>> Donna took advantage of me,
[bleep] want it.
The slut of Black Ink.
>> I've had sex with three
people in this shop.
And so have you, Dutchess.
Now I'm the slut bitch?
You done [bleep] [bleep].
>> SKY: Is this the house?
I'm home, baby!
It's five of us, we splitting it
five ways.
This some Airbnb [bleep] right
here.
>> Ah!
>> Surgery is over.
I know that Dr. Miami worked his
magic hands on me.
>> It's okay.
>> Ah!
>> Oh my God!
>> Yeah!
It feels good to finally have
the doors open for Art 2 Ink.
I'm on the right path right now,
man.
>> Point blank, she gotta be out
the shop.
If anything happens to Mia, you
know I'm coming for you.
>> I don't like that rumor.
>> If Dutchess and O [bleep]
ever had sex and I didn't know
about it, and I found out
now...it'd be over.
>> That's [bleep] disrespectful.
>> Donna said some [bleep] about
you.
And I don't know how to take
that [bleep].
From Dutchess taking off her
ring, to that whole O [bleep]
rumor.
I'm about to black the [bleep]
out, yo.
>> What will fix this for you?
>> Nothing.
Nothing will fix it.
>> ♪
>> ♪ Been running all my life
♪ Like a track star
♪ Got my hands on a fast car
♪ Heading right back to
♪ Heading right back
♪ Heading right back to
♪ Heading right back ♪
>> Old people are so rude and
evil.
I love it.
I can't wait to get old.
>> I love old people.
And I want more old people
clients.
>> That's crazy.
Your [bleep] skin is different
at 60.
High blood pressure [bleep] and
you mixing ink in all that.
What [bleep], trying to commit
suicide in this chair?
Man, get [bleep] out of here.
>> [laughs]
>> [buzzer sounds]
>> What up, yo?
>> ♪
>> CEASER: The rumor that
O [bleep] and Dutchess slept
together is eating me [bleep]
alive.
I wanna put this [bleep] in the
past already.
I wanna know the truth.
I need to talk to you.
>> A'ight.
>> There's certain codes to
being a bro.
And one code's you're supposed
to tell your bro, "Yo, listen, I
"[bleep] your [bleep].
You need to leave her alone."
Point blank period.
Have a seat.
If I find out this is true, I
don't know what I'm gonna do.
Uh.
I don't know how to talk to you
about this.
Me and you have a different type
of friendship.
We always talk about what our
past--our past.
If you all ever have, I would
want to know as your brother.
A'ight, I don't like beating
around the bush.
[sighs]
Listen, [bleep], after
the girls came back from Miami,
Donna said some crazy [bleep] to
me.
She told me some [bleep] like
you and Dutchess [bleep] before
me.
>> ♪
>> Tell me the truth, did you
[bleep] Dutchess or not, yo?
>> That [bleep] never happened.
Never.
>> I'm not gonna fire you, no
nothing, man.
Are you sure you ain't [bleep]
Dutchess?
>> Unless it's something that I
didn't know happen, that [bleep]
never happen.
And I know what I be doing.
I can't believe Ceaser's even
asking me this.
I've been his friend for years.
He knows me better than that.
Like if I would have had sex
with Dutchess, I would have told
him from jump.
Donna just said that to get back
at Dutchess for saying that she
took advantage of her.
>> I don't like that rumor
[bleep].
>> Yeah, you know Donna--Donna's
not in the same time as
everybody here at Black Ink.
>> Don't sweat it, yo.
I just need to talk to you about
it.
We good.
I knew [bleep] for a very long
time.
And I can tell when he's lying.
And right now, he's telling the
truth.
I'm so glad I can finally put
this [bleep] rumor to bed.
I wasn't gonna fire you even if
you said yes.
Maybe, who knows?
>> ♪
>> I think everyone's bisexual.
>> ♪
>> No.
>> No. You're playin', no.
>> Would you let a chick [bleep]
[bleep]?
>> Yeah.
>> Wait, no that ain't the right
question.
Have you let a chick [bleep]
[bleep]?
>> Yeah, have you let a chick
[bleep] [bleep] you?
>> No.
>> But you would?
>> Yeah, the right
circumstances, yeah.
>> Hi, y'all!
>> Oooh!
>> What's going on?
How is everyone doing today?
I've spent the last week
recouping in Miami from my
surgery.
I'm still healing.
I'm wearing bandages up under my
clothing.
But I missed everybody at the
shop, so it's only right that
they get to see this new ass.
Whoo-hoo!
This is the ass.
>> MELODY: Yes, that's bubbly.
>> SKY: It has to take shape,
though.
