(man) - We've negotiated an offer
that does not include any jail time.
- Oh, my God!
I'm overwhelmed with so much gratitude and I'm relieved.
- Black Ink Milwaukee is officially open.
(cheering and applause)
- There's some bull(bleep) goin' on.
The whole Atlanta shop really went to the convention
and represented Black Ink behind my back.
It's insulting how these tattoo conventions
treat all Black artists.
I'm no longer gon' be puttin' up with the disrespect.
The artists went against what I said.
So I decided to fire their asses.
- So then who's working at Atlanta?
- Let's go, y'all! ATL, shawty!
(voice echoing) Hello! Hello!
Feels real...
- Empty? - Open?
- Where's Rok and Krystal?
- I-I know where Rok and Krystal are.
- Where? - Yeah, I don't think
we're gonna make it to Atlanta, man.
- What the (bleep)? I said, yo, I need y'all.
If they ain't here, they ain't with us no (bleep) more.
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪Drop, drop ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ Yeah, yeah ♪♪
♪♪ Yeah, it's time to shine ♪♪
♪♪ Hear the bell, take a left, man, it's time to shine ♪♪
♪♪ Get the sack, get it filled, yeah, it's time to shine ♪♪
- There it go. There you go.
Yo, this (bleep) is still bugging me out
that there's nobody else in this shop.
- I know, right? - Yeah.
- ♪♪ Yeah, it's time to shine ♪♪
- Was a good vibe yesterday though.
- We killed it yesterday.
- That was an excellent first day.
- What about you, Rok and Krystal?
How do you guys...
- Hey, yo. - Do you think they can hear me?
Has anybody heard from them? - Nah.
I'ma try to give 'em a call again later
and see what the (bleep) is going on.
The (bleep) that they told me yesterday--
something about the dog never been in a car before
and then he bit Krystal-- I don't know, man.
Don't ask me. Ask them.
- Puma, call them now. - Okay, (bleep) it.
Let's see.
(line trilling)
- Oh. - Rocko!
- All right, Rocko. - All right, Rocko.
Y'all coming?
- You okay, Krystal?
The dog (bleep) you up?
It did? - What, you see it?
- Where's the bite mark?
- I wanna see this. - Yeah, we wanna see.
We wanna see it! - Get the (bleep) outta here, man.
- Oh... that's (bleep) up.
- Everything is smooth sailing, we're on our way to Atlanta...
until Rocky wants to jump in the front seat with us.
Krystal's over here tryin' to stop him and gets bit.
- So we decided to drive back to New York because,
God forbid, he jumps in the front again
and we lose control of the car.
- How long is it gonna take y'all to get here?
- Okay.
- Hey, Rok, have you ever heard the song "Fireman"?
Better get down here or you're gonna be singing it a lot.
- Oh, (bleep). - "Fireman."
(laughter)
- Yeah, you don't wanna hear that song.
Okay, Rok, I'ma let you go.
Good luck! - Oh, (bleep).
- How you guys doin'? - Boss Hog, what's the word?
- We just spoke to Rok and Krystal.
- They're on their way. - Yeah, they're on their way.
- What? Rok and Krystal are still missing, yo.
But everybody from New York is stepping up
and knocking (bleep) out the park.
I'm not gon' (bleep) forget that Rok and Krystal left me
when I needed them the most.
Day one went-- went pretty good.
I wanna congratulate y'all, you know what I mean?
- Thank you. (applause)
- So now can we have a little fun while we in ATL?
- I got, um, some dope (bleep) for y'all to do later on.
- What? - It's gon' be a dope-ass event,
because I really appreciate y'all. - Strip club?
- No strip club. - No, no. I don't want to see
nobody set themselves on fire again.
- We did have fun last time. - It was cool.
♪♪♪♪
(all exclaiming, screaming)
- It was-- it was burnt vagina, so technically, yeah.
- Ooh, barf! Barf! - So we're gonna do
a little something like, um, a Black Ink after dark party.
- What's that? - Black Ink after dark?
- That sounds neeky. That sounds real neeky.
- I really want to show the crew how much I appreciate them
keeping the rent paid, keeping the doors open
while I'm out looking for new tattoo artists to fix this crisis.
And that's not the only surprise I have for y'all today.
- So do we get a plus-one for the party?
- You can bring as many people as you want.
