>> You a bum that don't like to
come out your pocket.
>> You asked me to pay to take
care of you, Sky.
How am I a bum?
>> [indistinct yelling]
>> I went to court and
petitioned for child support.
>> Kathie wants to get the
courts involved knowing that I'm
on [bleep] probation.
One little slip up and I'm back
to jail.
Hey, everyone.
>> He's showing up drunk with a
busted hand.
He's not coming in for
appointments.
I don't wanna see you relapse.
You need to take some time off.
It's okay for you to [bleep]
Donna--
>> It's not okay--
>> [bleep] [bleep] Walter, who
[bleep] Ted.
And then you took off your
[bleep] ring in Miami.
How am I not gonna be mad?
>> Tell me what will fix this?
>> Nothing will fix it.
>> Puma, why are there cops
here?
What's up?
>> Somebody tried to shoot at
me.
>> ♪
>> I didn't want to call Quani
and tell her about the shooting.
I actually wanted to talk to her
face to face and let her know.
I don't know what the [bleep] is
gonna happen next, man.
But I'm at the risk of losing
everything.
I'm at the risk of losing my
business.
My wife might leave again
because she might not feel safe.
She's gonna take my daughter.
I won't have anything.
I'll be just one empty space,
man.
Hi, baby.
>> How's your day?
>> Um...
I randomly had some person throw
two shots at me at the shop.
>> I don't understand.
You got shot at?
>> Yeah.
>> Somebody like literally like
let shots off at you in your
[bleep] tattoo shop?
Was it aimed at you?
Was it aimed at anyone in the
shop when--
>> Well, they said my name and
then let off the shots.
If the person was aiming, they
had horrible, horrible aim,
'cause it didn't hit like
nowhere near me.
>> It actually hit something in
the shop?
>> They had to take a slug out
the wall.
>> Someone "threw shots at him."
I'm honestly really pissed off
and scared at the same time.
Like he could have been shot up
or worse.
Like all I could just keep
thinking, "What if my daughter
was in there?"
>> And that's the same thing I
was thinking.
>> As a mother, this is my worst
nightmare.
Tamia could have been in the
shop.
She's there almost every day.
And I can just hear my mother in
the back of mind just telling me
that she was right about the
shop not being safe.
This is crazy dangerous.
Until we find out who did it, I
don't want Mia over there like
that.
>> I understand.
Somebody's being real stupid.
I'm really curious on who it is.
I don't got no problems with
nobody, so--
>> At the moment.
But we don't know who has
problems with you.
I left for Atlanta in the first
place because I felt unsafe.
And now I come back, and this
happens.
The jealousy that Ceaser has
towards my husband is
ridiculous.
I wouldn't put it past Ceaser to
had gotten someone to shoot up
the shop.
That's some [bleep] [bleep] he
would do.
There's a lot to be threatened
about.
And I'm really, really scared.
Like I don't wanna come home
from work and have my whole
family gone.
I'm not trying to live my life
without the two people I'm
living for.
>> ♪
♪ I'm running
♪ I'm running to the money
♪ I be running
♪ I'm running to the money
♪ Gotta get it in
♪ Out there waiting for me
♪ It still ain't got me
>> SKY: I'm selling love.
Love and respect and unity.
>> You can't be selling love.
That's called prostitution.
>> SKY: No, I'm talking about
this kind of love.
I've got on bell bottoms.
>> Yeah, that's still
prostitution.
>> This is not prostitution,
love.
How [bleep] I don't look
like a hippie?
I am totally feeling the love
vibes right now.
My boobs and my ass are healing
up great.
And it's time for me to show the
world my stuff.
>> CEASER: No, you really don't
look like a hippie right now.
You look like a Harlem chick
trying to look like a hippie.
[bleep], last time I seen you,
I was kinda worried about you.
Punching walls and [bleep].
And you really didn't look like
yourself.
>> I healed up.
Like, I mean, I'm back working.
>> CEAER: O [bleep] came in last
week with a busted hand,
smelling like a [bleep] wino.
So I suspended his ass under the
condition he'll sober up and get
his life together.
Tough love is the only answer to
this situation.
You ain't bring no liquor here
or nothing today, right?
>> No.
>> CEASER: You ain't drunk or
nothing?
>> I'm sober.
>> CEASER: He didn't bring no
bottles in here today, did he?
>> Nope.
You know I'll tell you.
>> SKY: Shut up the [bleep] up.
>> I am a bit disappointed in
myself.
I mean, drinking is gonna lead
me down a road to destruction.
But sobriety's going good so
far.
I'm always gonna be afraid that
I'm gonna start using or
drinking again.
I mean, like if I'm not afraid,
then that means that I'm not
gonna wanna change.
>> CEASER: So you good to come
back?
>> Yeah, I'm great.
