>> SASSY: Puma, what the
[bleep], bro?
Why are there cops here?
>> Somebody tried to shoot at
me.
>> [bleep] is not what we signed
up for at the end of the [bleep]
day, Sas.
>> You want me to sit here and
just chill with this [bleep]?
I'm done.
>> DOCTOR: She's ready to go?
>> NURSE: She's already.
The reason that I am getting
this surgery is I had children
at 14.
It altered my shape like
permanently.
>> [crowd cheering]
>> And now I'm ready to show off
this bomb-ass new body.
Whoo-hoo!
>> ♪
>> DUTCHESS: Every tattoo I do
is getting me closer and closer
to having Pretty In Ink open.
No one is gonna get in my way.
>> You're a grown-ass man.
If you make a [bleep]
commitment, you're supposed to
stick by it.
And I'm gonna dock his pay and
send the money directly to her.
>> I've done so much for this
man, and he knows it.
Walk away!
That's the only thing you know
how to do is walk away!
Man up finally!
>> ♪
>> Where the [bleep] is
everybody at?
Everybody should be here.
>> Should is the key word.
>> [buzzer sounds]
>> Hello!
>> What the [bleep]?
>> Oh [bleep].
>> [laughs]
>> Customer appreciation week in
this mother [bleep].
Who the [bleep] need clothes?
Not me.
All I need is this green bathing
suit, baby.
Let the appreciation of the
customers begin.
Let's build money for the shop.
Let's go!
>> [laughs]
>> Welcome to Black Ink.
Come on in!
Customer appreciation week comes
from Sky, by Sky, for the
people.
I wanna just show them, we love
you and we appreciate you.
How you doing, handsome?
>> Leave it up to Sky to come up
with a marketing campaign you
walk around damn-near naked
showing off your new body.
Ted thinks Sky should come to
work like this every single day.
>> Come on in, 55 cents off your
first tattoo.
What's up?
>> You said 55 cent?
>> Fifty-five cent off.
>> I thought we only did
dollars.
>> I don't wanna take $55 off
your first tattoo.
That's a lot.
>> We gotta get this money.
Get on, girl.
>> Yes, Daddy.
Okay, Daddy.
Welcome to Black Ink!
>> It look like I done turned
into a pimp overnight, baby.
>> I'll give you 55 cents off
your first tattoo.
Ah!
>> This is a great mother
[bleep] idea Sky just came up
with.
We both benefit.
She gets to show off her ass,
and I get to draw customers in
and get some more mother [bleep]
money.
>> Come back!
You wanna come get a tattoo,
Papi?
>> If Walt don't step his game
up, [bleep], she might take his
job, too.
>> She said she's gonna walk
around like this after the
surgery.
She warned us.
>> I mean, if she kept bringing
in money--
>> You wanna come in and get a
tattoo, Mr. Suit.
White man in a suit?
You all wanna come get a tattoo?
No?
>> CEASER: You gotta give it
more energy.
There you go.
There we go.
Yeah.
>> You wanna get a tattoo?
>> Bring your ass in here.
>> Book him.
I hope she ain't expecting me to
help her with the bill for her
body if she's using it for work,
because you can't write that
[bleep] off on taxes.
>> See you tomorrow at 12:15.
>> This is excellent marketing
for the shop.
>> See ya tomorrow, Patrick.
You know what I mean?
>> You were heaven sent,
Patrick, because my [bleep] was
being tested!
>> Which way's the beach?
>> Thatta way.
>> [laughs]
>> DUTCHESS: Hey.
I wanted to tell you all
something.
>> SKY: What?
>> I'm almost done with the
shop.
And I would love for you guys to
come to the grand opening.
>> Black Ink trip to North
Carolina?
>> I want you all for the whole
weekend, so what's up?
>> I'm with it.
I ain't got [bleep] to do.
>> Pretty In Ink is finally
opening next week.
And I have gone through so many
ups and downs.
>> You're already looking at
about another 3,000 more
dollars.
>> Ugh.
I paid for all the renovations,
but being all the way in New
York, it hasn't been easy.
I've hired my staff via text,
via Facetime.
And my mom has been my number
one supporter and rock.
We just gotta make sure the
final touches get done.
>> I'm gonna finish that up this
week.
>> And now I'm ready to open.
>> So what you got planned for
the opening?
>> Yeah, what you got planned?
>> I got caterer,
hors d'oeuvres, couple liquor
sponsors.
>> You don't gotta dress up,
but, you know, look nice.
>> Pretty In Ink is going to be
a monumental tattoo shop in
Charlotte.
I feel like my haters should
have a front row seat to see my
success, 'cause I've done it.
And I did it with no help.
