(Ceaser) A lot of things ain't going right with me and Suzette. - Leave me the (bleep) alone then. - I am, I am.
So I moved out.
Yeah, Milwaukee? You got (bleep) going on?
- Music (bleep). - Yeah, you need to get
Milwaukee open before the album (bleep), yo.
(Tatti) Black Ink was supposed to help me elevate
my career as a business owner. I don't wanna get stuck
running the front desk.
- My biggest withdraw with everything is your case.
- What's up, sexy? - (laughing)
- I wasn't really trying to be in a relationship,
but then I met Jay. - Ain't your mom getting ready to come?
- Yeah, you know I haven't seen her in two years.
- Does she know we live together?
- Come on, help me out here.
(Ceaser) What the hell is this?
- We doing a commercial right now.
- Where the (bleep) is Teddy and Puma at?
This the type of (bleep) I lose sleep over.
There's four bosses here. We (bleep) gotta get
(bleep) together, bro. Like we only got seven shops.
When we hit double digits, we gonna fall apart?
- And you know I'ma support you 1,000%.
This is something we wanted to do, but at the end of the day,
the whole Black Ink thing, that's your dream, bro.
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ Pick up the pace ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
♪♪ Pick up the pace ♪♪
(joyful squealing)
The hardest part about not seeing my mom for almost
two years is that my mom missed out on like Niko growing up.
The pandemic was so rough. Like, I was so worried
about her, and even now, like, her flying
over here, it's really scary for me.
Jay means so much to me.
So it's really important to me that my mom
is on board with our relationship.
But also at the same time, I'm not really ready
to tell her that we already live together.
If I was my mom, I would be, like, bitch, you just met him.
Y'all live together already? The (bleep).
(laughing)
♪♪I'm a ten getting strong getting better ♪♪
♪♪ ...any weather ♪♪
♪♪ Welcome to the game, welcome, welcome to the game ♪♪
- (bleep) my brother. - What up, bruh, how you doing?
- Good to see you. - Always.
- How you been, man? - So you was in LA, man?
- Filming. - Filming in the pandemic, G.
- So I'm meeting up with my friend, Kris Lofton.
He's a actor on this show, "Power."
- I'ma take an old-fashioned with Woodford.
- What's that? - And three cherries.
See this, when you start acting, you gon' start ordering
(bleep) like that. You gon' start ordering--
- See, show me-- I'm gonna order too.
I want a Woodstock with three cherries.
And then, what else you said?
I'm not gonna lie. At some point,
I thought about being a actor.
I just never knew how to go about it.
And then one of my friends asked me to be in one of his films
for a non-speaking role.
And after that, I started taking classes on the low.
I know things have been tough for you lately, but...
It's gonna be over soon.
- The empathy that we relate to comes from honesty.
And if you don't open up, you're not ready.
So after getting negative feedback from the acting coach,
I actually got called for "True to the Game 2."
At that point, I said, you know what?
I need to really take this serious.
So after the pandemic hit and shut down all the shops,
my friend actually called me back for "True to the Game 3."
And I had some lines in this one.
I know I probably could have been there for you more,
but I want you to know, you're safe.
- Dad? - (snickers)
- And now with Ceaser thinking I'm not there for him,
I don't know if I'm doing the right thing.
Yeah, man, I need to talk to you 'cause I'm nervous as (bleep).
In the beginning of the whole Black Ink thing,
this was his dream, yo.
This was our family business. - Right, right, right.
- And at first, it was, like, you know what?
I'm with that. - Yeah.
- Then the pandemic hit, you know what I'm saying?
- Right. - During the (bleep) pandemic,
I'm sitting in the house, like, yo, I don't tattoo.
Know what I'm saying? I'm following the tattoo dream,
but I don't tattoo. - Right.
- So I'm about to open up a shop in Milwaukee.
But Ceas thinks I'm dropping the ball on the Milwaukee shop.
I could do the acting, I could do the music,
and I could also do Black Ink. But with Ceas,
it should just be Black Ink. - Yeah.
The fact that you even having these questions
is the first step to taking that leap of faith
moving from the comfort zone.
It's like how Ceas wanted you to just handle this for me
and do this, to take acting serious and to really doing it.
- I know Ceas wants me to fully focus on the shops.
But what he doesn't realize,
this acting thing is serious for me.
And after the pandemic, I realized,
tattooing can be stopped.
Why would I let this opportunity pass me by?
I was thinking about when the movie premiere,
but just like the Black Ink team.
