- Donna's become too toxic for me to even sit here
and have a cordial conversation.
At the end of the day, man,
she can't come to Black Ink no more.
- We want to welcome Puma,
who's gonna be a partner with us here at CHACE Village.
- Welcome to CHACE Village, baby.
(all cheering) - Appreciate it, man.
This is, like, a acre of land.
- When do I get to go down there with my kids
and take a look at? - I guess soon.
- When it comes to everybody else, you're always
so positive about what they're doing.
Then, when it comes to you, it's, oh, the negative
is gonna come, the negative is gonna come.
- Yeah, I know, it's (bleep) weird, isn't it?
- It's very frustrating, actually.
- I got an idea. Masquerade.
We definitely gonna have to throw a little shindig
Brooklyn style, baby. - Yo, what's up?
(cheering)
- I went to my doctors. I have silicone
in my bloodstream. - Damn, babe.
- I don't feel like I should be going through this by myself.
- I'ma be there for most of your surgeries.
Look, I want to be there for Suzette, but, honestly,
I really don't see how this is gonna work.
- You're a (bleep) (bleep). I feel like this is either
gonna make us or break us.
♪♪♪♪
- I wanna thank everybody that's here. We a (bleep) family.
- Right. - Welcome to Black Ink, y'all.
(all cheering)
♪♪♪♪
- Today's Friday. My surgery is Monday.
Seeing the specialist today.
- ♪♪ Run a lap, then another lap, runnin' over y'all ♪♪
- I ain't know you was going all out like this.
Are you hungry? Ready to eat-eat?
- Eat? - Yes, eat.
- Come on, get down. - What?
- Let's go sit down. - Eat-eat, yeah.
- ♪♪ Run a lap, then another lap, runnin' over y'all ♪♪
♪♪ Take the crown, ain't no coming back ♪♪
♪♪ Y'all been running things for too long ♪♪
♪♪ And we done with that ♪♪
♪♪ Underdogs coming up strong ♪♪
- We don't back from a challenge!
- ♪♪ We run these streets ♪♪
♪♪ Go hard, we feast ♪♪
- What's up, cuz? - What's good?
- It been a few weeks since I seen
Ted and Puma last, so...
I wanted to sit down and check in with them, make sure,
you know, everything's a'ight.
I want to thank y'all for holding it down
while I was going to Colombia with Suzette.
It's longer than expected.
Because while I was there, everything just went left.
♪♪♪♪
Since leaving Suzette in Colombia,
our relationship has gone from bad to worse.
I put my whole life on hold to make sure
every one of her needs were met.
I even sent Breezy. - Oh (bleep).
- Breezy... - Hi!
- She runnin' the whole thing.
My best employee down there to be extra help.
I don't know, that last day I was there,
she told me some (bleep) like, you don't have to come down
for my second surgery. Just come back
basically when I'm ready to leave.
I'm looking at her, like, what the (bleep) you mean by that?
Like, yo, I-I-I don't like--
your energy's negative. I'm, like... what?
What the (bleep) did I do to you?
I'm trying to take care of my business.
The next thing I hear is she going on a fast
from everything negative, which includes me.
- Okay. - Like, verbatim, she said that?
- Yes, bro. - That's crazy.
- Think about after everything I forgave her for...
With the whole Cheyenne situation, me and you...
I don't want to keep her and (bleep) on the shelf
because of what's happening.
And after not supporting me on the restraining order,
when I needed my partner...
- Have you talked to Suzette?
Is she at least being supportive in any type of way?
- She would actually treat me like this?
I ain't gon' lie.
I was probably at my lowest I ever been.
And I never been that down on myself
or my mental, period.
I was ready to tell Suzette how I really felt
for her not being here for me.
But then she gon' tell me that she about to have surgery.
(bleep), I had to put my pride to the side
and be the man that she needed for her recovery.
Being treated like somebody's ungrateful
for the time I'm doing what I'm doing?
My(bleep), do I really wanna be doing this?
I just feel like I need some space, bro.
I'm just gonna move my (bleep) out and just figure it out.
- Are you gonna leave? - Yeah.
And this is best time to do it while she's gone.
- I'm so happy that you finally realized this, 'cause I've
been telling you this (bleep) for the longest, man.
That (bleep) that she did, like, with going back and forth
with Chey on social media, it kinda rubbed me the wrong way.
That (bleep) is a dud, bro.
- Going forward, I'm gonna concentrate more on business.
We gon' be a'ight.
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ Every day's a new day ♪♪
♪♪ To find my way again ♪♪
♪♪ Every day's a new day ♪♪
♪♪ To pick up the pieces and do it all over again ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
- Well, it's good to see (bleep) you back, Rok.
How's your brother feeling, though?
- He's actually doing better, yo.
He's slowly walking and (bleep). - That's good, man.
- My brother, Mario, he's doing better now, you know?
He's still got a long way to go.
But he's out the woods.
And me, I'm just happy to be in the shop,
get back to tattooing, and make this money.
- See you got your shades and (bleep) on.
You look a little emotional, but glad that you here.
- Gonna follow him back on Instagram?
