR CLOTHES OFF.
>> SHUT UP.
DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!
[laughter]
>> TED [bleep] HAS A SITUATION.
HE GOT THREE BITCHES.
>> INTRODUCE ME,
OR I'LL INTRODUCE MYSELF.
>> IT'S MATING SEASON.
[both cawing]
>> I'M NOT GONNA LIE.
TO HAVE THREE GIRLS IN ONE PLACE
FIGHTING OVER YOU,
THAT'S SUPER DOPE FOR ANY DUDE.
>> OPEN THE [...].
>> OKAY, WATCH YOUR HAND.
WATCH YOUR HAND.
>> THIS IS LIKE
DISCOVERY CHANNEL.
>> DO NOT TAKE ALL
YOUR CLOTHES OFF.
>> SHUT UP.
DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!
[laughter]
>> TED [bleep] HAS A SITUATION.
HE GOT THREE BITCHES.
>> INTRODUCE ME,
OR I'LL INTRODUCE MYSELF.
>> IT'S MATING SEASON.
[both cawing]
>> I'M NOT GONNA LIE.
TO HAVE THREE GIRLS IN ONE PLACE
FIGHTING OVER YOU,
THAT'S SUPER DOPE FOR ANY DUDE.
>> OPEN THE [...].
>> OKAY, WATCH YOUR HAND.
WATCH YOUR HAND.
>> THIS IS LIKE
DISCOVERY CHANNEL.