>> All right, hold on, hold on,
hold on.
This is to my baby, and her new
[bleep] shop.
And, Sky, thank you for trying.
But put your [bleep] clothes
back on.
>> SKY: Black Ink, yeah!
>> ♪
>> Hey.
Thanks for coming.
After the day of the shooting,
Phoenix walked this way, Naeem
went this way.
And Art 2 Ink hasn't been open
for business since that night.
I feel responsible that I
couldn't talk them down in the
moment.
And I feel like it's on me to
get them back.
Jesus Christ.
If we don't have our tattoo
artists, Art 2 Ink isn't gonna
work.
Oh, well, I guess I'll start.
You all both kinda just walked
away from me.
And I was left with nothing.
>> Can't really explain how
pissed off I was about that
[bleep]. You feel me?
It's just like I'm back in the
hood. You feel me?
So...
I grew up in Detroit in the
worst neighborhood.
Like Iraq basically.
People will run in your shop,
bong, bong, bong, and it's over.
No point for me to even come up
here and do this if it's the
same thing as in the D.
>> Puma wants you guys to be
there.
And as much as I try to express
to you guys, you know.
Like and that's what I'm here to
do today, at the end of the day.
Call it what you want, but it is
a plea, you know?
>> ♪
>> After what happened at the
last shop, the whole--the
robbery and the rape and then
coming all the way up here
thinking it would be different,
and then it happened all over
again.
It just late--[bleep] really did
not sit well with me.
>> ♪
>> PHOENIX: I had experiences
like this before in the hood.
I'm not trying to go through it
again.
I couldn't deal with it.
Somebody got beef with Puma.
And that puts all of us in
danger.
And I can definitely can't be
part of that.
>> I just really need you all to
like hold it up on y'all side.
But if anything like this
happens again, I'm out.
That's it.
>> Bro, if something like this
happens again, I will pack your
[bleep] up for you and take it
to your new shop.
>> I'm willing to give Art 2 Ink
one more shot.
If they saying they got my back,
I don't got no choice but to
trust them.
If something crazy happens
again, pfft, I'm out.
>> Thank you.
Where are you at?
>> PHOENIX: I don't know, man.
I know how it feels to not have
a parent in my life.
And I'm damn sure not trying to
let my kids go through that as
well.
You haven't lived this life.
You don't know the [bleep] I've
been through.
[bleep] Puma.
[bleep] Sassy.
[bleep] Art 2 Ink.
And I can't do this [bleep] no
more.
Pfft, that's a gamble, dude.
>> ♪
>> [siren wailing]
>> DUTCHESS: Check out these
pictures of Pretty In Ink.
They look so dope.
I got three male desks, three
feminine stations.
>> Nice.
>> And this is what the feminine
stations look like.
>> Ooh, that's real nice.
>> I'm leaving in a couple of
days to open up Pretty In Ink.
And I'm turning a new chapter in
my life.
So everything that has brought
bull [bleep] into my life, it
needs to be resolved.
>> It's gonna be good.
That's gonna be good.
>> Hello, hello, hello.
>> What's up?
>> Hello.
>> Things with Donna have been
one disaster after the other.
I decided I can take the high
road and just give the girl what
she really needs.
She need help.
Maria, this is Donna.
>> Hi, Donna.
>> I wasn't expecting you, but
it's still a pleasure.
So I haven't spoke to Dutch
since we got into at the shop
about our Miami trip.
And at the last Black Ink party,
she totally avoided me.
So, it was kinda weird that she
invited me to this lunch.
And it's even weirder that she
brought along a friend.
Like who is this bitch?
>> I like your hair.
>> Thank you.
>> DUTCHESS: Maria Davis is a
long-time friend of mine.
She's a HIV spokesperson.
And I just feel like it's
important for Donna to sit down
and talk with her, because she
may be an older woman, but she
understands what the [bleep] is
going on in our generation, too.
The reason why I brought you
here is because I wanted to talk
to you about the situation that
happened with us.
I'm not into girls sexually.
>> Nobody's saying you're a
lesbian.
It's just that you have fun.
>> The only thing that I'm
saying is this.
You don't have to do that.
>> Do what?
Do what?
>> Go down on me.
You didn't have to do that at
all.
I didn't ask you to do it.
I didn't invite you to do it.
I didn't beg you to do.
You did.
>> DONNA: I just don't even get
what we're doing here.
Like I came to this meeting to
have a conversation with
Dutchess about what the [bleep]
really happened in Miami.
And she wants to slut shame me
instead of taking the
responsibility for what really
happened between us.
Don't try to say I mouth raped
you.
I just don't like taking shots
at me.