- Probably not.
(laughing)
Good to see you too here, Alex. It's been a minute.
- I'm not gonna hose you. Ted is not lying.
I haven't been, you feel me, at many Black Ink events.
And I damn sure haven't been with the team a lot.
- Alex, where the (bleep) you been?!
- Yeah, where the (bleep) you been?!
- Appreciate y'all, I'm outta here, make me proud.
Donna was really the voice for both of us.
But I definitely don't want the bosses thinking
I'm not a part of the team.
So I have an idea on something that would keep me centered
and less stress and could possibly help everybody else.
Guys, I'm sorry I haven't been around much lately, but...
with all of these unfortunate events and, you know,
emotions flying around, I feel like I can introduce
the shop to my world of equanimity.
(instrumental version of "Duo des fleurs" playing)
(Ted) Yo, what the (bleep) you just said?
- What was that word?
- Equanimity. - Let me look up that word.
- Equanimity means practicing mental calmness.
The shop needs equanimity.
So I'm creating a space where I can go chill,
relax, kick it, relieve some stress.
And honestly, I feel like the crew
could definitely benefit from it.
So whenever you guys feel like it's a lot of pressure on you
or just gotta clear your mind,
that's what this space is gonna be for.
- "Equanemeties." (buzzer)
- Emanemadies. (buzzer)
- Equanimity. (ding)
♪♪♪♪
- Oh (bleep)!
- The (bleep) is you doin' here?
- Where the (bleep) did you come from?
- Y'all don't even know who the (bleep) I am.
- Yeah, we do!
- How the (bleep) we gon' miss your big ass?
What's up, man? What's good with you?
- Yo, so for people that don't know me out there, my name is Van.
I'm a tattoo artist. I'm a business owner.
I'm also one of the founding members of 9MAG.
This is the new key to our new shop.
And now, I'm Ceaser's partner at Black Ink Houston.
So what y'all been doing, man? Y'all looking good.
Where the (bleep) your girl Donna at, bro?
- Who? - Don't act like y'all don't
know who the (bleep) Donna is, dawg.
Whoa, whoa, what the (bleep), who that?
- Who? - Damn.
There were some big names around here.
They been around forever.
- Yeah, long story short. Walter broke into our shop
and stole from us, and Donna thought she was a day one
and started mad bull(bleep) between us, so we said that
Alex can stay in the shop and she can't.
(laughter)
- I (bleep) hate you, bro. I swear to God.
- That's basically me in Chicago.
- Damn. - But I was a day one, though.
Let's not forget that. You know what I'm saying?
But, hey. - You, yes, you have, yes.
You have a legitimate argument of being a day one over there.
- It is what it is.
- So that relationship out there with them
is over with 1,000%? - Yeah, it's over.
Sometimes when you moving forward in life,
you ain't got no time to take no steps backwards.
- Makes sense. - So it is what it is.
So I'm, like, one of the fathers, you know
what I'm saying, and the OGs of 9MAG.
Like, six years ago when we created that company,
it was a good thing, but after all the bull(bleep)...
(bleep), boy. (excited chatter)
- Man, what's up? - Let's do it then!
You left me in a (bleep) up position!
And about six years later,
I decide that, you know what I'm saying, I had enough.
And it was time to continue my life, man.
I still wanted to be a tattoo artist in my own way.
But I also wanted to be a boss.
So I decided to move on and start
Black Ink Houston with my (bleep) Ceas.
- What up, y'all? - Hey!
Long time, no see.
(excited chatter)
- How you doing, king?
- Look, I got a lot of things going on and a lot of moving
I'm doing, so I called Van to keep an eye
on the shop while I'm away in Atlanta.
So how everything going in Houston, bro?
- It's like a well-oiled machine right now.
- You know what?
You might be the best partner I ever had.
- I appreciate that, brother. - I might have to call on you
once in a blue, pull up and (bleep) like that.
- Yeah, whatever you need.
- Black Ink Houston is doing so good
that I know Van will keep this tip-top shape up here.
How Houston doing, bro? - Houston doing real good.
- Making a lot of money in Houston.
- Yeah, I see. - You see how big
that damn shop is? - This shop could definitely
fit in the front of the Houston shop.
- The Houston shop has fishes in it?
- We don't got fish, we have sharks.
- It's sharks!
♪♪♪♪
- Big deal, Houston has sharks.
I bet you that ain't got equilibrium equitology space.
(laughter)
- What?
- Alex has an exhibit for us.
- That's that (bleep) that you say you be like hum...
That's that Tina Turner thing.
- No, the equity, the equity. (buzzer)
- Equilibrium. (buzzer)
- Equanimity. (ding)
(laughter)
- What the (bleep)? I'm remember Alex
talking about this old equilibrium, equal...
something thing, man.
- I practice Equanimity. - You practice what?
- Equanimity, practicing mental calmness.
- I'm anemone, (bleep).
(laughter)
- I don't know if my life been "equanimy,"
but it's been a whole lot better since I banned
Donna from the shop, I'll tell ya that much.
Yo, but for real, man.