- That's fine, yo, no, they gon' love it, bro.
I watched it, like, I seen it, bro, you did great.
- Appreciate you. - You did good, bro.
I even said something about it, like, man, look at Teddy, bro.
- After sitting down and speaking to Kris,
and him telling me he really liked my acting,
it really gave me more of the motivation that I needed.
- So at the premiere, you'll probably have one in the A.
So we'll turn that up. You know the A
is Black Hollywood, bro, they doing they thing down there.
And I feel like that'd be a great place to start
'cause Atlanta is one of them places where
they actually hire local talent.
- You don't know how much you just helped me,
like, you know what I'm saying? Now with you giving me
the information you just gave me,
it confirms that I'm making the right move.
- Yeah. - Now I'm certain
that this is what I need to do.
I need to follow my own dreams and not worry
too much about the fallout. Thank you for the conversation.
Cheers, my brother. - Cheers.
Blacktors, Black actors. - Blacktors, that's crazy.
(Ted) I'll wear that shirt.
♪♪♪♪
- Yo, where's Bux at? Like, I seen him
on the internet, he talking about he's in (bleep) Colombia.
What the (bleep) is he doing out there?
- He got his body done. (laughter)
- Bux got a BBL? - He got a Bux butt-lift.
(laughter)
- You really only go to Colombia for three things.
Your body, your teeth,
and things we cannot talk about.
- I don't care what nobody say, he definitely got his abs done.
- Doesn't Ceaser have that? - That's supposed to be
a (bleep) secret, Tatti.
- Wait, Ceaser got fake abs?
- What? - Hey, you don't know?
- Nah, I've never looked at his (bleep) abs!
- I didn't know that was a secret.
I thought it was, like, super obvious.
I thought this was, like, a well-known fact.
It was literally an overnight type of thing,
and that is not how abs work.
- Everyone knows that Ceaser went to Colombia
to get the funk flex.
- And tits.
- Damn, I'm missing Van already.
That barbecue was something special.
- I told you how he could cook, man.
- Look at all this! - Chef Boyar-homeboy!
I don't know what you doing with this right here, son.
I'm about to keep you around a little longer, I don't know.
- Yeah, but what was up with those interviewees?
I didn't know that you and Alex were like
in charge of interviewing. I thought that was kinda weird.
- It was actually me, Alex, and Van.
- So Alex who's barely around.
Van who was here as a guest.
- Well, well, well, I believe that Ceas
had complete faith in me.
(Tatti) That's now what I remember.
- Tell me about her.
Do I have to interview her myself?
- She can swim. - You're off the committee.
- I just don't understand
why there were no women in the committee?
Let the boys make all the decisions.
I don't know what's happening at Black Ink.
But Ceaser never used to let men run things.
- Sassy's now manager. - Meetings every Monday.
Drawing and sketching during down time.
- Okay, I like that one, too.
- I am the manager of Black Ink Atlanta.
What the (bleep) is going on over here?!
Tweedle Dee and Tweedle chicken thumbs?!
- Hello, I'm Kit.
Black Ink's brand ambassador.
- I'm from 125th. - There haven't been
any women involved in any of the decisions being made lately.
Ceaser definitely needs my help.
(loud exclaiming)
- Yo, Bux, take your shirt off.
I'm trying to figure something out.
- Show us! - Yo, Bux,
did you buy abs, bro?
- No!
(Ted) What did you go to Colombia for?
- I went to get my mouth fixed, bro.
- Aww... - Well, come on.
Let's see the (bleep) new furniture, B.
- I just wanted y'all know the price won't go up after this.
- Not today's price? - Not yesterday's price.
(screaming)
(laughing/screaming)
- You know that, right?
(screaming continues)
- So my boy got teeth cocaine white!
- Good job, Bux, I know the feeling.
If there's anybody that knows the feeling, I know the feeling.
(shouting/laughing)
(laughter)
- You look good, you look good.
You know, I'm happy for you, Bux, but...
You went to Colombia to get Ceaser's old set of teeth.
That looks very familiar. We ain't stupid.
- I'm thinking that we should have, no offense to the ladies,
guys night out featuring Buckie!
♪♪♪♪
- We take Bux out on the town with his new teeth?
- Gotta do something for my man, Bux.
He came back looking extra fresh.
So we gon' see if we can get something next to him,
ya know what I mean? A little
female companionship if I may say.
- Well, I think that's a (bleep) fantastic idea.
Because I feel like you boys
have just been doing way too mother(bleep) much.