>> I'm happy.
You didn't go too crazy.
You kept it--you kept it
proportional to your body.
I'm not gonna lie.
I love the new ass.
That's my--it went from pancakes
to my mama biscuits, you know
what I mean?
>> I got my titties done too,
you guys.
>> What the hell?
Titties!
I knew you was gonna get the ass
done, but those look nice.
I'm not gonna lie.
They look authentic.
>> Wanna touch?
>> We can?
>> I'll let you guys touch it.
>> Ooh.
>> That's legit.
>> I wanna touch some fake
boobs.
>> Go ahead.
>> Wait.
>> That's enough, that's enough.
Just do one good thing.
>> It's gonna feel kind of weird
touching your boob, you know
what I mean, like--
Are you happy now?
>> Yeah, like I feel more
confident.
I was already confident, like
don't get me wrong.
Now like I feel like a woman.
Ah!
>> [indistinct chatter]
>> I've known Sky for a very
long time.
And she's never had an ass.
So the fact that she got a
little poke out right now is
definitely a turn on.
>> SKY: Let me fix my mother
[bleep] seat, my pillow.
>> How long you gotta have a
pillow on your ass?
>> SKY: They said at least six
weeks.
>> You gotta sit on that for six
weeks?
>> SKY: Mm-hmm.
It's absolutely necessary I sit
on this damn Boppy, because if I
don't, my ass is gonna be flat
as a [bleep] board.
>> Sky, I'm glad you're back.
I need you to clarity a few
things for us.
>> We was trying to figure out
if Dutchess got raped.
And here you are.
>> It wasn't no mouth rape.
She was just trying to cover up
a little bit because she didn't
want you to get mad at her.
Like, you know--take it the
wrong way.
>> The wrong way?
Is there any other way to take
it?
>> Yo, that bitch is crazy
though.
Donna is really a loose nut.
No surprise, it turns out Donna
is a cheap-ass bitch.
When it came time for all the
girls to pay their half of their
room in Miami, Donna decided she
didn't want to pay.
That bitch looked at me and
said, "I ain't paying to take
care of you."
I say "[bleep], are you [bleep]
serious, bitch?"
>> Yo, what the [bleep] is wrong
with Donna?
First, she gets in it with
Dutchess.
And now Sky.
Donna must have really pulled
some bull [bleep] in Miami.
>> I don't give a [bleep] about
you.
>> [buzzer sounds]
>> TED: Speaking of.
>> Hello, hello.
>> Hey, hey.
>> ♪
>> How's everyone doing?
>> Everybody's good.
How are you?
>> Why are you all weird?
Sky invited me down here to see
her ass now that it's not all
swollen.
But now I'm really starting to
feel like I just walked into
some sort of ambush.
Hello to you.
>> ♪
>> So why you all so weird and
quiet?
>> You dirty, filthy [bleep]
dumpster mouth bitch.
>> ♪
>> You could have paid for half
of your room.
>> Oh, so that's what this is
about.
You're pissed because I'm not
paying for my room in Miami.
Get over it.
Sky, are you serious?
>> You stayed down there for
free.
>> To help you though.
Don't try to make it seem like I
just like superimposed myself on
you.
>> [bleep] bum-ass bitch.
>> If that makes you feel
better, then I'm a bum.
I waited on you hand and foot
like a servant while you were
recovering from surgery.
>> SKY: One, two, three.
Uh, ow, ow.
>> So after I clean you, feed
you, change your diaper, wipe
your ass, I'm supposed to pay
for my room?
[bleep] out of here.
I know I was the one there
helping you though.
>> Don't [bleep] say nothing,
bitch!
>> Go ahead!
>> I'm gonna hit you with my
pillow, son!
Like where's the money?
>> I said that to you.
>> [indistinct yelling]
>> Not at all!
Not at all!
>> SKY: I'll pay for this.
This is after I went [bleep]
nuts.
>> No!
No!
[bleep] [bleep] [bleep].
>> [bleep] [bleep].
>> SKY: Sorry.
No, I'm gonna pay for that.
I'm gonna pay for that.
>> [bleep].
You were supposed to hit Donna,
not my [bleep] couch.
>> I said I'm not paying to take
care of you.
That's exactly what I said.
>> And you said it with
attitude, bitch.
You can't come--
>> [indistinct yelling]
>> I think Donna does it to
herself.
Like you wanna give her the
benefit of the doubt, she is a
sweet girl.
But her mouth and her actions
just always causing all kind of
hell.
>> You a bum that don't like to
come out your pocket.
>> DONNA: How?
You asked me to pay to take care
of you, Sky?
How am I a bum?