At the end of the day I'm just thankful you're here, bro.
I ain't seen you in a while. - Yeah.
- Black Ink's home just like everywhere else is home for you.
- I appreciate that, bro. - I wish I could stay, but
I'm about to head down to Atlanta for a couple days
to go take care of some (bleep) of mine's.
I wanna give y'all 100% so I just gotta take care of that.
I'ma zip back up here and get this (bleep) show on the road.
We gonna be running at 100%, a'ight?
(Ted) All right!
♪♪♪♪
- Whoa, who hired this driver? - You did.
Puma, did you have to go with the cheapest one?
- Oh! Quani, I know you get
motion sickness. It's gonna be okay.
- I know, I don't like movement.
I already threw up in my mask.
- You threw up in Puma's mask?
- I washed it. - Thank you.
I'm really excited, y'all.
Gonna be glamping in the lap of luxury
at CHACE Village.
How often do you see Black families
doing this in an RV, going camping?
- Right. - We don't do this enough.
- This is really nice, you know, for us to all be together.
- I was thinking when we get there, we can go and figure out
where I want to build the house, so I can show you what I did.
- We still have to make sure that the land is stable.
- Okay, we can do all that. - That we can...
How much are these crates costing you?
- The crates are about... - Excuse me, excuse me.
- He's harassing me, it's harassment at this point.
- Planning is one thing. You keep sounding like you
feeling a little doubtful that you can do it.
- No, it's not doubtful. It's not about doubt.
It's just about preparation.
I know Quani and the grandmas are gonna put a lot of pressure
on me to move down there, and when I told 'em...
We're going camping!
- You're taking me back to Atlanta...
- Yes. - To live in the woods
for a few days, but not to find somewhere to live.
- But honestly, this trip is really not about getting
everybody all frustrated. I don't want Quani to keep
thinking that I'm kind of putting her off
or don't wanna come down to Georgia.
It's just not the right time right now.
Being a partner on this land, and just being Black and owning
land in Georgia, it's a really big thing, you know?
- That's some powerful Black man stuff right there, baby.
- Yeah. I'm excited.
- Well, I'm especially proud. You guys are my future, okay?
I'm counting on you guys finishing
what the Black woman started, okay?
Puma, I'm gonna be watching you and Shaquana.
- Okay. - Okay?
Puma, get to steppin'.
All right? - All right.
And Shaquana? - Yes, abuela?
- Do this together, okay? - Right, hey...
Thank you, Lottie.
- They say the plants live longer when you talk to 'em.
Come talk to her every day, Hey, Sally, what's up with you?
You good, everything's fine?
You rub her a little bit and make sure you water her.
A'ight, I'ma see you later.
- And welcome to CHACE Village!
- Oh, wow, this is beautiful.
(panicked screaming/shouting)
- I've seen much bigger than that, come on.
- There's never a time that you can be like, yo, you know what,
let's talk about this. You have to acknowledge
how the (bleep) I feel.
- So when you acknowledging my feelings?
- I always acknowledge your feelings.
It's been plenty of times.
- You just told me I didn't give a (bleep).
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ I just want the green, I just want the green ♪♪
♪♪ I just want the green ♪♪
- Oh!
It's like plant heaven out here.
- Yes, sir.
So today, me and Spyder
is at the plant shop, and we are
getting a bunch of plants,
specifically for the Equanimity spot.
- ♪♪ I just want the green ♪♪
- I ain't even know that you was a florist at heart and (bleep).
- Oh yeah. - You know what I mean?
- Plants, they increase your concentration
and your productivity by 15%.
They say the plants live longer when you talk to them.
You literally, you give 'em a name.
You come talk to her, every day. Hey, Sally, what's up with you?
You good? Everything's fine? You rub her a little bit.
Make sure you water her. A'ight, I'ma see you later.
- And all that helps with your mental?
- Yeah, man. I've been practicing
equanimity since probably like 2015.
- Does it really help? - It does help, it does help.
It keeps me out of a lot of sticky situations.
'Cause I sit there and I think, I be, like...
You know what? It's not worth it.
- Anger... anger's like the worst emotion.
- It is, it could put you in a bad situation.
I've been in and out of a lot of bad situations lately.
And it's really tough on my mental.
What she got mad about was the fact that I didn't respond.
- My (bleep). - Here we go.
- Oh, she 'bout to hit a car. - Yeah, she 'bout to hit me.
- What's goin' on?
- Everybody been worried about you.
- I don't like being put in the middle
of, you know, (bleep) like that.
And it's very stressful. - You all right, man?
- But equanimity has helped me find peace and growth through these experiences.
- So with the Big Mama situation,
how you feelin' about that?
- Yeah, um, if you want me to keep it real...
- Word.
- I was gon' leave after my first year at Black Ink.
Baby, what's good? - Hey, guys, this is Alex.
Our new artist. - Um, my gun is broke.
- Would you hire you right now? - Mother(bleep).
- Bro. - Don't just come in here
and take my client, you piece of (bleep).
- But it was Donna that wanted me to stay.
You know, basically she was my voice.