- I agree. - We had the Puma production.
- Which was amazing!
- The Spyder produc-shizzle. - Also awesome.
- Alex had his equanimity corner.
- But we still haven't had... for our production yet.
- Enough! Enough! Okay?
Do it on Friday because I'm having ladies night, okay?
- What? - Yo, okay!
- We gonna have a ladies night here.
No boys allowed. You're not invited.
I'm not letting you in. I don't care what you say...
- Don't tell us what to do.
(loud chatter)
- Puma, did I tell you how to run your Puma production?
- No, ma'am. - Did I tell you
how to do your Spyder produc-shizzle?
- A little bit. - You're right.
- So nobody's gonna tell Tatti how to do her thang.
♪♪♪♪
- Ooh, that's it. - Whoa!
- Yes, boys, Tatti's Thang. I'm talking tattoos,
by the women, for the women
in a nice, soft, women-welcoming environment.
Because this boy's club bull(bleep) is getting old.
- No fight club in this mother(bleep), all right?
Y'all give it up, man.
- We are all grown and changed. - (Puma) Okay.
- Okay, so we don't do that anymore.
(Krystal) I don't know, I be on my (bleep)...
(laughter)
(Tatti) Krystal, you need this the most.
- I gotta go to Atlanta real quick 'cause I gotta
pick up this movie that I did.
- A movie? When did he get time
to shoot a movie? What the (bleep).
- We live together.
Nothing.
Baby (bleep) steps, Jay.
This is the first time you're meeting her.
- We live together.
- Ay yo, Rok, you a'ight?
- What he's doing in there I don't know.
- ♪♪ ...Call me shorty baby you the perfect ten ♪♪
♪♪ Get on the floor this party's out of control ♪♪
- Ohh... Okay.
(singing)
What the (bleep) was that?
Definitely not hitting with the right (bleep) joint.
- The right joint? - The right stick.
- The right stick? It's called clubs.
- Okay.
- Golf is a rich man's sport.
So I figure I should know how to play this.
This like growing up in the hood
and not learning how to play basketball.
You're not really gonna survive.
So when you go to rich hood, golf is the (bleep).
Thanks for that.
See, that's a demonstration, you know what I mean?
I wasn't really trying to hit it to hit it.
- When in the (bleep) did Ceaser start playing golf?
This seems like the blind leading the blind.
But (bleep) it, I'm here for him.
Puma Woods, here we go.
(Ceaser grunts)
That was a pretty good shot.
- Yeah, I know, I know. - Where's Ted at?
Isn't he supposed to be here?
- I don't know but he better be taking care of Milwaukee.
But I'm starting to--
- What the (bleep)?
- Yo, what's good?
- Ted? - Ted?
- I figured out a way how we can always be in a meeting
without physically being in a meeting.
So right now, I'm introducing you to Tedbot.
- Yo, (bleep) Tedbot!
- I'm cutting my credit cards off.
You bugging (bleep) out.
- You talking about me. What the (bleep) y'all doing?
- We're playing golf. I'm elevating us.
It's called culture. - I'm in a meeting as a robot.
We not the same broke kids no more.
Now that I have Tedbot, I could be in Atlanta.
I could be in Milwaukee.
I could be at the shop.
There's multiple Teds in there.
(laughing)
While y'all practicing y'all golf technique,
I have to go to Milwaukee to take care of some (bleep).
We good, though, we good. Then I gotta go to Atlanta
real quick 'cause I gotta pick up this movie that I did.
- A movie?
Last time I talked to this mother(bleep),
I told him to get Black Ink Milwaukee open.
So when did he get time to shoot a movie?
- Next week, I'm doing a premiere in the city.
I need y'all to be there.
We get to see the movie before everybody else.
I wasn't too sure how everybody was gonna react to me
doing this whole acting thing, but I figured,
the way to get them to take me serious
is by inviting them to my movie premiere.
And hopefully this shows Ceas I can be on top
of Black Ink and also pursue my acting dreams.
- That mean I gotta come and get, you know what I mean?
Styling...
- Charge y'all for popcorn too.
See y'all later.
(Puma) Later, Tedbot.
- I don't like that (bleep) attitude.
- No? - Yeah, he sound like Hollywood already.
- Oh, no. - You don't see that (bleep)?
That robot is disrespectful as (bleep).
- ♪♪ Oh never give up ♪♪
♪♪ Behind you by my side Day and night ♪♪
- It feels so great to have my mom back in America.
My mom's a big, big, big part of my life.