How?
>> Bitch, you're a bum.
Why the [bleep] did you come?
Why did you come down there?
>> To take care of you.
>> Bitch, how you got down
there?
>> To take care of you.
>> SKY: You bum-ass bitch.
>> You wanna throw pillows?
Throw pillows then.
>> [indistinct yelling]
>> DONNA: [bleep] bitch.
>> SKY: Let's do it.
>> Sky, Sky.
>> [bleep] bust this bitch ass.
Believe this.
And [unintelligible].
>> She got me [bleep] up.
I'm so upset, I'm shaking right
now.
Oh.
>> MAN: No, hold up.
>> [laughs]
>> CEASER: You got it, come on,
come on.
>> I wanna [bleep] her up.
You all not letting her outside.
You all not letting me in there.
Now we have beef.
We didn't have it before, now we
got it.
>> Every time we get into a
fight, I'm crying, I'm all
depressed.
What am I doing all that for?
I just wish I was back in North
Carolina.
>> You know nobody's just gonna
play with me or say anything to
me.
I am the muscle.
>> I knew this bitch was a
hypocrite.
I knew it.
Don't be trying to be a bad
bitch.
Don't do that, because I don't
discriminate.
I will smack a pregnant bitch.
>> Puma, what the [bleep], bro?
Why are there cops here?
>> Somebody tried to shoot at
me.
>> I don't know if it's gonna be
okay.
>> ♪
>> PUMA: I was more like the
person getting pranked.
Somebody put mustard on my
ankles.
>> ♪
>> SASSY: Why?
>> Do you know how long it took
me to wipe like mustard like
when it dries up on your ankles?
My ankles were a little yellow
for a little bit.
>> [laughs]
>> That was awesome.
>> So...we gotta start thinking
about what we're gonna do, man,
to get [bleep] people to come in
here, because we're new to the
area.
We gotta get the word out that
we're here.
Rent is due like in a few weeks,
and I ain't got no more [bleep]
money to put into this [bleep].
I'm not trying [bleep] close
down.
Art 2 Ink has only been open a
couple of weeks.
These doors can't stay open if
we don't got no customers.
No customers, no money, no rent,
no business.
Done.
I know that we're all starting
from the bottom.
And you guys are all starting
from the bottom with me.
And I really appreciate that.
But now it's about us building
this mother [bleep] up.
>> NAEEM: Why don't we throw a
grand opening party?
We got the space for it.
We got the backyard.
>> I like it.
>> I like it, too.
That's another way that we could
generate some more dollars
coming in, being as though
people don't know that we're
here yet.
Art 2 Ink has to be successful,
because we have dope artists, we
have a dope location.
But we ain't got no customers,
and that's our problem.
[laughs]
>> We need to mother [bleep] hit
the streets and get the people
inside.
And the budget is low.
>> [laughs]
>> NAEEM: How low is it?
>> PUMA: How low it is?
It's low.
We definitely got something
cooking here, man.
I feel that Art 2 Ink could be
the best tattoo shop in New York
City.
We're about to take it to a
whole new level.
>> We get the girls.
>> I heard you all ain't got the
girls, man.
>> That's your department.
I'm gonna leave that to you.
>> We're all about the moisture.
Can you feel it?
>> Yeah, I can feel it.
I wanna walk into a room and
slip and bust my ass.
>> If the mop ain't around, the
party ain't going down.
>> [laughs]
>> ♪
>> Bitch.
>> [laughs]
>> I know, I know.
>> This [bleep] bitch.
My girl Tay used to be the
manager at Black Ink back in the
day before I started working
there.
And she left because she was
tired of all the bull [bleep]
that was going on in the shop.
So I know she can understand
what a [bleep] up place it is.
Girl, you don't even know.
Sky fought me.
>> TAY: Like a fist fight?
>> Like a fight.
And we friends.
Well, I thought we was friends.
As soon as I walk in, it's like
tension.
Ike, "What's up?
Why you all get so quiet?"
>> 'Cause they was talking about
you.
>> Right.
>> This bitch told me I owe her
money from Miami.
So here she goes, lashes out on
me.
Then the bitch gets to standing
up, moving around, doing all
this.
>> All right.
>> She had on heels like this.
Don't be trying to be a bad
bitch and you wanna fight.
Don't do that, because I don't
discriminate.
I will smack a pregnant bitch
and they mama.
Then her immediate reaction
is like charge.
And I'm like, hoo, hoo, like
this.
Like you--she's right here.
>> Headlock?
>> Headlock.
>> [indistinct yelling]
>> You know, when you can't move
and you fighting, you're so
tight--uh, uh.