>> So, baby, look, what I'm
telling you is this, there's no
more shots being thrown at you,
okay?
I think Donna's so defensive
because she's very stubborn, and
she's very hardheaded.
She listen to what Donna think
is right.
And we're not gonna sit here and
let her think that [bleep] her
way through is gonna get her
anyway.
>> I'm a AIDS survivor.
I'm living with AIDS.
So I've been where you've been.
You don't have to do anything
with anybody that is not--listen
to me.
>> Oh, Maria, I don't slut my
butt all across America, but I
have had sex with a couple of
people.
And--and that's--that's it.
I did not come here to have a
sex Ed lesson with a former
freak and her best friend.
Truly, I think Dutchess just
brought me here to distract from
the fact that she really enjoyed
getting her [bleep] in Miami.
So what was the point of this
conversation?
'Cause now we're just dwelling
on my sex life.
>> DUTCHESS: This is turn over a
new page with me.
That's what I'm trying to do
with you.
If anything is ever going to be
a friendship with us, then we
need to figure it out and move
from there.
>> This is so typical of
Dutchess.
Of course she cannot just
apologize to me.
She has to try to get on this
high horse and teach me a lesson
before she can actually do it.
I have one condition.
>> I don't want you to listen--
>> I have one condition.
One condition.
Just ask me what the condition
is.
>> What is the condition, Donna?
>> I just need to you to
say...that I didn't [bleep]
mouth rape you or whatever
[bleep].
>> And I also want you to give
an apology, too.
>> DONNA: For what?
>> Oh my God, I'm pretty sure
she still slept with O [bleep].
But I'm gonna put my pride aside
and apologize just to make
things better.
Okay, so you go first.
>> Why don't you all apologize
together at the same time?
Just say it.
One--
>> I'm gonna say I'm gonna stop
lying if you don't say yours.
>> --three.
>> BOTH: I'm sorry I said that--
>> --[bleep] at me.
>> ALL: [laughing]
>> And now I think this has been
a very productive conversation.
I wanna see you do great things.
>> I really do wanna see you be
an artist, Donna.
I want that for you.
>> Ooh, you know what?
Do you wanna tattoo in, um,
Pretty--Pretty In Ink?
You would be a big asset to
Pretty In Ink.
>> DUTCHESS: Maria asking Donna
if she's gonna work in my shop?
I don't know what the [bleep] is
going on in this [bleep].
>> MARIA: I can see you in
Pretty In Ink.
>> Abort mission, abort mission!
>> I saw myself in there, too.
>> I think that would be so the
bomb.
>> The meeting is not about
Pretty In Ink.
The meeting is about Donna
spreading her vagina all
around--across like the red
mother [bleep] sea.
>> Trust her, she will be fine.
>> I am grateful that Maria came
to talk to her, but no deal.
>> Hey.
>> What is Kathie doing here?
>> KATHIE: The mediation just
showed to me that he's never
gonna change.
It comes to the point where he
needs to be held accountable for
his [bleep].
>> We wanna reopen this shop
after this shooting that
happened.
>> SASSY: Hey, Phoenix, I see
you're sending me to voicemail
now.
>> PUMA: We have to reestablish
our reputation in Harlem.
If we don't, we have to close
Art 2 Ink down for good.
>> I was looking for Richard
Duncan.
>> Oh [bleep].
>> For a white dude to come in
and ask for Richard Duncan,
sounds like the police to me.
>> [bleep].
>> ♪
>> Most inventions, ideas,
everything, was like--it started
[bleep] taking a [bleep] like
always.
I don't know.
It's something about it.
Like all parts of your brain is
open while you're taking
[bleep].
You can't be straining.
Uh, uh, uh.
You gotta relax, just chill out.
>> Hi, guys.
>> Hi, Dutch, what up?
>> It's cold.
>> Yeah, you know your Southern
ass, she don't like this
[bleep].
>> What's this?
>> DUTCHESS: My tattoo for
today.
>> Who you tatting?
>> One of [bleep] baby mamas.
>> Who--who you tatting?
Which one?
>> Let's play the guessing game.
>> Who? Miss Cleo?
>> Which baby mama?
>> --mobile.
>> Kathie?
That's who you're tatting?
>> DUTCHESS: Yeah.
>> [bleep] that [bleep].
What does she have to harass me
about now?
I literally just set up an
agreement to pay child support.
I don't even think she really
wants a tattoo.
I think she's coming here just
to [bleep] with me.
>> WALT: Hey.
>> Hey.
>> WALT: What's up?
How are you?
>> Hi.
>> How you're doing, baby?
Good to see you.
>> I'm not gonna lie, this is
kinda awkward, man, for real.