But she's also a big part of Black Ink.
- Meet our new receptionist.
- What?! Whoa!
- You want a tattoo!
- Oh my God! Stop!
- Mama Bae, we got you a cake.
♪♪♪♪
(laughter)
(chatter)
- How you doing? - Hi.
- How are you? - How are you? Ow!
(laughing)
- We Koreans, we're not huggers.
- I'm a hugger, I'm Black.
- We don't hug.
I've managed some way having my mom find out
Jay and I moved in together already.
But it's only been 24 hours.
The important thing now is that my mom warms up to Jay
so she don't ask that many questions.
Like what the (bleep) Jay does for a living.
- I got you something.
(Bae speaks Korean) - What's that?!
- I now you said she didn't bring no shoes and stuff.
I hope you like it. - Sort of a bribe.
- Yeah, you know... (laughing)
- I hope this gift don't backfire.
- What is that? Oh!
- That's some player stuff right there, Mom.
- She said she wants you to be a nice person.
This won't work...
If you're not a nice person, this won't work.
- Did you tell her at least?
- Yeah, of course.
How long as it been?
- How long has it been? Two months?
(speaking Korean)
- She said how did we met?
(speaking Korean)
(Bae) Where?
- At work.
- Yeah, and I lost my job.
- She said oh my God.
This is more important than your job, you thought?
- Yes.
- Oh my God! - What?
- I'm about to pull my translator out.
- I know my mom is not thrilled about Jay losing his job.
But I know my mom is just trying to protect me.
Once she gets to know him,
she's gonna love him as much as I do.
She said "what's the next step?"
- I mean, well, basically, we kinda live together.
Did you tell-- You know, um...
Did you tell her that?
- Nothing.
- You're not gonna tell her?
You're just gonna spring it on her?
- Baby (bleep) steps, Jay.
This is the first time you're meeting her.
- We live together.
- Nothing.
Shh. She ain't ready.
- We live together.
- We gotta go home after this. What are we gonna do?
♪♪♪♪
- It's raining, God!
Ah! Perfect (bleep) timing!
Let's get the (bleep) out of here before Jay try to tell
my mom that he wanna marry me and all kinds of (bleep).
Oh, God.
- No, no-no-no-no. Pull the mask down.
- Yeah, you acting weird. - Wait, wait, smile!
(chatter)
- You gotta show us, bro. - You gotta show us!
- Nah, B.
(laughter)
- Oh (bleep)!
- ♪♪ I'm sick of my boss so I'm leaving early ♪♪
♪♪ Ooh... ♪♪
♪♪ Let's go where we don't have to act the lie... ♪♪
- Everybody knows that tattooing is a male dominant industry.
So for my event, Tatti's Thang,
I have created a calm, inviting, spiritual environment
where women can feel empowered and most importantly
get tattooed by other women.
So this is a toast to being a woman
and being powerful and being safe.
You know, coming together and celebrating us, who we are
and what we are capable of.
- Yes. - Cheers to us.
- Cheers.
- We should cleanse the shop real quick.
- Okay.
(gong/vibrating tone)
- This is definitely different than what I'm used to.
I feel like I'm in a coven right now.
(laughing)
I never really done this before.
They got little sticks and stuff.
They burning little oak trees and (bleep), like...
It's definitely different.
- So I'm just gonna open the door for a second
to let all the energy that we don't want out.
- But it's like, it's cool (bleep).
It's nice to be able to get into a different
ambience especially inside of Black Ink.
(horns honking)
- You brought him over here.
- That was one of the demons that just left.
(laughter)
- ♪♪Let's smoke weed ♪♪
♪♪ Puff, puff, pass it to me ♪♪
♪♪ Inhale, exhale ♪♪
- To celebrate Bux's shiny new grills,
we taking him out on the town.
Take him out to eat.
You know, go to a couple bars
and see how many hearts he can melt with his shiny new teeth.
(bleep).
I think I'm feeling that edible.
- Yeah, me too.
(laughter)
And just in case he doesn't have confidence with the ladies,
we may or may have not had a little, you know, sativa blend,
you know, to give him a little confidence.
Let's not forget why we here.
Listen, um, uh, uh, um...
- I just got my teeth, bro.
- Here we go. For our boy Bux
and his new teeth.
(cheering and applause)
I'm still adjusting to this single life
and being out of Atlanta.
But I'm glad to be back in New York with my crew.
And I feel kinda bad that, you know,
I'm just giving my team a hard time the other day.
There's four bosses here.