>> Actions speak louder than
words, brother.
>> SKY: Did you guys hear about
what happened up at Puma's shop
last night?
>> What happened?
>> Like [bleep] got shot up up
there.
>> Somebody got shot up at
Puma's shop?
>> All I heard was that the
[bleep] came in and was like,
"Puma."
Like they was coming and looking
for him...guns blazing.
Whatever Puma got going over
there, I just want him to have
growth, success, and nothing but
good health to him, his--his
employees and his family.
But there are shootings all over
Harlem.
Like the [bleep] ain't new to
us.
I'm sad, like it just sucks that
we still in today's world just
out here just trying to [bleep]
hurt each other.
>> You saying nobody got hit,
right?
>> SKY: No.
But usually when [bleep] come
looking for you, it's 'cause you
did bad.
I don't know if it's him or the
company he keep.
>> Mother [bleep] screaming your
name and shooting at you, it's
something to do with you.
>> I don't care if Puma and
Ceaser are rivals or not.
Puma was one of my best friends.
We shouldn't sit here and talk
about what he did to bring it
on.
We should be sitting here
talking about the fact that him
and his family are okay.
>> I hope everything's okay.
>> I don't know.
Kinda--I kinda got mixed views
about that [bleep].
I--I think if that [bleep] is
over here, he wouldn't give a
[bleep].
>> MAN: [laughs]
We gonna stand on the tables
with this one.
♪ We here
♪ We poppin' up
♪ No stoppin' her
♪ She droppin' it
♪ 'Cause we poppin' up
♪ We poppin' up
>> Everything has to be blown
up.
Ever since plastic surgery a few
weeks ago, Sky's all bandaged
up.
Sky has a flat ass, why would we
have flat [bleep]?
>> It has to be inflated, that's
true.
>> So everything has to be
inflated.
>> [sighs]
>> But tonight though--tonight,
we're throwing her a party,
because she is taking 'em off
and revealing and the ass and
titties to the world.
>> ♪
>> [indistinct chatter]
>> Hey!
[laughing]
>> [laughing]
>> [indistinct chatter]
>> DUTCHESS: Me and Cease, we
ain't talk for two weeks.
And I really do miss him.
I don't know what the [bleep] to
do.
Fighting with Cease should be
the last thing that we wanna do
with each other.
I love Cease will all my heart.
I wanna be with him.
I wanna spend my life with him.
And the consequences of my
actions, it really [bleep] hurt
him.
I have to make this right.
>> So what you wanna talk about?
>> The type of hurt that he
feels was not the type of hurt
that I was trying to cause.
I can try to right my wrongs.
I really do love this man.
It would hurt me if I lost him.
I want to apologize to you for
not wearing my ring.
Now, all of our dumb [bleep]
should be out of the way, right
or wrong.
>> Dutchess don't never say no
[bleep] sorry.
I had a better chance of getting
blessed by the Pope than
Dutchess saying sorry.
Hey, listen...
>> That has nothing to do with
it.
That's not what you was mad
about.
>> Nah, I was mad about your
ring.
But...about the other night, you
know how I am.
I get carried away sometimes.
>> Still wanna get married?
>> Yeah, I still wanna get
married.
But you've put me through so
much [bleep], man.
>> I put you through some
[bleep]?
>> It be both of us.
It be both of us.
>> You put me through more.
>> And through all the bull
[bleep] we put each other
through...I wouldn't want to go
through it with nobody but you.
I've been through so much with
her, and I wouldn't put up with
no other female with half of the
[bleep] I've been with with her.
So it must be destined, because
I haven't fell out of love with
her yet.
>> Nobody sees the things in you
that I see in you.
And despite your flaws, I still
love you.
And some of your flaws, to me,
aren't flaws.
They're your strengths.
So it's like you help balance me
out.
Make a little bit things seem
complete.
This is just a part of life.
Me and Cease are gonna have more
problems.
I'd be stupid to say we
wouldn't.
But...what I hope is we learn
and grow from the things that
we've already been through so we
go through this [bleep] a lot
more smarter.
>> I still love your crazy ass.
>> ♪
>> [buzzer sounds]
>> TED: Like, oh, boy, here we
go with the bull [bleep].
What the [bleep] are you doing
here?
Didn't you just have a fight
with Sky?
>> DONNA: Throw pillow?
Throw pillows then.
>> [indistinct yelling]
>> I'm not surprised to see
Donna here at the shop for the
party, because Donna is like an
ass [bleep].
You know what I mean?
Like she doesn't learn her
lesson until it's too late.
>> I'm not happy with how
[bleep] went down the other day
with me and Sky.
And maybe this isn't the best
place to talk, but I definitely
wanna resolve things.
>> This bitch.
>> CEASER: We got problem
[bleep].