I don't like having to talk. I'm a me person.
I'm to myself. So without Donna here,
I had trouble connecting with everybody.
And honestly it's been a little depressing for me at the shop.
- At the end of the day, what's more important than any of that
is definitely our mental space. - Exactly.
- You know what I'm saying? So you know what I mean?
(bleep) like this, like the plants
and just being able to be tranquil
and just get some kind of peace, peace is everything.
- See, Spyder gets it.
I knew he was the right man for the job.
I'm really looking forward to working on this space with him.
Now all I gotta do is get him to properly "pronunciate"
e-qua-nimi-ty.
Now let's get back to the shop.
- ♪♪ Used to run around the tree stump ♪♪
♪♪ Hunted round the beanstalk ♪♪
♪♪ Then when the knives came ♪♪
♪♪ They call me... ♪♪
♪♪ Slam me like you heard of him, remember when ♪♪
- You put ketchup on your pizza? - What?!
- Hey, yo, get the (bleep) outta here.
We is not doing this. - That's a Long Island thing.
- Nah, I remember in middle school,
we used to (bleep) put ketchup on our pizza
'cause it had no flavor.
These guys are all lying if they said
that they've never put ketchup on their pizza.
- Van! - Oh, there he is!
- What's up, bro? Goddamn you hot, man!
- Man, it's hot as (bleep) out there, dawg.
- You got a client today? - Yeah, I got a tattoo today.
- I got a question for you, Van. What is the secret
to get Ceaser to open up a shop with you?
'Cause you know I'm trying to open up a shop.
- (bleep). Ceaser like talking about money.
You know what I mean? So I'm like, if you don't have
this opportunity in Houston right now,
somebody else gon' take over it, you know what I'm sayin'?
That somebody's gon' be me. So I'm like, man,
let's utilize the name Black Ink,
make it bigger than, you know what I'm saying,
what I am, make it bigger than what you are.
And he was like, man, set it up. I'll be out there.
- That's what I feel like I gotta do, I just gotta
set it up and be like, here's your payout.
- Hey, yo! - Hello!
- Hello, hello. - Welcome to Brooklyn.
- You can come on over. - Yeah?
- Yeah. So what you gettin' today?
- So I wanna get like "my son's keeper" with a lock.
- Okay. We gon' get this tattoo done.
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ I will never settle for nothing lesser than everything ♪♪
♪♪ Chase dreams to the moon and back, full head of steam ♪♪
- I definitely had huge doubts on leaving Chicago,
but I knew if I go to Houston to open up a tattoo shop
and get it off the ground, this will be one
of the best decisions I've ever made in my life.
- ♪♪ For your last time, may you rest well ♪♪
♪♪But while you're here, let's travel, speak... ♪♪
- You know, it feels good to have Ceaser's trust.
When you a owner and when you a boss,
it's your (bleep) money that's on the line, you know what I'm saying?
So Ceas asking me to keep an eye on the Brooklyn shop for him
really feels like a big deal to me.
- ♪♪ I'm not here to be just anybody ♪♪
♪♪ I work hard to be somebody ♪♪
♪♪ This what champions are made of ♪♪
- When you bring two masterminds together like me and Ceas,
you already know it's gon' be an automatic win.
I'm in mother(bleep) Brooklyn right now.
Just put some (bleep) down, you know what I'm sayin'?
- Uh-huh! - Gotta wipe that joint down
so y'all can see the clarity on that thing.
- Good, you're good, you're good!
Congratulations! - Welcome!
- Welcome to Brooklyn, my (bleep)!
(cheering and applause)
- ♪♪No matter how I do it, look, I do it for the love ♪♪
♪♪ Love ♪♪
♪♪ No matter how I do it, look, I do it for the love ♪♪
♪♪ Love ♪♪
♪♪ Do it for the love ♪♪
- And welcome to CHACE Village!
Looks, guys.
- Oh, this is nice! - Welcome to CHACE Village.
- Oh, wow, this is beautiful.
- Ohh! Holy (bleep), Puma.
- Thank you. - I thought you was kidding, brother.
- It's very nice. - Look at you.
- Now this is what you call glamping.
Tyree, you (bleep) killed it, bro.
So this is for you guys.
- Why is there so many beds?
- Oh, for you, Lottie,
and Zaiden and Tamia.
- You play too much. - What are you talking about?
You know, family. - You play too much.
- Family time.
- There's a big-ass spider in here.
- Where's there-- - It's right there, looking right at me.
- Okay, I got this. - You don't see the daddy long-legs
right there looking at me with his long-ass legs right there?
- I got this, don't worry. - No.
- Come on. - Aah, it's going!
(overlapping screaming)
Puma, it's right there! It's right there!
- I'ma trap him. - It's right there!
There's more than one! Aah!
I don't have a good relationship with spiders.
Spiders freak me out. Spiders almost killed
my grandmother back in the day. (record scratch)
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down now, sister Quani.
I've probably been known to be a lady killer in my past,
but I've never killed a grandma before, ever!
- See, look, it wasn't even that hard.
- What the hell is that? - What is that?