>> Get off.
>> And then she's like, "Oh, you
know, when we see each other."
Yeah, it's lit.
>> So do you all--do you see
yourself patching it up or--
>> My business with Sky is not
finished.
But as far as me being around
Black Ink, you all not doing
nothing for me but causing
stress to my life.
Today was Sky.
Last week was Dutchess.
It's like their sole intention
in life is to break me down and
crush my spirit.
And I got words for this bitch
Dutchess, too.
This bitch start to lie and say
I [bleep] tried to rape her or
some stupid [bleep].
>> Ooh.
Of all the bitches, you gonna--
>> Of all the bitches in the
world!
Last year, I was a slut and a
whore.
And now this year I'm a [bleep]
rapist.
>> She has business going,
"Oh, Donna this.
"Donna did that. Donna this.
Start worrying about--"
Dutchess.
>> If Tay has dirt on Dutchess,
I need some of that good T.
What happened?
>> I got to the shop one day.
I'm cleaning off the desktop.
I get to a file called "slut
whore," I click on "slut whore,"
and it's Dutchess.
Like being slut whore.
It was really nasty.
It was like porn hub.
It was porn hub.
>> Not porn hub.
>> And I like a good porn hub,
but I was like.
>> It was a gangbang or--
>> It was gangbang.
>> Ooooh!
Nooo!
>> It was everything.
Busting it open.
Different [bleep].
>> No!
>> Everything!
>> Yo, this a slut bitch.
[laughing]
All these bitches is
in denial about their own sexual
history.
At least I own my [bleep].
Dutchess is all on me because I
remind her of the [bleep] she
used to do.
I think this proves that
Dutchess' attitude towards me
has nothing to do with talent.
It's strictly personal.
I'm beginning to think I don't
need Black Ink after all.
>> Yeah, mm-hmm.
>> Like this?
>> [laughs]
>> That ain't Ceaser.
>> ♪
>> Since my argument with Cease,
things have been difficult.
I don't know what the [bleep]
going on with Cease.
I'm stressed.
I'm not sleeping.
I just wish I was back in North
Carolina where at least I can
focus on my [bleep].
>> [phone ringing]
>> Hey, Mama.
>> Me and Cease fell out again.
>> Ma, he is mad that I took off
my engagement ring in Miami.
>> MA: Oooh.
>> At this point, Ma, I don't
know what I should do.
I took my ring off, because I
wanted to hurt him for hurting
me.
>> He should put his hand right
here.
>> Oh, yeah!
>> DUTCHESS: You touching that
slut bitch ass.
And that's where I was wrong.
And I should not have done that.
But at the same time, Cease did
not need to react the way he
did.
I just hate that it's always
gotta be like this.
I wish it could be peaceful.
I wish it could be more calm.
>> Yeah, but I love him though.
And I think that's why I let the
stuff bother me.
>> You're right.
I put up with a lot just because
I'm in love.
And I'm getting sick of that
[bleep].
I'm tired of being Crybaby Jones
crying over all this stuff,
getting mad emotional, having
all of my [bleep] [bleep] upped
because I'm allowing my heart to
lead a situation.
>> And when he was going through
getting Black Ink and I was by
his side, I didn't stress him
out with all this personal
[bleep].
I helped him.
Anything that he needed me to
do, I tried to be there to do.
>> You absolutely right.
>> Yeah, I know I got a lot to
think about.
In a few days, I have the most
important photoshoot in my
career.
And because I'm opening up
Pretty In Ink in a couple more
weeks, I can't afford for
another day to sit around and
cry.
I love you, Mama, thank you.
>> The road you going down, bro,
I don't know if you're gonna be
alive in the next three years.
>> I'm a time bomb just waiting
to blow up.
>> Do you dead-ass believe that
I would have you or him in here
knowing that some [bleep] beef
was coming our way?
>> ♪
>> Yo, I forgot to tell you
[bleep].
Now, all the sudden, according
to Instagram, I [bleep] a
stripper from a strip club.
I ain't [bleep] [bleep].
>> [laughs]
>> I believe Instagram before I
believe CNN.
>> You know [bleep] [bleep].
>> Cease shouldn't be getting
worked up over no rumor.
The fact that Donna [bleep]
Dutchess [bleep] in Miami, she
was cheating on you, too.
What are you so worried about?
>> Man, I didn't do nothing!
>> Perfect story, stick to--
>> CEASER: [bleep] [bleep].
>> TED: You're sitting to it.
>> [laughing]
>> What time is it?
>> Where the [bleep] is [bleep]
at?
>> I don't know, bro.
This [bleep] be tripping, yo.