Kathie wanted me to serve you
your child support papers.
>> Walk away!
That's the only thing you know
how to do is walk away.
>> OS--T: That's right.
Kick her out of here.
She don't belong in Black Ink.
>> Man up finally!
>> ♪
>> TED: That's what we were
trying to figure out.
Where's Sky?
Today is Sky's butt reveal
party, and we are literally
waiting on her ass to show up.
>> Are you gonna fight Sky?
>> GIRL: Why do you say that?
>> Because, girl, yes.
I'm gonna bring it up when she
come in here.
I'm gonna be like, "Oh, you
"wanna fight when you can't
fight."
>> I was like so annoyed.
Shut up.
This whole situation with Sky is
a misunderstanding.
I do not wanna fight.
I just wanna talk to her and
clear this stuff up.
>> ♪
>> [indistinct chatter]
>> CEASER: Yo, Phoenix.
>> After the shooting at Art 2
Ink, I didn't feel safe.
I had to leave.
I might as well jut weigh out my
options, see what's going on
with Ceaser and Black Ink.
>> I thought Puma hired people
who hated me.
Too bad for him though.
Me and Phoenix been boys for
years.
So, when Phoenix called me and
told me he quit Art 2 Ink, I
invited him to the party.
Plus, I wanna get the real scoop
on what happened at Art 2 Ink.
Because what I've been hearing
is my name is being dragged
through the mud.
>> I'm a businessman.
[bleep] professional.
What?
Puma forgot we ain't in the
streets no more?
But, honestly, none of that
[bleep] would have happened if
Puma [bleep] deodorant.
But you know what I mean?
Ever since he done left my wing,
all types of [bleep] happens to
him.
So, I can't control that.
He ain't got the protection of
Black Ink no more.
>> ♪
♪ Girl, I wanna
♪ Don't you wanna
♪ When we gonna
>> A real bitch is
[unintelligible].
>> [crowd cheering]
>> [indistinct chatter]
>> First of--
>> TED: Your speech, man, get to
it.
>> I wanna, number one, say
thank you guys for being here.
And let me show you all!
>> ♪
>> [crowd cheering]
>> She got the movie body.
Real big titties, nice ass.
Not too big.
Like Sky's body's believable.
That's what I like about it.
>> [indistinct chatter]
>> WALT: Now 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.
>> Let's do it!
Shots!
>> MAN: Ted, what's going on
here?
>> Sky, you have great New York
boobs.
>> Oh, you so romantic.
>> ALL: [laughs]
>> SKY: Teddy, I don't wanna
[bleep] him no more.
I'm not doing any old work.
This is a new body.
Nothing that touched this
before.
It is time for loving me some of
these rich [bleep].
Thank you, yo-lo, new body,
thongs all day.
>> ♪
>> [indistinct chatter]
>> Looking good.
>> I be trying.
>> "I be trying.
I be trying."
>> ♪
>> OS--T: What is Kathie doing
here?
The only reason Kathie shows up
at Black Ink is to make my life
a living hell.
What does she have to harass me
about now?
>> CEASER: Yo, what does this
[bleep] want?
The last time she was at a Black
Ink party, she ruined the whole
[bleep] thing.
>> You're a [bleep]!
>> I think you should go get
your baby mother.
>> [unintelligible]
>> OS--T: What the [bleep]
happened, yo?
>> KATHIE: Aaaaah!
I can't do this anymore!
>> CEASER: What do you want,
Kathie?
>> I petitioned for child
support.
And I need somebody to serve
[bleep].
>> What?
>> And I'm asking you if you
could serve him for me.
>> Whoa, whoa.
I swear to God, these baby
mothers are crazy.
You gonna ask a man who's on
child support, who's been
served, to serve my friend?
You want me to reverse it?
Huh-uh.
Nah, hmm-mm, no.
>> Please.
I think Ceaser serving [bleep]
will hurt, but I want him to
realize that I'm not playing any
games anymore.
I'm doing everything by myself
financially.
>> Kathie--
>> And I'm tired of telling my
son that I can't.
>> Listen, I done put him on
probation.
He straightened himself out.
He's not gonna drink.
He's not gonna do none of that
[bleep].
>> That's not the problem.
>> What?
>> The problem is that $125 a
month every other month is not
doing it for me no more.
>> Can we do it without court?
How 'bout me, you, and him
sit down and then we come to
some type of agreement?
What Kathie doesn't know,
[bleep] barely sober.
If Kathie serves him right now,
he's gonna spiral all the way
out of [bleep] control.
>> I don't know.
'Cause I tried this before.
>> CEASER: If he ever reneges on
it, Kath, I swear, I will take
the money out myself from his
bank and give it to you.
If I have to dock his mother
[bleep] pay to make Kathie happy
and to keep this mo [bleep] out
of court, that's [bleep] I'm
gonna do.