It's just a little weird that
she's here right now.
And he's acting like Silent Bob
right now.
So what's this crazy looking
elephant you're getting?
>> I consider Lord Ganesha one
of my guides.
And he's the crusher of
obstacles.
You know, he's been crushing a
lot of obstacles for me.
He's done more for me than
Jesus, I'll tell you that much.
>> That's what's up.
>> [laughs]
>> What the [bleep] are you even
talking about?
What are you get a Lord--Gan--a
Ganeesh--how do you even
pronounce that [bleep]?
I'm just gonna--[bleep] [bleep]
Dumbo [bleep].
It look like Dumbo to me.
>> ♪ We are 'bout
♪ To get started
♪ We are good to go
I don't have a problem with
Kathie.
Kathie is a very misunderstood
individual.
She's been there for [bleep]
when he had nobody.
But I thought that everything
was cool since Cease had his
little mediation.
So...what was that?
Why you all ain't talking?
>> I just reach my breaking
point.
You know, like, I've been so
patient.
And I've been so understanding.
And I've been so forgiving time
after time after time.
I know Ceaser's planning on
docking his pay for child
support, but that's just one
little part of the issue.
The issue is his constant
disrespect towards the mother of
his son.
The mediation just showed to me
that he's never gonna change.
It comes to the point where he
needs to be held accountable for
his [bleep], 'cause he gets away
with everything.
I'm not playing nice anymore.
>> What you gonna do?
>> Mmm.
You'll see.
>> Mm, girl.
I'm not really sure what Kathie
got up her sleeve.
But the wrath of baby mamas,
I've been a front seat viewer
to.
And that [bleep] can get extra
ugly.
So what I'm gonna do is sit here
and do my nice little tattoo and
get ready to get my ass to North
Carolina before the [bleep]
storm starts to come.
Well, girl, we're gonna get this
tattoo, so you can get this next
journey going.
>> Thank you, thank you, thank
you.
>> ♪ I can't ask for
♪ Permission
♪ I can't wait for it
♪ 'Cause I was born free
♪ And I ain't taking --
♪ I do what I love
♪ And I love what I do
♪
>> KATHIE: I do have something
planned for Richard.
And I'm calling on Lord Ganesha
and all my spirit guides to give
me the courage to do what I have
to do.
With having these spirits as my
guides, I feel like I can
overcome anything.
They all have different stories.
They all bring different
strengths.
And if need be...they will go
crazy.
[laughs]
They will lash out.
They will become very vengeful.
So I do try to channel that
energy when I feel like crazy
Kathie needs to come out.
>> ♪ I do what I love
♪ And I love what I do
♪ Stop me, stop me
♪ I'm stopped you
>> KATHIE: Richard is going
down.
I have had enough of his games,
enough of his bull [bleep].
He has treated me like nothing
but a doormat.
He's gonna be my doormat.
>> ♪ Gotta move right, baby
♪ I'll show what I mean
♪ Don't stop me, stop me
♪ I like how it feels
♪ I do what I love
♪ And I love what I do ♪
>> DUTCHESS: All right.
>> Oh my God, it's so painful
and beautiful.
>> DUTCEHSS: You like it?
>> KATHIE: I love it.
Oh my God, Dutchess, you killed
this [bleep].
It looks so good.
>> DUTCHESS: I'm really glad you
like it.
It's something that I hope you
will cherish.
I'm glad you like.
>> ♪
>> Hey, Phoenix, this is Sassy.
Um, I see you're sending me to
voicemail now.
I just kinda wanna know if
you're gonna by to the shop
today.
You know, we really want you
here.
[bleep] and you know we're
having a party at the shop.
If you wanna come by, that'd be
awesome.
That'd be great to see your face
at least.
All right, later.
>> ♪
>> We're throwing a relaunch
party for Art 2 Ink
tonight, because we want to
reopen the shop after this
shooting that happened.
But I only got one artist.
Regardless, I think this party's
exactly what Art 2 Ink needs.
We gotta let everybody know
we're okay, we're good.
At least, Naeem, you came back.
Like thank you really,
really--from like the bottom of
my heart, thank you for coming
back.
For real.
>> No doubt, man.
It's the least I can do, bro.
>> We don't make it.
>> Facts, facts.
>> I was already planning a
grand opening party at Art 2 Ink
before the shooting.
But now, I'm hoping that the
people come out and support the
shop.
But everybody's still a little
nervous to come into Art 2 Ink,
like they're gonna shoot.
If everybody's acting scared,
then no money's coming in.
Well, hopefully everybody comes
through, man.
'Cause I want everybody to know
that I ain't going nowhere.
You know what I mean?