This past week, [bleep] been
here one [bleep] day.
One [bleep] day.
What the [bleep] is going on
with him?
I had this talk with [bleep].
I told him everybody got to step
up their game.
There's too much competition out
there.
I'm trying to move the shop to
125th.
He gotta get his [bleep]
together.
>> To be honest, like no bull
[bleep], I'm little tired of
carting him back and forth.
You know what I mean?
Like I wanna see him do good,
but it's annoying.
How long we gotta deal with
[bleep]?
>> He gotta decide if he wanna
be here or not.
He gotta take this [bleep]
serious.
O [bleep] is one of my best
artists.
But if he's going back to his
old ways, I'm gonna have to
replace him.
>> [buzzer sounds]
>> Hey!
Welcome to Black Ink.
>> Good afternoon.
I'm here for O [bleep].
>> O [bleep], you're here for
O [bleep].
What are you getting today?
>> I actually have a picture.
>> SKY: Let me see.
What's your name?
>> Felicia.
>> Hey, Felicia, I'm Sky.
>> Where you putting the tattoo?
>> On my back between my
shoulder blades.
>> CEASER: Oh, this is dope.
>> SKY: That's [bleep] nice.
I love elephants, too, because
they wise.
>> It's actually a peace symbol.
>> We could definitely use some
peace in the shop today.
>> Yes, this is peace--
>> Somebody needs peace.
>> I think he's gonna do a good
job, too.
>> Um...that's gonna be a little
bit of a problem.
>> Good news and bad news, babe.
You ready?
>> This is what's happening,
right?
[bleep] is kinda MIA right now.
But I have somebody that could
replace him.
A better artist that could knock
this [bleep] out the box.
>> ♪
>> You think she's better than
him?
>> I know she's better than him.
>> [bleep].
And she's reliable.
>> ♪
>> MELODY: I got you, I got you.
Honestly, I'm glad that I get to
take [bleep] tattoo today.
I'm glad he's a no show, because
I think that it was meant to be.
And I honestly think I'll do a
better job.
So why are you getting this?
>> Because I was looking into
Hindu religion.
And that's how I came up with
the elephant as a symbol of
peace, you know?
>> So is this like a big
milestone for you?
>> Yes, a huge moment.
As I was growing up, I was like
the wild girl.
>> MELODY: Yeah.
>> Yeah, like nobody likes me,
because they--my reputation of
nasty attitude, fighting with
people.
But I have a daughter.
I don't want her to grow up like
that.
>> Yeah.
>> So I'm looking to find inner
peace.
And this right here is gonna be
it for me.
>> Let's do this [bleep].
You ready?
>> Yes.
>> ♪
>> Hopefully it's gonna bring
about all the changes that
you're looking for.
>> ♪
>> I have witnessed so much
chaos at Black Ink.
Right now, this whole place just
feels like total turmoil.
>> ♪ As soon as I arrive
♪ I forget why I even came
>> MELODY: I don't know, man.
Ever since I've been here, they
all got beef.
>> ♪ And I can feel the poles
♪ Take control
>> MELODY: Friends have become
enemies.
>> ♪
>> MELODY: Vows have
disintegrated.
And responsibilities have been
forgotten.
>> ♪
>> It's clear these dudes love
each other.
>> ♪
>> But ever since I've been
here, it's been one
miscommunication after another.
I wanna be here, but I also want
everyone else to be on the same
page and to get along and have a
common mission, which is to make
this place do better.
>> ♪ Out of my head
♪ Oh, oh, oh
>> They need to be onboard, be
on the same mission, because
Black Ink has the potential to
really be great.
But right now, that doesn't even
seem like a possibility.
>> ♪ With the sun in my eyes
♪ I can chase
♪ Pick me up
♪ Turn around ♪
>> All right, we're done.
Let's go check it out.
>> [unintelligible]
>> I hope you like it.
>> [gasps] Oh my God.
It's pretty.
I love it, thank you.
>> MELODY: You're so welcome.
>> It's so pretty.
Thank you.
>> Felicia, you're very welcome.
>> ♪
>> Hey, everyone.
>> Hey.
>> What the [bleep] happened to
you?
>> Wait, come here.
Where are you going?
>> I'm--I'm just gonna go to the
bathroom real quick.
>> Why is that [bleep] slurring
like that?
>> He drunk.
[bleep] comes in reeking of
alcohol.
This [bleep] sobriety has really
been a struggle for him.
And now...this is happening all
over again.
This is the [bleep] that we
wanted to get away from.
>> Yo, come here.
>> OS--T: So what's going on,
guys?
>> WALT: Why is your hand
bandaged up like that?