>> All right.
Let's see what happens.
>> All right, give me a hug,
give me a hug, give me a hug.
Mm.
Man, [bleep] the legal system.
I be the court, the judge, and
the mother [bleep] jury.
>> Thank you.
>> I'm gonna talk to him now.
>> Okay.
>> Bye.
>> Be safe.
>> [indistinct rapping]
♪ Shake your money maker
♪ All on the floor
♪ Yeah, you let loose
♪ But how far will you go
>> Ah!
Female deejay [unintelligible].
How're you doing, pretty?
I see Donna ass over there
trying to get my attention.
And I'm just like, "This bitch."
Let me enjoy my new ass party,
damn.
>> SKY: What?
>> DONNA: I'm so happy that you
healed good and that you're good
and--
>> I need air.
All right, come on.
>> DONNA: I love Sky.
And at the end of the day, I
feel like she'll reflect on our
situation about the money she
thinks I owe her from Miami and
realize that she was at fault.
>> What's going on?
>> DONNA: You know that [bleep]
hurt me.
I'm sad we had to have
anything--even touching each
other.
Especially when you all fragile
[bleep] and beautiful.
>> Well, you was--had the punch
ready.
Sky came at me.
I didn't come at her.
I put her in a headlock.
I didn't put my hands on her.
And that was for her safety.
I love you, bitch.
>> No, I get that.
But you hurt me.
I really don't wanna hear any
excuses, Donna.
If you don't have my bread, I do
not want to talk, bitch.
>> DONNA: I don't think--we're
not gonna see eye to eye on that
situation.
And that's what I'm saying.
I don't wanna get back into it.
I just wanna tell you, you look
lovely.
>> Thank you.
>> And I like to see you.
Go shake that ass.
>> We can do that.
>> SKY: Donna owes me a fear
fight, because she headlocked me
like I was her little [bleep]
sister.
[bleep] touching this good-ass
hair--7A, 6A, gray and [bleep].
You gonna know in my eyes when I
walk through the door--
>> DONNA: Copy, make sure I got
my tennis shoes on.
We just had a heart to heart,
and then you wanna threaten me
on a walk away?
Me and Sky are friends, but this
[bleep]'s gotten out of hand.
It's sucks [bleep].
I can go take my Miami vibe
elsewhere.
I was trying to make things
right, but this proves that it's
time to move on.
I'm out this [bleep].
>> I just need you to really
believe in me.
I don't know what the [bleep] to
do right now, man.
>> You make me worried that I'm
gonna lose my [bleep] husband.
>> We're gonna sit down, all
three of us, and we're gonna
come to some type of agreement
on how much money you're
supposed to give her a week.
>> We're having a serious
conversation, and he's not here.
He's on his phone.
>> ♪
>> [indistinct chatter]
>> Oh, [bleep].
Come talk to me, [bleep].
We gotta [bleep].
I just talked Kathie out of
taking [bleep] to court.
So he better agree to whatever I
tell him he gotta do.
We got a problem.
>> Hmm?
>> Kathie had a talk with me.
She wanted me to serve you your
child support papers.
I'm not doing that, because I
don't like that court [bleep].
You know I don't like that
[bleep].
What's gonna happen, we're gonna
sit down, all three of us, and
we're gonna come to some type of
agreement on how much money
you're supposed to give her a
week.
>> I know Ceaser's looking out
for my best interest right now.
But after all of the child
support issues that Ceaser has
with Crystal, you don't think
that Cease is the last person in
the world who should get
involved in this child support
issue between me and you,
Kathie?
I mean, like I'd just rather do
it the way I wanna do it,
because the last time I gave her
money, I swear to God, she
bought an iPhone with it.
That's why I do things that
Achilles need.
You know what?
Achilles need a pair of
sneakers, I bought him two pair
of sneakers.
>> [bleep], you cannot argue
with the judge.
>> I can.
>> You can-- What they're gonna
sit there and say to you is
those are gifts to your kids,
now they need cash.
And at the end of the day, I'm
trying to save you from the bull
[bleep].
>> It's not a gift, that's
things that he needs.
[bleep] priorities.
>> I've been there already,
[bleep].
He doesn't understand.
This is a serious situation him
and Kathie about to go through.
O [bleep] only been sober for a
few days.
This [bleep] will send him
spiraling.
And he's bound to [bleep] it up
with the courts.
Think about it.
He's gonna miss [bleep] court
dates.
He's gonna miss [bleep]
payments.
He gonna end up in [bleep] jail.
And at the end of the day, lose
everything.
Just take care of what you gotta
take care of.
>> Mm-hmm.
Fine, I'll show up to the
mediation, even though I know
it's not gonna go well.
>> I'm gonna set up the meeting
between me, you, and Kath.