- It's a daddy long legs, man.
Hey, you wanted to be on the land in the country.
Ooh! - I'm really stressed right now.
- Yeah, come on in. - I've seen much bigger than that.
Come on. - Right there!
- All right, that's it. Oh, my God.
Jesus Christ, it's hotter than a mother(bleep) in here.
I got it. I got it.
- Suzette says you guys were fighting.
What happened?
- I mean, I had to show her like,
you can't disregard a person like me.
- Yo, Van, how you like these fishes?
- What the (bleep) is that you got over there?
- I admit it, he got me jealous, my (bleep).
- But you can't compete with sharks.
- You gotta start somewhere.
- ♪♪We see these invisible borders ♪♪
♪♪ They keepin' people apart and they givin' people importance ♪♪
♪♪ I ain't with that, with that, man ♪♪
(line ringing)
- Yo, Breezy. - Hi, Ceas.
- Suzette's supposed to be flying home to Atlanta today.
And I wanted to check in with Breezy and make sure
Suzette didn't torture her the whole way back from Colombia.
How's Suzette? - She's good, sore, weak.
- God. (bleep).
Ever since Suzette took this fast from negativity and me,
I have been strictly talking to Breezy
to make sure she's healthy and fine.
Other than that, I have nothin' to say to Suzette right now.
- Suzette said you guys were fighting.
What happened? - She feels like
I'm not there for her and that I'm negative and--
- Right now, she's emotional because she just feels like
she's alone but-- - Yeah, but when I was around,
she treated me like (bleep). - Just cut my steak
and stop acting like an ass. - Move your ass.
- Gettin' him to help me is like pullin' teeth.
- Suzette gon' have to understand like,
when I needed her, she wasn't there for me neither.
A relationship is a two-way street.
I know she goin' through a lot right now,
but that don't give her no excuse to abandon me when I need her.
I haven't told her that I moved out yet,
but I'm pretty sure she gon' get the message pretty damn quick.
- So do you want me to stick around?
- Yeah, do me that favor. Make sure she a'ight.
- I got it. - Thanks, Breezy.
- You're welcome. - Don't worry.
A big Christmas bonus is coming for you.
- Well, in that case-- - Oh, all right.
The phone is breaking up. Later, Breezy.
Bye. - All right, bye.
- ♪♪ Sexy little chick, sexy little whoa ♪♪
♪♪ Good smoke, good drink, you drive the boat ♪♪
♪♪ Go baby, go baby ♪♪
- What's up, superstar? - How you doin'?
- What's up, my brother? - What's good with you?
- What's up, bro? I had another reason
to come to Atlanta besides the Suzette drama.
Business never stops for anything.
And when a high-profile client like BRS Kash calls you in,
(bleep), you gotta pick up the phone.
- Man, it's major. - That tour life is the greatest thing.
- I mean, I love it, for real. - I ain't gon' lie.
When I started touring with this tattooing (bleep).
yo, bro...
I could imagine for you 'cause you a rapper-rapper.
I'm just a tattoo (bleep).
So that (bleep) must be crazy for you.
- Yeah. - I wish I could get back out there like I used to.
But what you trying to do today, bro?
- So I just wanna fill something in like,
you know, somewhere in here. It don't gotta be
nothin' too big, just something.
- You ain't have nothin' in mind?
- I love money, I love music, anything dealing with that.
- So money, music. - It really don't matter.
- Don't worry about it. I got you, bro.
- Hey, look. - Hey, superstar.
You ready to get this? - Yeah, for sure.
- All right, let's start it up.
- ♪♪ Struggle so much in my life ♪♪
♪♪ To hold my own head up ♪♪
♪♪ It's all that I know ♪♪
♪♪ To be on my own ♪♪
- I think tattooing is the only time
I ever feel like myself.
So when I'm dealing with all that stress
from business and my personal life,
honestly tattooing is like my therapy.
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ I said I'll be fine, I'll be fine ♪♪
♪♪ I don't need no one ♪♪
- Seeing a young cat like Kash made me reminisce on my old days
and honestly wishing I could be out there.
I don't know what's going on between me and Suzette.
All I know is I can't be with somebody
who'll disrespect me like this.
- What the hell? All his (bleep) gone.
- Wait, what?
- ♪♪ All my life I been just climbing ♪♪
♪♪ All my life I've walked alone ♪♪
♪♪ And all my life I've thought that I could do this on my own ♪♪
- You are done, bro.
- You did your thing with this one, though.
Yeah, I like this. Be walking with my arms out
'cause it's a legendary tattoo. - Thank you, king.
Every time you drop a hit, you get a new tat.
And I'm expecting you drop a lot more, bro.
- Oh, yeah, they definitely on the way, for sure, for sure.
- Looking good. - I definitely appreciate that.
For sure, man. - Let's get you outta here.
- Come on, let's go fishing.
I'm super excited for today, man.
It's the Robinson day on the lake.
There you go. This is what family's all about.
- I got a branch. - I'm getting sunburned on my toes.
- I'm leaking sweat right now. Holy crap.
Ah! - (bleep)!