>> Oh no, I just got in, you
know, an argument with Anya.
I punched a wall.
>> You look crazy like you ain't
sleep.
Like you late.
I already gave your appointment
away.
>> What's wrong?
Are you all right?
What--
>> No, he's not all right, man.
Look at this [bleep].
Since O [bleep] went to rehab
last year, he been doing real
good.
But as of late, he been kinda
actin' like the old O [bleep].
It makes me wonder what the
[bleep] he's on right now.
You ain't back on that [bleep],
is you?
I don't wanna see you relapse.
>> No.
>> Bro, I'm not gonna let you
off easy with this [bleep].
You come in here with basically
a [bleep] up hand.
>> OS--T: I punched a wall.
>> Bro...it's no way you should
be an emotional roller coaster
that you would even think about
risking your [bleep] career.
>> It's just everything that's
going on with Anya.
She moved, changed her phone
numbers, told my daughter I'm
dead.
And like--'cause you gotta
remember, Anya's the one who
controls how I see my daughter.
I've hurt Anya before in the
past.
>> ANYA: You got cuffs on.
>> Mr. [bleep] there failed drug
test just today.
>> That's not my life.
Why would you disappoint me like
this?
>> She wants me to feel as bad
as I made her feel.
>> Every time she get mad at
you, she uses your child.
And everybody knows how much you
love your kids.
What you and Anya is between you
and Anya.
It ain't between you, Anya, and
your child.
>> The second you get angry and
you get emotional...I just
regress back to what I'm used to
doing.
Just grab a bottle, drink away
my pain.
Trying to stay on the straight
and narrow, but I'm a time bomb
just waiting to blow up.
>> You are closer to me than
anybody else.
But the road you going down,
bro, I don't know if you're
gonna be alive in the next three
years.
>> I know.
>> Like you're destroying
yourself.
>> This is my life.
If Black Ink went away today, I
wouldn't know what I would do.
>> And this is what I mean.
That's a problem.
>> When I go through my
emotions, I go through my
emotions, because it's like
[bleep] happens every week.
>> No, you have to focus on--not
women, your art.
Not your baby mothers, your art.
You know how good you used to
be?
>> [bleep] I look back in my
sketchbook, and I see like,
damn, I used to be on it.
>> O [bleep] is a great artist,
but I feel like if he keeps
going the way he's going, he is
gonna kill himself.
So, tough love is the only
answer to this situation.
You need to take some time off.
You need to decide what the
[bleep] you want to do with your
life, bro.
For me to sit here and watch you
destroy yourself, it--it's not
right.
In a week or so, come back and
tell me what you wanna do, bro.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Your life is in chaos right
now.
And it's been like this for a
minute.
And it look like you're scared
to face it.
>> Yeah.
I'm gonna make better decisions,
man.
>> You got a week to prove it to
me, bro.
Now go on and straighten your
life out.
>> ♪
♪ Still going up
♪ If I forgot something
♪ Ever sent to me
♪ That's royal love
>> OS--T: I didn't see this
coming.
I'm letting everybody down.
I'm letting down Ceaser.
I'm letting down...my family.
I'm letting myself down, because
I'm drinking.
>> ♪ They just want
♪ Another guy
>> I need this job.
I can't afford to lose Black
Ink.
If I don't square this [bleep]
up, I don't know what the
future's gonna hold.
>> What the [bleep] happened?
>> Somebody put my whole family
in jeopardy just now.
And for what reason, I don't
[bleep] know.
Somebody could have shot my
daughter.
>> ♪
>> Hey, ladies, how you're
doing?
I'm Katy.
This is my partner Karl.
>> Hey, how're you doing?
>> DUTCHESS: Very nice to meet
you guys.
Today I have a photoshoot with
"Vibe" magazine.
It's like the urban bible of
magazines.
That's a big deal.
This is gonna be what help me
promote Pretty In Ink, which is
opening up in a couple more
weeks.
>> Thanks so much.
We'll see you in a little bit.
>> All right.
>> Girl, I wanna thank you for
inviting me to this photoshoot.
>> You too pretty not to have
had a photoshoot.
>> I mean, I've had like selfie
photoshoots.
[laughs]
>> Just enjoy yourself.
And enjoy the moment.
I invited Melody, because she's
pretty much the embodiment of
what Pretty In Ink stands for.
>> [laughs]
>> DUTCHESS: Smart and artistic
women.
I think you're gonna do great.
>> Well, thanks.
>> I think you a natural, and
you don't even know it yet,
girl.
>> As I'm hanging out with
Dutchess, she seems more
genuine.
She seems more focused.
She has a lot for me to respect.