I'm trying to make it in mother
[bleep] America, damn it.
With this party tonight, I want
all the customers to know that
Art 2 Ink is still good money.
We have to reestablish our
reputation in Harlem right now.
If we don't, we have to close
Art 2 Ink down for good.
>> As long as this is okay, the
outside will be okay.
>> That's true.
>> [bleep].
Let's get this party started.
>> OS--T: I'm in a bad place in
my life.
This just puts me over the edge.
>> My baby father, he wants to
see me, have lunch with me.
>> [gasps]
>> Just when I'm trying to move
forward in life, here comes my
past.
Boom, I'm here, ready to [bleep]
up your life.
>> ♪
>> [sirens wailing]
>> ♪
>> I'm excited to be working on
this song today with you guys.
With this new body comes new
confidence.
And...I'm just trying everything
that I said that I was gonna try
to do.
Said I want to try music.
I feel like being a rapper two
weeks out of every summer.
Let's go for it.
>> Hi, baby!
>> What's up, girl? [laughs]
Everybody, this is my
home girl Dez.
>> How are you?
>> This is my old thing.
Wait, you look good.
Hey, handsome.
>> So now Sky's a rapper.
Like what the [bleep] is going
on?
You gonna be the first [bleep]
on Mars next?
>> You remember the song that I
did playing around?
He gave me [bleep] and he stole
my chain?
>> I thought that was just an
Instagram post.
>> No, it was an Instagram post,
and it was a testimony.
[laughs]
One day, I slide up in this
[bleep] DMs.
We started hanging out a couple
of times.
And then we end up [bleep].
We're grownups.
And then...I go to get my chain
like for an event, and my
[bleep] is missing.
Like it's nowhere to be found in
the [bleep] house.
Long story short, he gave me
[bleep], but was it worth my
chain?
Can you hear me?
>> Let's get it.
>> ♪ Y'all
♪ Let me tell you 'bout
♪ This [bleep]
>> She dead serious.
>> ♪ We got together
♪ For the link up
♪ Gave me [bleep]
♪ And he stole my chain
>> Whoooo, that's boss.
>> ♪ He gave me [bleep]
♪ Then he stole my chain ♪
>> Worst [bleep] song I've ever
heard in my life.
[bleep] right now.
>> [laughing]
>> Sky, I don't know how much
you're trying to pursue a rap
career, but if this is gonna be
the continuation of it, you may
wanna stay at Black Ink.
>> Did it do too much spiciness
in your life?
>> You are [bleep] crazy, yo.
Seriously, you really sat there
and wrote this?
>> Yeah.
I mean it didn't take long to
write it.
It really happened.
[laughs]
>> Well, I didn't know you had
it in you.
>> I'm happy that you guys are
here.
Oh my God, I'm all over the
place right now.
You're never gonna believe what
happened.
Listen, my baby father...he
wants to see me, have lunch with
me.
>> [gasps]
>> I had two kids as a teenager
that I eventually gave up for
adoption.
I haven't seen the father in
over 15 years.
This [bleep] tracked down my
moms on Facebook.
>> How do you feel about it?
Like what is there for you all
to talk about?
>> I have no idea what there is
for us to talk about, Teddy.
That's the whole thing.
Like what does he have to say to
me that he can't say to me via
text or like in a dream?
>> Did you all have a
relationship before the kids?
>> Yeah, that was my [bleep]
before then.
That was my [bleep] before, and
I ain't even hold--
>> Like love love like or--
>> But love
like a 14-year-old loves
a [bleep] 17-year-old.
>> Right, okay.
>> He fed me all these [bleep]
dreams about being an amazing
dad.
And, "Oh, don't worry, you know,
I'll be your new family."
And after I had these children,
he up and left and went to
Vegas.
Basically, he's the reason why I
had to make the decision to give
them up for adoption.
All I know, like--associated
with him is pain.
He just woke up and just was
like, "You know what? Let me
go [bleep] Sky's life up."
It seems like just when I'm
trying to move forward in life
and take advantage of the new
Sky, here comes my past.
Boom, kick in the front door,
I'm here, ready to [bleep] up
your life.
Like...ttttk.
>> TED: So you're really gonna
meet up with him?
>> Uh...I don't know.
>> ♪
>> Yeah.
Man.
Poow.
It feels really good to see
people coming into Art 2 Ink for
this party.
>> She brought a [bleep] pizza.
>> Of course.
>> It just shows that the
community does feel safe here,
man.
>> [indistinct chatter]
>> Now the icing on the cake, if
I can get my boy Phoenix to come
back in, man.
Now that would be good.
>> ♪
>> [indistinct rapping]
>> After a shooting, people
expect you to fall.