>> All right, bro.
>> Please don't let me down.
>> Hey.
Why would I let you down?
>> Uh.
>> ♪
>> Ah!
>> What's up, Melody?
What you doing?
You asleep?
>> [unintelligible].
>> No, man, [bleep] just like
back to doing his drinking and
partying, and he's all jacked
up, man.
I don't know.
Like his lifestyle is just wild.
A little too wild for me.
>> I got an announcement, you
all.
Got an announcement.
I wanna thank Sky for finally
getting [bleep] ass.
You know what I mean?
>> [crowd cheering]
>> I would like to announce--yo,
can I finish my [bleep]
announcement?
I'm trying to be civil and
[bleep].
>> Are you pregnant?
>> No, she not pregnant.
Shut the [bleep] up, yo.
What you talking--I wanted to
announce that, um, this spring,
me and Dutchess
are gonna be married.
No, I'm going spring.
I like spring.
>> [crowd cheering]
>> SKY: Congratulations.
>> I'm sick of hearing about
this alleged wedding.
Let me know when I need a suit,
where we going, and what's the
dates.
That's all I need to know.
>> SKY: I love you guys.
And I'm happy to see the growth
in us as a family.
If Dutchess doesn't make me a
bridesmaid--period, point,
blank--I'm throwing pig's blood
on the bitch.
All right, I'm happy.
Let's go drink.
>> [crowd cheering]
>> [indistinct chatter]
>> ♪
>> [laughs]
>> Welcome.
>> [laughs]
>> Come give me some sugar.
>> Wow.
What is this about?
>> Come have a seat.
You know, bring your sexy self
over here.
I shut Art 2 Ink down while the
police investigation is going
on.
I don't know what the [bleep] to
do, man.
Like this may be Quani's last
straw with even me.
As much as she loves me, she's
not trying to put her life in
danger or her child's.
And I don't blame her.
Sip some [unintelligible] with
me, you know what I mean?
>> Did you drug it?
>> No.
>> [laughs]
>> Think I try to Bill Cosby
you?
Oh my God.
A few months ago, Quani moved
down to Atlanta because she
didn't feel safe in New York.
I don't want her up and leaving
again.
So I gotta prove to her that I'm
gonna protect my family, and
make sure that she feels safe
and comfortable here.
With everything going on right
now, I just want to make you
feel a little bit more...you
know, at ease.
You know, I know I be having so
much going on in the planet.
>> Yeah, you make me worried
that I'm gonna lose
my [bleep] husband.
>> And you're not.
>> Puma has no idea how I'd feel
if something happened to him or
my child.
He needs to figure out who did
this and why, so that I can be
more at ease.
>> Everything has been on the up
and up, you know what I mean?
Like since you've been back
home.
I just gotta get everything back
in order.
'Cause everything was just
getting right.
You know, so...I already have
Naeem and Phoenix a little bit
worried right now that they're
not gonna be able to work in the
shop.
And I gotta get them to come
back to Art 2 Ink.
But right now, my main concern
is you.
I gotta make sure that you're
alright first.
You know what I mean?
You're my rock.
So I just need you to really
believe in me.
>> ♪
>> I do believe in you.
It's not about not believing in
you.
It's about, you know, worrying
about you.
And I don't wanna have to worry
about you.
So...just stay safe.
That's all I want you to do.
>> Okay.
>> Ride or die, me and Puma
always in this together.
I'm gonna have his back right or
wrong all the time.
I don't care if he slapped a
bitch for no reason.
I'm gonna still have his back.
It makes me feel good that Puma
is trying to make sure that me
and Tamia are completely good
before he reopens Art 2 Ink
again.
>> Through it all, Quani, I just
really, really appreciate you
always just being my ride or die
through everything, you know?
And that's why I just want you
to know that I got this.
I love you.
Give me some sugar.
>> ♪
>> [siren wailing]
>> TED: Yo, you remember we used
to get dressed to come out here
and walk up and down this
[bleep] with no money in our
pocket?
>> Yep, I remember I bagged a
chick right here named Tiffany.
>> TED: Good old 125th Street.
>> Since I decided to expand my
[bleep] kingdom, we need to
start looking for a new shop.
So my idea of the American dream
is a piece of 125th Street.
>> Where the joint at?
>> Well...welcome to it right
here.
>> Oh, now that's a good space.
>> CEASER: You can't even see
all the way into the back, how
much space we got.
This is the exact spot that
Black Ink needs to be at.
Down the block from the Apollo
in the heart of Harlem where all
the business flow.
>> TED: $6,000 a month?
>> Yeah.
If you wanna be a big boy, you
gotta play like a big boy.
Look how much foot traffic there
is.
Yeah, the rent's gonna be more.
But guess what?
You gotta up the game if you
wanna stay the main player in
Harlem.