- You could bring your boo.
- Oh, you talking about you. - Me?
- Boo thing, not a side piece. - Why you worried about me? Oh, my God.
I know Jay was a producer on this show, but so what?
I don't know why Tatti's making bringing Jay around people a thing.
All of a sudden we gotta be nervous?
- All right, all right, all right.
The day is about to start, so let's get set up.
Can I chat with you privately, Ceas?
- Of course, Tatti. - Let's go.
Let's go talk in the back.
- I get nervous every time Tatti wants to pull me aside.
With all the legal problems she got,
I think this is one of those, "Good-bye,
"I gotta flee to Colombia because my (bleep)
ain't goin' right with my legal problems."
Run, Tatti! Run!
- I have great news. - Oh, God, yes.
All right, it's not bad news. - No, it is not bad news.
- Okay. - I just found out
that I'm not doing any jail time.
- That's pretty good, Tatti. - I'm super excited.
You know the last time we spoke,
and we had the whole conversation
about me wanting to open up my own Black Ink Long Island.
And I've been thinking about it a lot.
I really watch what you do and you do it all.
So instead of opening up my own shop,
I would like to talk to you about becoming an apprentice.
- What? A tattoo apprentice?
- 'Cause I've dabbled and I've tattooed before.
There's your TR, babe.
- Yo, that (bleep) is worse than a tattoo.
- Oh, give me a break. - You're hurting me.
- But I've always been like on the management side.
You know, maybe it's time that I get it all.
- Tatti clearly doesn't know
what she's trying to sign up for.
Yeah, she's driven.
But too many orders and the red hair just start...
(mimics fireworks exploding)
- You know, Tatti, you're (bleep) smart.
- Right?
- It's hard to own a shop and not know the other side.
I'm impressed with Tatti.
The fact that she would step back
and learn how to tattoo makes me realize
that Tatti might be the future of this business.
The way I plan to expand Black Ink,
I can really see Tatti being part of it.
I like that idea. - Yeah?
- Yeah, you could do it. - Yeah? Yeah?
- Yeah. - Whoo! (laughs)
I am super excited about this opportunity.
Now that jail time is not clouding over me,
I finally feel like I can actually invest in my future,
and I'm really hoping that Ceaser is willing to do the same.
You know I figure I could start off as your apprentice.
- My apprentice? - Yeah.
- Let me think about it. - Think about it.
- We'll figure it out.
- Hey, how are you? - Hi.
- Ready to get it shaking? - Yes, sir.
♪♪♪♪
- You know what this is, girl?
- Cascade is, um... it's from that movie.
- What's the name of the movie?
- "ATL"? - What's your name, New New?
- I'm Wet Wet. - Oh, okay!
- It's been really hard to just keep the shop running
while Ceaser is trying to recoup the shop,
so I'm so excited to just experience Atlanta with Jay.
- I can't believe you here. This place is special to me.
- Yeah? - It's like so many memories,
breakups, you know, seeing your girl cheat on you.
All kinds of (bleep).
You excited?
- Yeah.
I'm a little scared. Aah!
- It's okay. - But you know if I do that,
my ass is gon' be all out.
Last time I went skating, it didn't really go well.
Stop! I don't feel safe!
(screams)
So if me skating for Jay
is not proving how much I love him, I don't know what will.
- Hey, baby, I got a little surprise for you.
- Yurp!
Rich, Rick, Cuervo! - These are your friends?
- These are my best friends in the whole wide world.
- Ha ha! - What's up, man?
- I feel so like... let in.
Like now I'm with his best friends
and this is a little nerve-racking.
I don't know. Let's see how it goes.
So tell me about Jay.
- You got the most loyal, humble.
What you see is what you get? You know what I mean?
- This is so fake. - What?
- Tell me some real (bleep).
- I'ma just say I know him as a man named Bobby.
- Yeah. - Ooh!
- Bobby? - So, okay, let me explain!
Let me explain! God damn, Pooh!
- What the (bleep) is this?
- I used to tell girls my name Bobby.
- So he was a ho, huh?
(laughter)
Wow.
How did I get so lucky?
I waited all this time just to get a ho.
Ho-ho-ho. - Come on.
Let me get you out on the floor.
Okay. - Don't embarrass me now.
- I think I gotta help him. I'ma help him while he help her.
- Boom. - There we go.