But not us.
This feeling right here, feels
like sweet, sweet victory.
>> You see you was worried.
And I told you, man, people love
us.
>> It turned out good as [bleep]
though.
I can't even front.
>> And I'm happy you get to see
that.
You know what I mean?
>> Hey, it's a party!
A party!
>> PUMA: Yeah!
>> What's good, bro?
My [bleep].
>> Oh my God.
>> You did it.
My tattoo artist Phoenix came
back.
I'm touched, man.
I feel like a basketball team
owner, and I just got my boys
Dwyane Wade and LeBron James
back.
We've been through mad [bleep].
For you to come back, man, I
know, I really, really, really
[bleep] appreciate it, bro.
Thank you for coming back, bro.
For real.
>> You gotta--you gotta thank
this one right here.
Thinking about it, it's--it's
only right.
You know what I'm saying?
After talking to Sassy, I
realized I came all the way up
here not just to walk away.
I ain't gonna let the
opportunity pass me because of
somebody else's bull [bleep].
The way we bond with each other,
I can definitely see that
something special's going on.
What you all doing up here is
different.
It's a family.
And I wanna be a part of that.
You know what I'm saying?
>> Can we have a group mother
[bleep] hug?
Come here, Sassy.
>> ALL: [cheering]
>> PUMA: I went out of my way to
handpick this team personally.
This is about to be a family
right here.
Art 2 Ink family.
Now we can move forward and get
this money.
>> ♪
>> I wanna just talk to them, I
wanna hug them.
I have a family with this guy,
and I don't know him.
And he don't know me.
We don't know these children.
And it's just like, that's not
nobody's plan ever.
>> ♪
>> Have you ever seen amputee
porn?
>> What?
>> A nugget is having sex with a
nugget.
>> Put barbeque sauce on that
[bleep].
>> [laughs]
This is my first day back at the
shop since the shooting.
And I'm happy about my decision
about coming back to Art 2 Ink.
Ready to put that bull [bleep]
behind me.
I wanna have sex with [bleep].
>> You know what?
I'm gonna make that happen for
you.
>> They got [bleep] prostitutes?
>> Yes.
>> Let's get it.
>> Hi.
>> How are you?
All right.
>> PHOENIX: How you're doing?
>> Good, and you?
>> I'm good.
Chilling.
>> I wanna get some artwork.
>> What you got in mind in
getting?
>> Phoenix.
>> A phoenix?
>> Yeah.
>> SASSY: What?
>> Oooh, oooh, we got Phoenix
doing a phoenix today.
What's up, bro?
>> SASSY: What made you decide
to get a phoenix?
>> The phoenix is like the
rebirth.
And in the last two years, I've
dropped 300 pounds.
>> Ooh, ooh, ooh.
>> Size 22.
>> SASSY: Wow.
Congratulations.
>> Thank you.
>> SASSY: Hell ya.
>> Yep.
>> Where are you getting it?
>> My forearm.
Somewhere that it can be seen.
>> Come on.
>> All right.
>> ♪
>> PHOENIX: Everybody knows it's
a mythological bird that means
rebirth.
You say you wanna like change
and feel more confident, start
over.
>> WOMAN: For me, it was my
weight.
It was my burden.
>> PHOENIX: Yeah.
>> I was always focused on
making sure my kids were good,
making sure my husband was good,
making sure my family was right.
But I never stopped to think of
me.
And in the midst, I got lost,
and I ballooned up.
And then I looked in the mirror,
and I didn't recognize me.
But there comes a point in life
that enough is enough.
And you close that chapter, and
you begin anew.
>> It's the reason I call myself
Young Phoenix anyway.
Listening to her explain her
life, and I can relate in some
ways, because she made the
choice to better herself.
Not just for herself, but her
family as well.
And I've done the same.
>> ♪
>> PHOENIX: Growing up was a
struggle.
Mother was gone.
She choose the whole drug
addicted life over her kids.
At times, there'd be no place to
sleep, no food to eat.
I was running streets doing a
lot of dumb [bleep].
In and out of jail.
I thought to myself, I might as
well just end life, because it
would never get better than
this.
>> ♪ Dark days
♪ Are gonna go away
♪ They won't have
♪ The final say
>> That all turned around when I
found out I was gonna be a
father.
>> ♪ So much more
♪ There's so much more
♪
>> It opened my eyes.
It was either one, I was gonna
be in jail, or two, six feet
under.
That right there and then I knew
[bleep] had to change.
>> [unintelligible lyrics]
>> PHOENIX: I live by one
slogan.
I'm a man becoming a father.
And I'm a father to become a
better man.