Look at this [bleep].
There ain't no black owners on
this [bleep].
If we sit here and say we took
piece back what we owned, ain't
no one could stop us, yo.
>> I definitely see it, and I
definitely understand why you
would wanna bust that move.
It's just, you know, Black Ink
leaving 113th Street, you would
have to leave a lot of [bleep]
behind you.
It's a risky move.
You're moving up the block to a
bigger space, way more
expensive, just to close it for
a [bleep] possibly again.
I don't know.
And then even that Puma
situation, bro.
At the end of the day, he got a
shop in Harlem, too.
If you move up here, you're
gonna be closer to him.
>> It don't concern me at this
point.
Like me and Puma don't cross
paths no more, no nothing.
>> [bleep] already [bleep] up
with all these rumors going
around that Cease had Art 2 Ink
shot up.
And now that you're moving, it
kinda makes the rumors seem
kinda true, like you're a bully.
>> He should be worried about us
moving up here, 'cause that
might close his shop down.
>> I know how you think.
And that's what I don't want it
to be.
You wishing bad on somebody
else, bad is gonna happen to
you.
>> I don't necessarily wanna
shut him down, but if [bleep]
happens, [bleep] happen.
>> This [bleep] is whack.
Just find some peace with it.
He should let him know like,
"You're not a problem.
"You're not my competition.
"You're not even an issue.
"I got a new shop, you got a
"shop.
"At the end of the day, this is
about business."
>> That's not happening, Ted.
We trying to build [bleep].
He trying to destroy us.
How many times am I gonna sit
there, talk to this mother
[bleep]?
For what?
I really don't care if I'm
closer to Art--whatever the
[bleep] he calling that [bleep]
now.
I ain't gotta worry about nobody
who used to mop my floors.
Puma need to worry about me.
>> Whatever you gonna do, you
know I'm here with you.
All right.
>> Love ya, cous.
>> All right.
>> ♪
>> You could have lost your
child's life.
Think about her [bleep] safety.
That's what I'm trying to say to
you.
>> I 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!
>> ♪
>> TED: I got a good question
for you all.
If somebody came in here to get
a portrait, right?
And their grandma's was dead and
she was cross-eyed, would you do
the tattoo of their cross-eyed
dead grandmother, or would you
fix her eye?
>> I did a cross-eyed dead--
>> You did a cross-eyed?
>> Yeah, that's how she looked.
>> TED: No, I'm not doing that.
I'm not putting no cross-eyed
[bleep].
>> So what if you gotta do an
ugly kid?
>> I did that, too.
>> That's what I'm saying.
You gotta do it.
>> You did a lot of ugly kids,
Cease.
>> CEASER: I've done a lot of
ugly kids.
>> WALT: You definitely tatted a
lot--
>> [laughing]
>> [buzzer sounds]
>> TED: Mess Hall!
>> What up?
>> TED: Look at this guy.
Look at this guy.
>> How are you, Mess?
>> Chilling, how you are doing?
>> Today, I'm tattooing Mess, a
music producer, who's been
coming in for years.
Mess has produced songs for
everybody from Jay, to Kiss, to
Scarface.
I don't know exactly what he
wants today, but we got a good
flow together.
>> What you getting done today
though, man?
>> A crown, and a cross, and
like it looks like there's a
light coming from the crown.
And it basically means to
sacrifice yourself for a greater
cause.
And I feel like I've been doing
that with the studio being that
sometimes I put myself aside to
let the business go better.
>> This concept is something
that I can relate to.
I feel like I'm gonna have to
sacrifice more than ever to get
to 125th Street.
So, yeah, I think this tat's
gonna be dope.
>> What's been up with you
though, man?
How's everything?
>> Uh, man, work, work, work,
bro.
I--I'm trying to move the shop
to a better location.
>> The 125th Street?
>> Mm-hmm.
What the [bleep] you been up to?
>> My business partner--like he
basically lied to me.
And now he's not around.
He's not my friend.
Man, it sucks to lose a friend
over business and money, man.
Like [bleep] whack.
>> Yeah, I'm going through a lot
of [bleep] right now, too, Mess.
>> ♪ I used to roll
♪ With a lot of --
♪ But now it's just me
♪ -- K-cup
♪ While everybody else sleeps
>> As I make this move to 125th
Street, I have to be careful who
I have around me.
'Cause some people you think
that's your friends can stab you
in your back.
>> ♪ Now watch me wield
♪ An empire
>> CEASER: I learned my lesson
with Puma.
I should have fired his ass in
the beginning.
But because we was friends, I
gave him chance after chance.
You would figure the mother
[bleep] that's been around you
almost every day would kinda be
on your side and sympathize with
you.
>> But sometimes they can be
against you the whole time.
>> The whole [bleep] time.