And [bleep], it feels so nice to
get away from the [bleep] drama
at Black Ink.
And especially since now I'm at
this photoshoot with "Vibe," I
feel super honored.
And I think it could be a really
good opportunity.
Things are getting crazy in the
shop.
>> A lot of them have been
around each other so much that
sometimes they just get on each
other's [bleep] nerves so bad
that it just takes them to a
level of...
You know what I'm saying?
Like if everybody had their own
focus, it would be a little bit
easier to redirect their energy
on some of that [bleep].
>> Yeah, a lot of 'em got too
much free time.
>> DUTCHESS: And that's what it
is, so--
>> All the guys at the shop,
they got some kind of hatred
towards Dutchess.
But at this point, I wanna make
my own opinion.
And it seems like she's a
super-cool chick.
She's very down to Earth, and
she's a businesswoman.
At the end of the day, I'm
definitely Team Dutchess.
Like she has a lot more for me
to respect.
>> Melody, I just wanna say
thank you.
This the first time I've been
able to be around another female
artist that I really could
connect with.
>> Definitely the same.
>> I kinda like Melody.
Like we vibe.
And in my life right now, I
could use a friend.
So me and Cease got into a crazy
argument.
>> Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.
>> And I'm not like the type of
person that let [bleep] go.
It really be [bleep] my head up.
I can't keep allowing myself to
be all emotional all the time
and reacting all the time,
because that [bleep] don't do
nothing but affect me.
>> That's a lesson I'm trying to
learn, man.
I get so explosive over small
things sometimes.
>> That's how I am.
I'm still holding onto it.
>> Yeah.
>> And now I gotta be in
control, because [bleep] I got
my shop.
But it's hard.
It's [bleep] hard as [bleep].
>> Yeah.
>> But I know what need to
happen is we need to murder this
[bleep] photoshoot.
>> True that though.
>> 'Cause the ladies of Black
Ink about to be slaying this
[bleep], yes.
You ready?
>> I'm ready.
>> ♪
>> The ball of emotions that I'm
experiencing is so crazy right
now.
I just need to focus.
>> Let's do it.
>> Yeah, put your mind there.
>> All right, here we go.
>> ♪
>> Move your head slightly.
>> ♪ I remember my dreams
>> That's great, you guys.
>> ♪
>> I don't know if I believe in
fate.
I believe in faith.
Faith that things that you put
out, that those thoughts and
those behaviors will manifest in
time.
>> ♪ I remember my dreams
>> KATY: Eyes here.
>> ♪ I remember my dreams
>> I would love for my
relationship with Cease could be
something that's good and on the
right path and happy.
I would love for Ceaser to be by
my side right now.
>> ♪
>> DUTCHESS: But I can't put an
expectation on anybody.
I'm just gonna do what I gotta
do, and hope that everything
works out for the best.
>> KATY: These are great, you
guys.
>> This is way more than I could
have expected.
Thank you.
Thank you for having me.
>> ♪
>> [indistinct police scanner]
>> [siren wailing]
>> Puma!
What the [bleep], bro?
Why are there cops here?
What the [bleep] happened?
I need you to talk to me.
>> Somebody tried to shoot at
me.
>> What the [bleep], bro?
It's out of our control now!
We can't go back!
It happened!
>> [bleep] [bleep] up the shop.
You want me to sit here and just
chill with this [bleep]?
[bleep] no.
>> I bust my ass, and I tried so
hard to just do right.
And yet somebody felt like they
can just take that all away from
me.
>> ♪
>> SASSY: What's up?
Talk to me [bleep].
What the [bleep] happened?
I need you to talk to me.
>> PUMA: Somebody tried to shoot
at me.
>> What the [bleep], bro?
>> PUMA: Somebody just walked
by, said my name, and then
licked off two shots.
One hit the light post.
One of the shells came out.
And then another one hit the
wall back here.
>> Puma.
Was anybody in here?
>> Phoenix and Naeem were here
when it all happened.
They're outside flipping their
[bleep], talking about they
ready to quit.
Now I gotta go deal with that.
>> SASSY: They wouldn't even
talk to me when I came in.
>> I don't know if somebody was
trying to harm me or just send
warning shots to scare me.
This [bleep] is [bleep] up.
>> Have you talked to Quani?
>> No, I haven't told Quani yet.
My daughter's always with me.
The scariest part of the whole
situation, she could have ran to
the door...and somebody could
have shot my daughter.
And it's like...I would have
nothing else to live for.
Somebody put my whole family in
jeopardy just now.
And for what reason, I don't
[bleep] know.
Tamia could have been shot.