I overcame every situation I've
been through, because I know for
a fact that I wanna be the
perfect man that my daughters
can look up to.
And we're done.
Ready to take a look at it?
>> Yes.
>> Come over here by the mirror.
>> ♪
>> WOMAN: Oh my God, it's
beautiful.
It's better than what I
imagined.
It's me coming to life again.
>> It's us coming to life.
>> WOMAN: Thank you.
>> Bring it in, bring it in.
[chuckles]
>> ♪
>> Reality is really [bleep]
hitting right now.
I've decided to meet up with the
father of my kids.
I haven't seen him since we were
children.
Like as much as I don't wanna go
back to that time in my life, I
feel like it's time for me to
face the past.
He needs to see that I'm not
wallowing in pity anymore.
Like I'm not feeling sorry for
myself.
He needs to see a strong woman.
'Cause when he left, he saw a
little [bleep] weak girl.
Hi, Reece.
>> Oh, [bleep].
>> How're you doing?
I cannot explain how I feel
seeing this man.
And I'm angry, I'm happy, I'm
sad, I'm anxious.
This is crazy.
It's been a long time.
>> REECE: A really long time.
You look great.
>> Thank you so much.
I appreciate it.
I'm just, Reece--this is crazy.
What made you like hit me up?
>> I was in New York.
And I ain't seen it in a long
time.
I don't know.
What made you respond though?
>> For closure.
It's just crazy.
The last time I saw you, we were
kids.
[sighs]
The only thing I've ever
associated with Reece is pain.
Like I had these children to
have a family with my first
love.
And our happily ever after did
not happen.
>> For my sanity, I just wanna
apologize.
>> Pfft.
>> 'Cause I promised I would be
there for you.
And, uh...I tried.
Anyway...
>> SKY: I have a family with
this guy.
And we don't know these
children.
And it's just like, that's not
nobody's plan ever.
[sobbing] And that's nothing
nobody planned.
>> I beat myself up every day
like, you know what?
I should have been man enough to
stay there.
I just wanna talk to them.
>> Yeah, I just wanna just talk
to them.
I wanna hug them.
I wanna be like, "Yo, what's
up?"
Like--[crying]
But it's not time yet.
And the time is gonna come very,
very soon.
I'm happy to really get
everything out that that I
always wanted to say to him.
Like--and I'm happy this
happened now in my life, not
when I was younger.
'Cause I would have said some
really evil things then.
I'm thankful, I'm happy.
And I just want you to know I
don't have no [bleep] ill will
towards you.
I hope that you don't have any
ill will towards me.
Everything that I did was just
for the best.
I finally was able to let go of
the anger I had towards Reece.
This is another step to the
amazing life that I'm trying to
set for myself.
When the time does come, and I'm
able to meet my boys again, like
it's gonna be very mind blowing.
And I really hope that I have
the strength to face that
challenge, 'cause that's gonna
be the next biggest challenge.
Meeting them as men.
[sighs]
>> I was looking for Richard
Duncan.
>> CEASER: Are you trying to get
a tattoo?
>> Maybe.
>> I know who this mother
[bleep] is.
Kathie trying to get my boy
[bleep] served.
>> ♪
>> Baby, you ain't hyped?
You about to open your shop up.
>> I'm nervous.
>> What you nervous about?
>> If it don't go right.
>> Would could possibly go
wrong?
>> Everything.
In a few days, my dream shop is
going to be open to the public.
Not only do I get to prove to my
haters, but I get to prove to
myself that everything that I've
done and worked hard for is now
coming to fruition.
What if I get there and
it...looks different than the
last time I've seen it?
>> Oh my God, please.
>> What if something breaks?
>> It's bound to happen.
It's a tattoo shop.
>> What if the shop don't do
good?
>> What you gonna do?
If you [bleep] up or you
succeed, either way you tried.
>> I just wanna be able to make
good decisions that affect my
business without my emotions
being involved.
And that's gonna be kinda hard
for me, 'cause I'm a very
emotional person.
>> The first day is always the
best day.
So just enjoy this day.
'Cause after this day, and that
[bleep] really kick in, all them
bills, all this everybody
drama's your drama.
I already know she ain't got
nothing to worry about.
She's a pro.
She's handle that [bleep].
And plus, I'll back her up if
she need my help.
Yo, I cannot wait to come down
there.
We get to reverse.
And I ain't gotta [bleep].
>> You remember how you--
>> What?
>> --ignore me sometimes?
Don't be mad if I ignore you.
>> Oh, it ain't gonna be
nothing.
It ain't gonna be nothing.
You're getting all you want,
because I will just watch from
the sideline.
>> The next time that I see
Cease, the love of my life, I
will have my baby, Pretty In
Ink, up and running.