- I'm not (bleep) your assistant!
- Who was there with you? - You was not man enough--
- Right, I wasn't man enough to do what?
- ♪♪ Go baby, go baby ♪♪
- ♪♪ Everybody wanna be famous ♪♪
♪♪ Reaching out for the stars, who can blame us? ♪♪
♪♪ Everybody everybody wanna be famous ♪♪
- Yo, Van, how you like these fishes?
That ain't a big tank like Black Ink Houston,
but we got personalized fish.
- It's cute, you know, but it ain't nothin'
compared to our Houston (bleep), man.
We got it. (laughing)
Some of y'all fish tanks is already (bleep) up.
You know what I'm sayin'? (laughter)
See cloudy fish over there? That fish ain't gon' make it.
It's probably dead already.
- If he can survive five minutes
in Brooklyn faucet water, he's good.
Listen, guys, it's not about the size of the fish in the fight,
it's the size of the fight in the fish.
How 'bout that?
- Oh, hey, Ted. - What the (bleep) is that you got over there?
- Okay. - Did y'all go get $10--
Van, did you do this? - Listen, you know what?
I admit it, he got me jealous, my (bleep).
(bleep) said they had fishes in the floor.
- But you can't compete with sharks
with Japanese fighting fish.
- Yo, bro, you gotta start somewhere.
- Them (bleep) is like $4. (laughter)
- Oh, look at this. - Oh, my boy got a tree.
- Yo, what the (bleep) are you doing?
- Just give me like 30, 45 minutes.
- Think you need to call your cousin. - I ain't gonna.
They gon' get they self fired. - Y'all gon' find out soon.
- I was just telling 'em it's good for their equity.
- I don't think your "equaminities" are "equaminiums."
(laughter) - I promise you, Ted,
this gon' be great for your extremity.
I'm telling you. (laughter)
- Yo!
- Whew! ♪♪ That's my plant ♪♪
- Damn, damn. - ♪♪ That's my plant ♪♪
- So right now, to get this equanimity space set up,
I need to get rocks out the way, sticks out the way,
Spyder out the way, but I'm glad that, you know,
everything is progressing.
It is now time to transform
this piece of (bleep) corner right here.
- ♪♪And it just feels good, it feels good to be alive ♪♪
♪♪ I'm alive, I'm alive right now ♪♪
- (chuckles) (bleep), whoo!
That's how you do on TV. Huh!
- I just need this space to be beautiful and calming.
I know it's gon' take a lot of hard work,
but it's definitely gon' be worth it.
- Nah, my (bleep), might be a body under there.
- It might be some (bleep) under here, for real.
- ♪♪If you got a lot of problems, we can all relate ♪♪
♪♪ Just take a little break, take off the weight ♪♪
- If there's a situation in the shop,
we got a space in the back for everybody to go, cool out,
hit a little something.
Maybe we can reduce some of the conflict
that's goin' on in the shop.
- Whew! I need a break.
- This amenity better be worth it.
- Equanimity! Yo, Bux, I'm 'bout to kick you out, man!
♪♪♪♪
- Y'all ready to go fishing? - Yes.
Let's go fishing, Quani. - Okay.
- Tamia, you try to catch a big one and I'll cook it.
- Okay, so maybe Quani and spiders really don't mix.
Maybe she'll do better with the fish.
My whole luxurious family vacation
is not really working out the way I thought.
But maybe with a little Bug-Off, family on the lake,
everything will go according to plan.
Quani, spray up, baby.
We gotta find a nice shaded area 'cause that's where
all the good fish, over there.
- Over there? - Right there, you see it?
- That's better right there-- - Oh, no!
- Ah!
- Oh... - I got a branch.
- What the hell? - I'm gettin' sunburned on my toes.
- (laughing) Y'all got this. - All right.
Puma, whatever, I'm trying. - No, man.
It's awesome to see.
- I'm leaking sweat right now. Holy crap.
- There you go.
- Got it.
- At least she got it in the water.
- I got it in the water.
(dramatic music sting)
(demonic laughter)
(deep growling)
- Yeah, the heat took Quani out,
and now it's just me and my mother-in-law.
And I ain't gon' let her out-fish me.
So come on, Denise, let's get it on, baby.
Oh, Tamia, I think we got something.
Oh, (bleep).
- Oh, I think I got something. - Or is it stuck?
No, I think I'm stuck. - That's what they call a tree pounder.
- Mia, look, look, look! I got it!
I got a fish. - Oh, she got a fish for real!
- Well, at least somebody caught a fish.
Good job, Denise, look at that.
- Hey! I'm a country girl!
- Ha! "I'm a country girl."
- I'm definitely losing a few points on my man scale
for getting out-fished by my mother-in-law,
but you know what? This is what family's all about.
- Go ahead. - Can I hold it? Oh!
- What we gon' call it first before we throw it in the water?
- What you want to name it? - Bubbles.
- Bubbles? Good-bye, Bubbles.
- Tamia, you wanna check out the paddle boats next?
Just on the boat with my little one.
My big little one. I'll pedal, you steer.
Whoa, where we goin'?