>> ♪ Don't cheat yourself
♪ Beat yourself
♪ Or you never ever
♪ Teach yourself
♪ And if you never
♪ Ever teach yourself
♪ Then how the --
♪ Do you reach yourself
>> I can't let it happen again.
This mother [bleep] Puma running
around spreading rumors, talking
about I shot at him.
[bleep] that.
Puma's trying to bait me.
And I have way, way too much on
the line to fall for his bull
[bleep].
I don't need to kill that mother
[bleep] when he's already dead
to me.
>> ♪ Girl, watch me wield
♪ An empire
>> Nothing's gonna distract me
from building my empire.
Take a look at it, Mess.
We are done.
>> Wow.
All right.
>> ♪
>> Yo, bro.
It's official. I love it.
>> CEASER: You like it?
All right, anytime, man.
>> And good luck with everything
going on, man.
I hope everything works out.
>> ♪
>> Be careful with the cup, baby
girl.
You don't wanna spill it.
>> Look.
Tamia, look who's up?
>> Grandma.
>> QUANI: Look at grandma.
Hi, Mom.
>> PUMA: Hi.
>> How are you?
>> NIECY: Hi, baby.
>> I love my mother-in-law.
But sometimes I think a bullet
in my ass would probably feel a
little bit better than dealing
with Niecy.
>> NIECY: How are you guys
doing?
>> We're good.
How are you?
>> I heard some things.
Did someone shoot at the shop?
>> Who told you this?
Who's going around telling you
things?
>> You don't think people are
talking all over Harlem about
it?
That's how I found out about it.
>> I didn't mention the shooting
to my mom, because we don't need
her to get involved.
Especially when Puma's trying to
open his business back up.
>> NIECY: Did someone shoot at
the shop?
>> Something like that.
>> Puma, there's no something
like that.
Was the shoot fired at the shop?
>> Yeah.
>> So Tamia could have been
there?
>> But she wasn't.
>> These bullets don't know that
this child is gonna be there.
Bullets don't care.
You could have lost your child's
life.
You could have lost your life,
and then this child could have
been without her father.
But then she would have had to
raise this child by herself.
>> PUMA: Niecy, you are telling
me things I already know.
I've seen gun violence
throughout my life, you know?
A kid from the Bronx in New York
City.
I've already beat myself up
about this [bleep].
The shop is closed down right
now.
Artists are gone.
I need a little motivation.
I don't need you to put a little
bit more adobo in my mother
[bleep] wounds right now.
>> Is she ever gonna be at the
shop again?
>> She's not going to the shop.
>> Ever again?
>> Mom, what do you want me to
say?
You want me to say, "Yeah, she's
"gonna be at the shop tomorrow
or--"
>> Ever again?
>> I can't say what's gonna
happen.
>> I don't even know why you
even have to do this.
Just close the damn shop!
>> Mother!
>> NIECY: Close the damn shop!
>> Are you gonna pay the rent?
>> I don't know why you just
can't get a regular damn job.
>> Mom's getting all aggravated
with Puma.
And that just makes me wanna
take his side even more.
Like, okay, I understand that,
you know, you feel a way about
my husband, but I still gotta
have his back.
You telling him to close his
business, something that he's
dreamed of doing.
>> PUMA: I can't do that.
Because then it's like the
person who did that wins.
They want it shut down, don't
work, close down the shop.
That's what that person wants.
>> This is just too much.
This is too much.
I said my piece.
Close the shop.
I'm out.
I don't want anything more to do
with this.
I love you.
Give me a kiss.
>> QUANI: So you're leaving?
>> I'm out.
>> You're not gonna stay?
>> I ain't got nothing else to
say about this.
Deuces.
>> QUANI: [bleep].
Exactly why I didn't tell her,
man.
>> TAMIA: [crying]
>> I don't wanna play nice no
more.
I've done so much for this man.
>> Walk away!
That's the only thing you know
how to do is walk away.
When I see this man, I see a man
who doesn't care.
It makes me sick to my stomach.
Man the [bleep] up finally!
>> ♪
>> SKY: This me on my genie
[bleep].
I'm just bringing out wishes.
Give me three wishes.
I just wish--
>> Damn, my first wish didn't
come true.
>> What the [bleep] was it?
>> I wished I was home right now
instead of being right here
having to go through this
[bleep].
>> O [bleep]'s been [bleep] up
left and right, and I'm hoping
if I mediate this whole
situation with Kathie, he'll
listen.
'Cause at the end of the day, he
don't wanna deal with these
court systems.
>> That's really what she needs.
>> Yo, I'm telling you, that's
what it is. She--
>> SKY: Son.
Hey, girl!
What's up, Kathie?
>> Kathie, what up?
>> SKY: How you doing?
>> I'm okay, baby.