All right, I love you.
>> Love you, too, honey.
>> I'm really excited, worried,
scared, afraid, nervous, happy.
Like the ball of emotions that
I'm experiencing is so crazy
right now.
This is the most nerve-wracking
moment of my entire life.
>> ♪
>> Pretty dope mother [bleep]
socks I got on.
Yo, Cease, when we having our
next party?
>> CEASER: As soon as I find a
space on 125th.
>> TED: I'll be old and gray by
then.
[laughs]
>> [bleep] y'all, yo.
>> [laughing]
>> [buzzer sounds]
>> Hey, what's up?
>> Hey, what's going on?
>> CEASER: How you doing?
>> MAN: How you doing?
>> You need help?
>> Yeah, I was looking for
Richard Duncan.
>> TED: He's not here.
>> Oh, are you sure?
>> TED: Positive.
Nobody comes in the shop and
asks for anybody by their first
name.
But for a white dude to come in
and ask for Richard Duncan,
sounds like the police to me.
>> Are you trying to get
tattooed?
>> Maybe.
[chuckles]
>> Oh.
Any mother [bleep] comes into a
tattoo shop talking "maybe
they'll get a tattoo," maybe
you're a mother [bleep]
official.
>> Um, I was told he'd be here.
>> TED: Um...
>> I fired him yesterday.
>> Fired him?
>> Yeah.
He got fired.
>> All right, no problem.
>> CEASER: All right, thank you.
>> Thank you.
>> I know who this mother
[bleep] is.
Kathie trying to get my boy
[bleep] served.
>> What kind of grown man you
see carry a satchel like that?
I know when somebody's trying to
serve somebody.
I done seen it happen to Cease
before.
I knew--I knew what that satchel
meant.
>> He threw me off when he asked
you by your first name.
>> I hope that smug,
satchel-carrying mother [bleep]
doesn't figure out who I am.
>> Why the [bleep] is Kathie
trying to serve you?
>> Oh, because, you know, she
hates me, she hopes I die.
>> That is some evil, vindictive
[bleep] [bleep].
Kathie is getting her money.
I'm taking the money out of the
tattoos he's doing.
What you need to get the courts
involved for?
>> I don't trust little white
guys in tight leathers.
They always up to no good.
>> [buzzer sounds]
>> Oh, [bleep].
>> This is not good.
>> ♪
>> TED: Hey, you back already?
You know what kind of tattoo you
want?
This is crazy that Kathie's
serving O [bleep].
What is she trying to do?
[bleep] his life up?
>> Hey, I made a few phone
calls, and it's you.
>> Yeah?
>> I just--this is for you.
>> All right.
>> You've just been served.
Have a good night.
>> This is some bull [bleep],
yo.
I've seen people go to jail over
child support.
This [bleep] is scary.
I'm on probation.
And to know that one slipup, I
can get locked up, that's just
something I can't even fathom.
>> Okay, you're [bleep]?
>> Mm-hmm.
>> This is just pure mother
[bleep] revenge.
She's basically saying [bleep]
you to O [bleep].
>> This is some bull [bleep].
[bleep] Kathie.
Like I don't wanna deal with
this [bleep].
>> ♪
>> OS--T: Getting served by
Kathie, I feel betrayed by her.
I'm in a bad place in my life.
This just puts me over the edge.
>> ♪ Way to ghost town
♪ Watch the devil
♪ Make a man out of me
♪ It's not out of my head
♪ I left
♪ Said out of my head
>> I just wanna escape from the
madness.
It's just too much.
>> ♪ Even connected
♪ Think about my head
>> OS--T: And I can't take it no
more.
I feel like I'm breaking down.
>> [bleep] this finished.
The [bleep] couch ain't even
here.
How are we gonna get all of that
[bleep] done?
We're [bleep] getting ready to
open in 24 [bleep] hours.
We're postponing this [bleep]
until we [bleep] ready.
'Cause right now, we ain't got
our [bleep] together.
>> We're down here in North
Carolina for Dutchess' grand
opening party tomorrow.
>> This shot is to not having
chlamydia.
>> Where the [bleep] did that
come from?
>> She knows where that came
from.
>> [laughs]
>> I'm missing my family.
>> I haven't seen my mother in
years.
I've cut her out of my life.
I'm pissed off.
>> Okay, fine.
>> [bleep] given up.
>> I'm not giving up!
>> You're giving up, and you're
running away!
>> Things just happen.
>> [bleep] touch me.
>> Ain't nobody asked you to
come here.
>> No, I'm not going anywhere.
>> All you are good at is
[bleep] and [bleep].
Get out of my mama's face!
Get the [bleep]--