Girl, you got us goin' in the wrong direction.
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ I brought three cases of beer ♪♪
♪♪ And my boys are all here ♪♪
♪♪ You know the truck's gassed up ♪♪
♪♪ We're gonna shift to high gear ♪♪
- Sha-pow!
And we have fire.
- There you go. - There you go, girl.
Look at you, making fire. - Don't get too close to it now.
- Oh, oh, that's enough.
You made fire, Tamia, look at that.
You all the way a country girl now.
Well, this has been good.
- Did you enjoy yourself this week?
- Yeah. I wanted this, really,
for the family, you know what I'm sayin', like...
- I think they had a good time.
I think everyone really enjoyed this trip.
Like it was a good time for us to bond.
Mommy and Puma bonding and having a good time.
Tamia, and Zaiden being able to be on the land
that is gonna be part of their legacy.
I don't want to leave.
- Last time I talked to my therapist, you know,
this was something that I needed,
to just get off the grid and just,
you know, relax my mental.
And I'm always like stressing about everything.
- Yeah, I know. - It's a lot on my plate.
I'm not gonna lie, man, this trip has been real relaxing.
And it's given me a lot more motivation to bring
my family down here 'cause everybody is so happy right now.
- My mother and my grandmother, they really appreciate it.
They really like the land.
- And I'm glad that they enjoyed themselves.
- You know I always enjoy being in Atlanta.
- Yeah, I know, Quani. I know.
- So I would like to stay.
- I understand you wanna stay.
But you know, we have a process and we're gettin' there.
You know what I'm sayin'? But it's hard.
And it like messes with my mental health a lot
because I see everybody else definitely gettin' on their game
and I'm not there yet. - I know, I know, I know.
- We just have to be patient, you know?
And support each other so we can get what we want.
- I understand that. I get what you're saying.
That's better wording than what you've been giving me.
I know I've been kinda hard on Puma about this,
but I've been really antsy trying to get my family down here.
But I think your little scheme may have worked, Paul.
This trip has been a really good escape from the city,
and knowing that we can do this whenever we want
has really put my mind at ease.
- You're crazy, man, but I love you.
- I love you too. What, what happened?
'Cause you're stressing me out!
- Oh, whatever.
Uh, wanna go back to the tent?
- You can't make no noises.
- There's like cicadas and stuff.
I just gotta go... sch-sk-sk-sk!
- No, that's not a sexy sound.
- (imitating kookaburra) - That's not sexy at all.
- You was not man enough--
- I wasn't man enough to do what?
- To say something like-- - To say something?
But I took care of every-- I was man enough to take care
of everything else, right? - You have to acknowledge
how the (bleep) I feel!
- ♪♪Standing on the stage, got the whole place rocking ♪♪
♪♪ I'm a big deal, I'm a, I'm a big deal ♪♪
- Black people! - What up? What up?
- Yo! - Glad to see y'all here, man.
- What's up? - Are y'all ready?
- Ready for what, bro? - For the unveiling.
- We named it as a collective. And it's called
the Deadass Garden. - NYC.
- Deadass means "deadass." Simple as that.
If you know, you know. If you don't, oh, well.
- The Deadass Garden? - Deadass.
- Facts. - Deadass!
- I like it, man. - So basically,
what I want y'all to get out of this Deadass Garden
is a peace of mind. This is a safe place
for you to go, think.
Any issues you got, you go back there.
You treat it as if it was yours at home,
because it's ours here, feel me?
- Let's deadass go see it. - Ready to do this (bleep), bro?
- I'm ready to do this (bleep). Please follow us.
♪♪♪♪
- Whoa! - Welcome!
- To the Deadass Garden. - To the Deadass Garden, NYC!
- Yeah, deadass, bro! - What?!
- Come and enjoy.
- Wow, I'm actually super impressed.
- Yo, you should go interior design, bro.
- We put in a lot of work to get this done.
- I ain't gon' lie. This look good.
I (bleep) with this. I (bleep) with this.
- One of the bosses approves. - Yeah, I (bleep) with this.
- I'm feeling better about the rest of 'em.
- I even think Ceas will approve of this.
- This is so cute. - Well, guys,
I am super impressed. - Thank you.
- And I think this is gonna benefit everybody.
- Honestly it really feels nice to hear that the crew likes the spot.
I really think it's gonna lead to a lot of positivity here.
Plus I got to leave a little bit of my feng shui
in the shop permanently. And the crew appreciate it,
so in return, they appreciate me and what I bring to Black Ink,
and that means a lot. Let's live it up.
Let's light the first spliff. - Okay.
- Let's get this (bleep) goin'.
- Here's to "extuadociousness." (buzzer)
- Equanimity! (ding)
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ Ridin' on the highway ♪♪
♪♪ Smokin' on that Mary Jane ♪♪
♪♪ Life is not so simple, plain ♪♪
♪♪ I'm just gonna take the blame ♪♪
- Now that Suzette sees that I'm serious about
gettin' her to fast for my negativity,
it's time to face the situation and let her know, yeah,
I still do care for you, but we can't keep goin'
through this (bleep) like this.