And do you know what kind of
[bleep]--
I'm like--I'm tired, man.
And I don't know what the
[bleep] else to do, man.
I definitely feel responsible,
because I was the target.
And somebody else could have got
hurt.
And it's [bleep] up.
>> Need hug, man.
Like you need--
>> SASSY: I almost just lost my
best friend.
Listen to me, Puma.
I'm asking you to get in a
[bleep] cab and go home.
>> I'm gonna clear my head for a
second, then I'm gonna go home
and tell Quani.
>> I'm gonna go talk to the
boys.
Just please promise me that
you're gonna get out of here.
>> Okay.
>> A'ight.
>> PHOENIX: [unintelligible] I'm
good by myself.
[bleep] that.
>> NAEEM: Stupid, dawg.
>> Not right now, man.
Not right now.
>> This is not what we signed up
for, at the end of the [bleep]
day, Sas.
>> Will you talk to me?
>> No.
>> There's [bleep] [bleep] up
the shop!
Tell you, I already went through
this [bleep] last year.
>> I'm sorry.
>> [bleep] came in the [bleep]
shop, gun to the face and rape
my girl right there in [bleep]
front of me.
>> ♪
>> PHOENIX: I had my own shop.
Me and another artist working
late one night, and...some guys
and a girl decided to come in
and wanted to rob the place.
And they took it further,
because the girl, at the time, I
was dating, they raped her right
in front of us.
And...it was devastating.
So the shooting at Puma's shop
brought me back to all of that.
[bleep] that [bleep], man.
>> It's not [bleep] that.
>> You want me to just sit here
and chill with this [bleep]?
[bleep] no!
I'm not going through that
[bleep] again, man.
>> NAEEM: First of all--
>> SASSY: Naeem.
>> --before you get in bed with
somebody else.
Me going to work for Puma and
Sassy, only thing I was thinking
was, "Oh, it' a great
"opportunity.
I'm gonna be good."
But shootings?
Hell no.
>> Do you dead-ass believe for a
[bleep] second that I would have
you or him in here knowing that
some [bleep] beef was coming our
way?
You think I would do that to
your [bleep] girl and to your
kids, my man?
You believe that I would do
that?
>> Can I please say one thing to
you, Phoenix?
Talk to me, my [bleep].
You a grown-ass man.
>> [bleep] [bleep] shoot up the
shop.
>> [bleep] happened!
It's out of our control now!
We can't go back!
It happened!
>> I'm done.
>> Come on, Phoenix.
>> [bleep] [bleep], I'm out.
>> Phoenix, talk to me, my man.
>> NAEEM: I'm out.
>> Naeem.
>> ♪
>> [sirens wailing]
>> ♪
>> This shooting literally
stopped Art 2 Ink from happening
before it even had the chance to
begin.
>> ♪
>> I'm so scared.
And I'm scared for Puma.
[sobbing]
I don't know what I'm gonna do.
And like I usually know how to
fix it.
And I'm usually telling Puma,
"It's gonna be okay."
But I don't know if it's gonna
be okay.
>> [indistinct police scanner]
>> ♪
>> It's not fair, because I bust
my ass, and I tried so hard to
just do right.
And yet somebody felt like they
can just take that all away from
me.
Hey, beautiful little girl.
Who's that right there?
>> ♪
♪ You're holding on
♪ Just to feel something
♪ That hurts
>> My life flashed before my
eyes, you know?
Quani, will you marry me?
>> [crowd cheering]
>> OFFICIAL: I now pronounce
you husband and wife.
>> Literally almost lost my
life.
Somebody just tried to take it
all away from me in one moment.
I ain't no gang member or any
gangbanging.
It's like I'm trying to leave
this [bleep] alone and just get
away from it, and just trying to
build something good for my
daughter.
And yet, the bull [bleep], the
life, it just--it follows, you
know?
>> ♪ Thrown by a hurricane ♪
>> You could have lost your
child's life.
Think about her [bleep] safety.
>> I'd take a bullet in my ass.
It'd probably feel a little bit
better than dealing with Niecy
right now.
>> Just close the damn shop!
>> [unintelligible] bitches!
Thank you guys for being here.
And let me show you all.
>> [crowd cheering]
>> WALT: Not that Sky got this
body, we need to start making
her like more of the face for
Black Ink.
Get a tattoo, touch Sky's new
ass.
>> This bitch.
>> I petitioned for child
support.
I need somebody to serve
[bleep].
Walk away!
That's the only thing you know
how to do is walk away.
>> That's right.
>> He makes me sick to my
stomach.
>> Kick her out of here.
She don't belong in Black Ink.
>> Man up finally!