We (bleep) gotta get (bleep) together, bro.
So I'm backing off for now and enjoying this night.
What's that? - That's the garlic knot.
- Okay. - Well, when in Rome...
- ♪♪ Hittin' that weed in the morning ♪♪
- I don't know if this food is really this good
or the munchies are really, really strong.
- ♪♪Hittin' that weed... ♪♪ (indistinct chatter)
- It's a little warm in here, but this (bleep),
this (bleep) good. - (laughs)
(laughter)
♪♪♪♪
- I wanna do a book club so bad.
- Do you know what book you wanted to read?
- It was gonna be the "(bleep)" book.
- "(bleep)"? - And I was like,
"Oh, my gosh!" - That's even better because
you read the whole thing. - I have learned so much
from the "(bleep)" book.
And I think it's crazy that us women really don't know
how much power is in our bodies.
Oh, that's Bae. Bae with her boo.
- With her boo? - Boo?
(overlapping chatter)
- He's a gentleman. - What?
- He's opening the door for her.
Oh, no, he not. (laughter)
Oh, they kissing on the mouth! - Oh, there it is.
There they go. I know them.
- Okay, I saw that. - Hi, guys.
- I saw all of that, girl. He pulls up.
He got you a maleta.
He walked you to the front of the door.
And then he gave you a... (smooches)
...on the mouth. - Yeah.
- How else you gotta do it?
Things have been real cute in the house.
You know, we have been spending
so much time together as a family.
My mom saw how good Jay is with me and Niko.
I don't think my mom's thrilled
about me and Jay living together,
but... what can I do?
It's my life. My choice.
- Oh, yes, hello, ladies.
Welcome. - Hi.
- I have asked the women of Black Ink
to invite any woman that they feel could benefit
from just being in a women-powered environment.
- So this is my sister Chaila. - Yes.
- Nice to meet you, ladies. This over here.
I need something like this in my house.
- Come on in, girl. - Hi.
- Oh, my God, I didn't know. What happened?
- I got injured by one of my students.
- Oh, God! - I figured you'd wanna,
you know, get started on your tattoos,
we chill out, we vibe, we talk small business.
I want everybody here just to have a good time.
(laughter and chatter)
- Is this Black Ink Brooklyn?
(laughter)
(all) Hi!
- What you thinkin' 'bout gettin'?
- I'm gettin' a dragon tattoo.
I'm just trying to exude body positivity
after having the kid.
- My sister, she inspires me every day
because she's so comfortable with who she is, you feel me?
Like nobody can tell her (bleep), and I feel like
a lot of people need to learn that
and be that comfortable with themselves.
- As a teenager, I was just very depressed.
I felt alone, so I just turned over to self harm.
At that point, I just felt like it was
the only thing that I could do to deal with my pain.
And I got these ugly scars. Gonna cover up with a sunflower
because I just feel like it's just showing the growth.
- I too, like, have dealt with, you know, self harm
and being alone and feeling depressed.
So you know, I'm more than excited to do this.
- You said you were looking to get something covered up.
- I wanted to please my lover
because he had my name tattooed for years.
And it wasn't even like about a week, I was like, you know what?
- No! - I love tattoos.
And any woman that gets tattoos, it's all for her.
Like that's her style.
But don't get a man's name. It's not worth it.
- Wanna get butterflies for each of my sisters.
If it wasn't for them, I think I'd be falling.
- I've known Chachi since she was 13,
and she's been through a lot as a woman.
I think it's really important
for all women to support each other.
We all have been through a lot. Let's get started.
- ♪♪ Okay, I heard it all before, like, girl, this really ain't for you ♪♪
♪♪ Maybe find yourself a man, he could take good care of you ♪♪
♪♪ But I need to get my own, that ain't how this really work ♪♪
♪♪ Nobody wanna hear a woman tell you what she really worth ♪♪
♪♪ Oh no ♪♪
- Events like this gives women
like a little more safe environment.
We can be more comfortable getting tattoos.
This is cute. Like I love it.
- ♪♪ I'm not broke, I don't need fixing ♪♪
♪♪ I am the original me ♪♪
- My goodness! My God, it's beautiful.
- (laughs)
- These sunflowers is really showing
the growth that I've been through.
You did an amazing job.
- It looks amazing.
And it's for me.
Thank you so much, Vanity.
- This was the whole point was rebirth.
I feel great. I'ma act up.
- ♪♪ I am the original me ♪♪
- Oh, man!
- No boys allowed! - What, y'all a gang now?