>> SKY: Oh, my God.
>> Ceaser set up a mediation so
that we can talk about choosing
a separate alternative than
going to court for child
support.
I've been over this a hundred
times with [bleep] before.
Maybe Ceaser can talk some sense
into him.
>> Kathie, come here.
Sit right here.
Come here, [bleep].
>> I'm doing important stuff
over here.
>> CEASER: No, come here, yo.
Let's deal with this [bleep].
Come on, man.
Let's talk this out.
Now the reason why I brought
both of you all together 'cause
I feel that, as adults, before
it gets too nasty, you all
should talk and come to some
type of middle ground.
You all gonna keep going through
the bull [bleep], you all only
gonna hurt Achilles.
>> No, I don't wanna play nice
no more.
'Cause, you know, me being nice,
me being caring, me being
lenient is leaving me broke and
raising this child by myself.
I'm tired.
I feel like I've done so much.
I've done so much for this man,
and he knows it.
Okay, walk away!
Walk away!
That's the only thing you know
how to do is walk away.
>> That's right.
>> CEASER: Kathie.
>> KATHIE: You're always running
away from your responsibilities.
Man the [bleep] up!
>> Kick her out of here.
She don't belong in Black Ink.
>> Man up finally!
>> ♪
>> You're always running away
from your responsibilities.
Man the [bleep] up!
Man the [bleep] up finally!
>> Kick her out of here.
She don't belong in Black Ink.
She's not a part of Black Ink.
Why did I ever even think this
would be a good idea?
This mediation [bleep] was some
bull [bleep].
I feel like every time that you
come in Black Ink you come in
with a chip on your shoulder.
And she's angry because she's
still hurt that we're never
gonna be together again.
>> CEASER: Okay, just go.
Yo, you buggin' the [bleep] out.
You gotta fix your face.
Fix this situation like an
adult, B.
It's so [bleep] exhausting.
Because, one moment, Kathie want
to bring up the past, and then
the next moment, [bleep] wanna
walk out like a little [bleep]
kid.
All I want them to do is
understand this ain't about
them.
It's about Achilles.
All right, this is how it's
gonna go now.
From this--this day forward, you
all starting off fresh.
I understand you're mad, but
guess what?
You know this man.
And sometime you have to pull
his card.
But then again, you're a
grown-ass man.
If you make a [bleep]
commitment, you supposed to
stick by it.
So all we saying there is he's
gonna keep his word for now.
>> Pfft.
Why--why are you speaking for
him?
>> CEASER: Because--
>> I'm a receptionist.
All I do is file [bleep].
I mean, it's giving me some
action right now at work.
>> Why are you--he should be
talking to me.
>> SKY: All I did was forget my
popcorn, Crazy Kathie.
Scream on, player.
Scream on.
>> We're having a serious
conversion, and he's texting.
We're talking, "Oh, he's gonna
"change.
"He's gonna get better.
"He's gonna do this.
He's gonna be a better man."
And he's not here.
He's on his phone.
>> And what do you say, [bleep]?
'Cause [bleep] can't keep
talking for you all day.
Like what do you wanna
tell...Kathie?
>> You'll get--you'll get better
from me...definitely.
You'll see a change.
>> I hate being in the same room
with him.
I hate his presence, because he
is the root of the problem.
Nothing is changing because he
is not owning up to anything.
When I see this man, I see a man
who doesn't care.
You know, it makes me sick to my
stomach.
>> That money, you don't have to
worry about that.
I'll make sure you have it, even
if I gotta take it out of his
[bleep] pay.
>> It's time for him to step it
up, to do more.
He has to do more.
>> I just told her I'm gonna
dock his pay and send the money
directly to her.
What more does she want?
>> I'm gonna fall back, and I'm
gonna let you guys handle him.
Because I'm--I don't know wanna
deal with it no more.
They will see for themselves
what I go through.
They're gonna have faith in him,
and then they're gonna be
disappointed.
And they're gonna get
frustrated.
And they're gonna go angry.
And they're gonna have a crazy
moment, 'cause that's what
happens when you deal with
[bleep].
I'm tired of being [bleep] nice.
>> I'm not into girls sexually.
>> Don't try to say I
"mouth raped you."
>> I didn't invite you to do it.
>> --push myself on you.
You had your ass on me.
>> Like can you rock with us?
We don't have our tattoo
artists, Art 2 Ink isn't gonna
work.
>> I gotta think about that
[bleep].
>> I was looking for Richard
Duncan.
>> Oh, [bleep].
>> TED: For a white dude to come
in and ask for Richard Duncan,
sounds like the police to me.
>> [bleep].
>> I promised I would be
there for you.
I should have been man enough to
stay.
>> SKY: Yeah.
I have a family with this guy,
and I don't know him.
And that's nothing nobody
planned.