What's up?
- (bleep).
- How you feelin'?
- I feel terrible. I'm in pain.
Why wasn't you here when I got back?
- Because I felt like I was basically
not getting appreciated.
- How was you not being appreciated?
- Because it's like you keep telling me
I'm not fulfilling obligations as your man.
And when I hear (bleep) like that, it throws me off
because I know I make sure I take care of everything
that I'm supposed to.
- So how did you go days without talking to me
with no explanation, no nothing?
That's a (bleep) slap in the face for somebody
that's been there for you through everything.
- You wanna hear a slap in the face?
How about somebody asks you to put your life on hold
so you can take care of them in another country,
then turn around and wanna kick you out of they life
'cause you too negative for them?
That's a slap in the face.
If you sit there and say, yo, I'm taking a fast
from anything negative, which includes you--
- You couldn't put your feelings to the side
to give a (bleep) about what I had going on, my (bleep).
I did not need that energy fresh out of (bleep) surgery.
- The funny (bleep) is, during that selfish thing,
you know what I was goin' through? I was losing my damn child,
and all I wanted to do was talk to you.
(bleep) our conversation earlier.
All you had to do was sit here and holler at me.
You didn't, yo. The one person that could've said,
"Yo, baby, it'll be all right," you didn't, was mad at me--
- When you left court, when you called me,
I said, what happened in court? That's the first thing I asked you.
Don't sit here and say I didn't care about what
you was goin' through when I tried to be there.
- You not gon' sit here and say I'm insensitive
when I said I'm there for you.
- Let's be honest. Ceaser ain't there for me
the way I'm there for him. For once in our relationship,
I wanted you to be there for me.
And instead of you being there, you was too busy focused
on what you had going on. And you know what?
That's something I will never forgive him for.
How are you there for somebody, ignoring somebody?
- Let me ask you, who was there with you?
Wasn't Breezy there? - Am I (bleep) Breezy?
Am I (bleep) Breezy? - But Breezy was there, right?
- Am I (bleep) Breezy? - I'm sittin' there taking care of the house.
- I'm not (bleep) your assistant. - Let's even take it deeper.
How many (bleep) would've sent anybody over there with you, yo?
How many? - Oh, other (bleep)?
There was (bleep) ready to get on a flight!
But I did not do that. - They should've done that, yo.
- You asked me a question. - They should've done that.
- You was not man enough! You was not man enough!
- I wasn't man enough to do what?
- To say something like-- - To say something?
But I was man enough to take care of everything else, right?
- 'Cause that's your problem. You think money, or you think--
- No, no, no! - I needed your emotional support!
- I'm a provider! That's what I did!
I provided, yo! - This is the problem, Ceas.
You're a provider and that's all you (bleep) do.
You have no compassion. There's never a time
that you can be like, "Yo, you know what, let's talk about this.
Yo, I'm sorry you feel that way."
You have to acknowledge how the (bleep) I feel!
- This is the problem, Ceas. - What's the problem?
- You're a provider and that's all you (bleep) do.
You have no compassion.
You have to acknowledge how the (bleep) I feel.
- So when you acknowledging my feelings?
- I always acknowledge your feelings.
There's been plenty of times. - You just told me
I didn't give a (bleep). That's what you just said.
How you acknowledging my feelings?
- You was not there for me emotionally, Ceaser.
- And you wasn't there for me neither.
- All right, so we wasn't good for each other.
You pushed me away. There's one time in this whole
(bleep) relationship... - Yeah.
- ...that I needed you and you was not there.
- And you wasn't there for me. - And you don't see how that
(bleep) hurt me 'cause you don't give a (bleep)
'cause a (bleep) ass(bleep), yo!
- And I'm the same (bleep) who put the money down
for you to get this (bleep)-- - Everything about you
is financial, my (bleep). - 'Cause that's what I do, yo!
That's the (bleep) I do! - That ain't gotta be emotional!
- (bleep) outta here! - You're in a (bleep) relationship!
You so emotionally (bleep) up that you don't know
how to be there for other people emotionally, and I'm tired of that (bleep).
- I'm not emotional, yo! - Well, then leave me the (bleep) alone then!
- I am.
- You don't never see nothin' wrong what the (bleep) you be doin', yo.
- Right now my main priority is Black Ink. This is a growing company. We need new blood.
So Van is in charge of the new hire committee.
No flirting. - What's your availability?
- I'm very available, yeah. - Really?
- You know I want to open up a Black Ink Long Island.
- But I need to know that Tatti's not gon' go to jail.
- If you're not willing to let me show you what I'm talking about,
I have no choice but to move on.
- Not The Grillfather. The Grillfather!
- I've been received with open arms in Brooklyn,
so I wanted to cook for everyone because the least I can do
is put some food in these people bellies, man.
- Look at all this! - (bleep) looking crazy.
- I can't even enjoy this barbecue right now.
I keep thinking about the bull(bleep) Alex posted about me.
Somebody's gon' have to pay.
Can't talk about each other like that.
Not on no big platform like that.
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ MTV ♪♪