- I don't like your tone.
♪♪♪♪
- What if you actually started an Instagram for your teeth?
- A Instagram? - No, it's just for your teeth.
- You doin' teeth-Toks?
- A teeth-Tok?
- Yo, a TikTok with your teeth.
- Oh...
- Okay, we high as (bleep).
(laughter)
- I had some crazy times with my tooth too.
My nickname "Rok" actually came from somebody
throwing a rock at me and it chipped my tooth.
- Hold up, that's the origin story of the "Rok" name?
- Yeah. My people was like, "Yo, let's come up
"with some nicknames and (bleep).
Like, yo, what kind of nickname you want?"
I was like, my nickname
was gonna be my initials, "Jaws."
And they were like, "Jaws?"
- You said you wanted your nickname
to be your initials, and that came out to "jawbone"?
- Not jaw-- not jawbone.
- Thank God that guy threw the rock at you, man.
Look at that. Look at you now, man.
- He changed your life. - (laughing)
(laughter)
- ♪♪ Smoke one, smoke two, hit the outer limits ♪♪
(laughter and chatter)
- Oh, (bleep)!
Anybody gon' go check on JJ Rok?
- That (bleep) dead. - No. No, nobody cares.
- Look, and then the paranoia kicking in, you know?
- It ain't no way we makin' it anywhere to meet any ladies.
Sorry, Bux.
Yo, y'all are (bleep) crazy, boy.
(laughter)
♪♪♪♪
- So just a fun fact to keep the theme of women empowerment.
We are the only species designed with an organ--
your clitoris-- that has 8,000 nerve endings
that is solely for pleasure.
- Period. Talk.
- A dick only has 3,000.
So if I ever look at y'all and I'm like,
"I just need 8,000..."
- 8,000! - Okay, you know,
watch your tone, 8,000.
Okay, that's all I'm saying.
- That's (bleep) power for you, girl.
- Ain't nobody gon' go check on JJ Rok?
- Hey, yo, Rok, you a'ight?
- I ain't even see what direction he went.
He might be outside. - I looked up.
I thought maybe he floated away.
- Yeah, what the hell is taking Rok so long?
He in the bathroom like for 20 minutes.
He taking a (bleep) or he passed out.
- He's for sure in this bathroom right here.
What he's doin' in there, I don't know.
- Yo, JJ! - Hey, yo, JJ!
- Hey, yo, Jawbone!
(laughter)
- Look, he's not all right. - (bleep) put the mask on!
(laughter) What's up with the mask?
- My stomach (bleep) up, bro. - You (bleep) up.
- Stomach issues?
Nah... it's something else.
What's up, Rok? What's goin' on with you, bro?
- No, I was throwing up, man.
- No, no, no, no, pull the mask down.
- Nothin' wrong with you.
- Yeah, you're actin' weird. - Yeah, weird.
Wait, wait. Smile, (bleep).
- You didn't crack a tooth just now.
- Yeah, he did. Yeah, he did.
- No way! Nah, bro!
No way, bro! (laughter)
- Nah, nah, nah... - You gotta show us.
- Nah, you gotta show us, bro. - You gotta show us!
- Nah, B. - No, uh...
(wild laughter)
- Oh, my God!
Yo, what the (bleep) were you eating?
(laughter) - I can't be here no more.
- I kinda bit into a fork harder than I thought,
and, uh... I took my tooth out.
- Who bites on their forks? I've never even heard of that.
- Yo, you want me to hook you up with a doctor?
I got a number. - Nah, I don't want--
I don't want it Ceaser-sanctioned.
- Where's the tooth at? - Wait, you ate it?
- He ate the tooth, bruh!
- I don't know, it's somewhere on the table, I think.
- Yeah, but now I feel like Puma and (bleep).
- Yo, Rok, where you goin'? - Rok, where you going?
- Rok! - Rok!
- Rok, it's okay! Rok, it's okay!
Ah, (bleep). (laughter)
- We had fun, fellas, but I gotta go
check on the girls with this damn beauty bar (bleep).
I'll see you guys later. - All right, bro.
♪♪♪♪
- Oh, man!
- No boys allowed! - Hold on, hold on...
- Get the (bleep) out! - Ladies, he's the boss.
Hold on. - Don't care!
Not today! - Hold on, ladies, ladies.
(women) 8,000!
- Okay, what happened? - What, y'all a gang now?
What is this? - I don't like your tone.
- My tone is coming down. Is this a gang meeting?
- Thank you. (laughter)
- But what's this though?
- This is a temporary safe place.
- This a safe place?
- Are you feeling unsafe? - Yeah.
I think I should be over here. 8,000...
- Well, you are more than welcome
to migrate your 3,000...
Ha ha! - (women laugh)
- Wait, hold on. What's the "Ahh"?
I wanna know what you talking about.
What the (bleep) is "8,000," "3,000"?
Is this some type of donation and I only put up 3,000?
You know what? I don't want 3,000.
I don't want 1,000. I don't want no thousands, okay?
I just-- I just came to see how y'all doing.
- Boy, let me help you. Stick with the 3,000.
- It's a very hostile environment you got me in.
- What's up, boss? - Nothin'.
I just came to see how y'all was doing.
But I like this (bleep). I like how you bringing
like the, um-- how can you say, making us cultured?
Yeah.
- Thank you. I appreciate that.
- Honestly, I don't know what Tatti did,
but I see a full shop.
If she get my female clientele
back in here like she doin', I'm all with it.
The other day we had that little conversation,
know what I mean, this was like contingency plan.
I ain't want you to think
that basically I wasn't sticking behind you.
Just that's your situation. But this is little things.
I know you want the big stuff.
But the little stuff first, all right?
- This night is going so well
that I haven't even thought about Black Ink Long Island.
I've been inspired to maybe open a women's wellness center,
or a women's-only tattoo shop.
Maybe I can still make a move forward
closer to my goals without having to have Ceaser's support.
- All right, I'm leaving, ladies, I'm leaving.
- Good night, good night. - Oh, Krystal.
Um, you might have a little surprise
when you go home tonight.
Um, it's your boyfriend.
Yeah, he bit into the fork and, yeah...
and he lost against the fork.
So, um... - Oh!
- You better call your man, girl.
- All right, later, ladies. Bye, y'all.
Have a nice day. - What the (bleep)?
I hope it's a back tooth.
I hope it's not one of the ones in the front,
'cause I don't know what to do with that.
Rocky, why am I hearing you lost your tooth?
Why, why am I hearing you lost--
(laughing) He hung up on me!
- He hung up on you? - He hung up!
- Let me see! - He hung up!
That tooth better be back in by the time I get home.
- Look at who's here!
(cheering and applause)
- Let's go watch the movie. (cheering and applause)
- Yo, you fancy now! - That's that Hollywood money!
(laughter)
- Oh, (bleep)!
- ♪♪ Tonight they're all gonna see ♪♪
♪♪ That it's not just your fantasy ♪♪
♪♪ Tonight you're gonna shine ♪♪
- Listen, I need my popcorn. I need my nachos.
I need some Reese's cups. - I need a Slurpee.
- I would eat some candy, but I don't wanna break none of my teeth.
- No, Rok, no candy for you.
- Thank God I found me a dentist
that was able to see me right away.
I had some good memories with that tooth,
but I'm just glad it's over.
- Oh, (bleep), it's Tatti!
- Everybody looks so nice! - Look, look, look.
I got something for you though, baby.
- Oh, thank you. - Oh, my God.
Look at Victoria Secret model. - Whoa!
- Oh! - You look nice!
- Who think Teddy might be a good actor?
- I think he's gonna be a good actor.
- I-- me too.
- Y'all know (bleep) know how to lie,
so he'll know how to act. - That's what I'm saying!
- I don't think he's gon' be doin' no action moves.
- Oh, it's Quani!
- It's the Robinsons! - Hey, cuties!
- Look at y'all. - What up though?
How are you? Are you guys excited for Ted's movie?
- Do you know what the movie is called?
- "True to the Game." - "True to the Game"!
- This is actually the third installment.
He was in "True to the Game 1" and "2."
- Oh, (bleep), really? - Get the (bleep) outta here.
- I'm so proud of him 'cause I know for a fact
that was his dream for a long time.
- I'm excited though. It's a big thing.
- I hope Ted doesn't go all Hollywood.
- Teddy got like five phones. He don't talk to nobody.
Most Hollywood (bleep) we know.
- Ted don't even follow me on Instagram.
- Exactly. Who that?
- Ceaser and Ceaser! - Hey, yo.
- What's up with y'all? - How you feeling?
How you doin'? - Good.
I know Ted would appreciate
my honest opinion about his acting.
Look, if he sucks, he sucks.
And that's even better 'cause now his main focus
can be opening up Black Ink Milwaukee.
- I feel like Teddy's gonna impress us.
- Can we at least see the movie first
to judge his acting skills?
If this (bleep) ain't good, we need to tell him.
♪♪♪♪
- Look at who's here!
(cheering and applause)
- Look at Denzel!
- It means a lot to me that everybody's here tonight,
but I'm actually nervous.
I want my Black Ink family to see my potential as an actor,
especially Ceaser, so they can be supportive of me
being a Black Ink boss and also pursuing my acting dreams.
Thank y'all for coming out.
I'm nervous as (bleep). I don't know what to expect.
- Aww! - Why you nervous?
- See, everything else was like little short roles,
like a walk in, "Yo, what's up, boss?"
That type. This one, I got like a speaking role,
action role type-- - (women screaming)
- Okay. - I ain't trying to be no hater or nothing,
but Ted's gon' be sittin' on the same couch he been on.
(laughter)
Hopefully this movie will prove me wrong.
- Let's go watch the movie.
- Let's go! - I need a drink.
- Let's go see this (bleep). - Oh, you fancy now.
- That's that Hollywood money.
- Little bit more than what Ceas does.
- These are the best seats right here, third row.
- Guys, guys, guys, hold on, hold on, we here, we here.
- Oh, wow! - Hurry up!
Hurry up, it's about to start!
♪♪♪♪
- Lights!
- Okay. - That ain't Teddy.
- Why?
- Teddy don't open doors for nobody!
- Shh!
♪♪ I'm headed to the top... ♪♪
(cheering)
(shouting)
♪♪ ...running globes like the equator ♪♪
- This is a dope moment to share with the crew.
'Cause I know a lot of people inside the shop
just like the rest of the world questions
what the hell does Ted do?
While y'all sitting in the shop worrying about
what Ted is doing, Ted is filming movies,
and now you're at my movie premiere.
So it's like a super dope moment for me.
- Oh!
(all) Ohh!
- I can't believe you shot a women.
(laughter)
♪♪♪♪
- I'm more proud of myself 'cause I did this all alone.
Like, of course, me being Ted from Black Ink helped.
But this was a moment that I stepped out
and did it all on my own. Nobody knew anything about it.
Nobody... helped me with it.
Especially no help or encouragement from Ceas.
♪♪♪♪
- Wow! - All right!
(excited chatter)
- What!
- Great job! - Encore!
- I'm super proud of my man, Ted.
Everybody used to always give me (bleep), talking about
"Oh, he's just a guy on the couch.
What the (bleep) does he do?"
My man was out there perfecting his craft.
Now he's in his third film,
getting his Denzel Washington on.
(bleep) get it, Ted.
I can't wait till my man get an Oscar.
'Cause I'ma be right there on the red carpet with him.
(bleep)
(excited chatter)
- I put a lot of weight on, like, know what I'm saying?
Like, a lot of (bleep) goes in with this acting (bleep),
like, know what I'm saying?
- You know what's so funny though?
Teddy gained weight and we didn't
even realize it was for a role.
- It's a lot of love and a little bit of movie.
(laughter)
- Well, how do you feel watching yourself like...
- On the big screen. - Right?
- I think I can do it.
- Of course you could do it. - You did it already.
- I love it! - Thank you, I appreciate it.
And, uh, with that being said, I've been waiting
for this moment to see how I look on that screen,
see if it's worth pursuing.
And, um, I officially live in Atlanta now, and I will be there
pursuing my acting career. - Wait, what?
(cheering/shouting)
- Who is this (bleep)?!
- You're leaving us?
- Hold on, hold on, hold on.
Y'all let him speak for himself, yo.
'Cause I wanna hear everything from Ted now.
Now say that again?
- Yeah, I'm leaving everything in New York, AKA, New Jersey
behind, and I'm going to Atlanta to pursue acting full-time.
- So how is Black Ink Milwaukee
and everything else we got going on?
We ain't gonna have no issues there.
I can do both.
- I thought Ted and I was on the same page
about the future of Black Ink, but I moved back to New York
and you moving down to Atlanta to pursue acting?!
What the (bleep)?
- Homeboy's Hollywood now!
- There's some bull(bleep) going on.
My Atlanta crew ain't going in the shop.
That's how I find the whole damn shop.
- All of them? - All of them.
- So then who's working at Atlanta?
- Let's go, y'all! ATL, Shorty!
(phone playing)
- (bleep) This is my lawyer.
- I just wanted to give you a call and give you some news.
(sobbing)
- Help! - She passed out.
- She's not okay.
- You gonna call 911 or no?