All the time. - Come on, honey.
- What the-- okay. - I got you.
- You don't need this, honey? - I'ma look like a grandmother.
- Come on, Bae, you part of the family now, come on.
- (screams)
Ah, (bleep)! I got it!
- ♪♪ I roll my waist ♪♪
♪♪ Looking like the baddest chick in this place ♪♪
- Look at me. You see me?
- I see you, girl.
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ I'm on the dance floor ♪♪
♪♪ Meet me on the dance floor ♪♪
- You got it, baby. - I did good, right?
- You did good, honey. - Don't push me.
Hold on, hold on.
- I got one more thing to show you.
- What is it? - I got a little surprise for you.
- What's-- Ah, what's next?
Gonna bring your ex out, son?
Because I don't think I can handle another surprise.
- I wrote a song for you, honey. - You did?
- I did.
- ♪♪ It's romantical, it's so natural ♪♪
♪♪ Way I pull up on you at your door ♪♪
♪♪ Got you talking crazy, yeah, lil' baby ♪♪
♪♪ This year magical ♪♪
- Oh, my God, Jay is so cute.
I'm definitely bringing Jay to this party.
Tatti is just singling out my relationship for no reason.
Let me be happy, bitch!
- ♪♪ I hope you know that you're already safe ♪♪
(laughter)
- ♪♪ Yeah, that's how we do it ♪♪
♪♪ Fine fine dub, these bright lights by nightlife ♪♪
♪♪ That's how we do it ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
- Man, what the (bleep) is that?
"Buh-log-nese"?
(laughter)
- This is the most delicious cheese ever.
Ceas, he treats his artists pretty good, if you ask me.
- Well, I guess we deserve this after an amazing two days.
- Y'all have been doing a great job.
- Thank you, thank you. - Anybody want some tater tots?
- What's goin' on? I would love a tater tot!
- That was my nickname in elementary school.
- I would love a tater tot, brother Puma.
Thank you.
- Cheers to a phenomenal start in Atlanta.
To friendship, to family, to success.
Yes! - Right, all that good (bleep).
- And to tater tots. - And this cheese.
This (bleep) saved my life.
♪♪♪♪
What do you think the surprise is that Ceaser has for us?
- He got us up here with fruits and "buh-log-nese."
- Fine "champania." - "Champania."
- What the (bleep) is he up to, man?
What the (bleep) is going on in this hotel?
Ceaser tends to treat his people well,
but this is a little bit too well.
These (bleep)s might be dipped in poison or something.
I don't know if I like grapes or I'm nervous.
- I mean, but he did say he appreciates us, man, you know.
(elevator bell dings) Isn't that, um...
whatchamacallit? - What the (bleep)?
- What up, yo?! - Oh, (bleep), yo!
- Welcome to Black Ink Atlanta, y'all.
After dark.
- Let the games begin!
- Yo, yo!
- Look, y'all not showing up is disrespecting.
I fired everybody in this shop, yo.
If y'all ain't gon' be here, then get the (bleep) outta here.
We have to make sure that we stay sharp.
So I've decided to throw a contest.
- Oh, (bleep).
- Is it a Black Ink battle?
♪♪♪♪
- Isn't that, um, whatchamacallit?
- What the (bleep)? - Oh, (bleep), yo!
- Yo!
- Chicago! - The (bleep) y'all doin' here?
- Wow, y'all up here with the champagne glasses and (bleep).
- Oh, look at my cousins and them!
It's Chicago! - What is this?
- Word. - How y'all doin'?
- I see Ryan, I see Don.
- This is crazy.
- I see Phor. I see Draya.
- How much help do we need down here in Atlanta?
- Thought y'all was coming to be by yourself?
- Yeah, we didn't even know.
- Chicago is officially in the A.
- Chi-lanta. - We up in here, y'all.
- I'm here to represent 9MAG, Chicago.
- Your Chi-Town boys is here now.
- What y'all doin' in Atlanta, man?
- Well, Ceas called me and said,
"Come out here, man. I got something goin' on."
Ceas asked me to come to Atlanta, you know,
bring the crew, might have to do a tattoo or something.
- Reason I'm hittin' y'all is 'cause I wanna do something special.
Have a meeting. A meeting of the minds.
- Ceas always got, you know, a bigger vision than what he portrays.
I'm with it.
♪♪♪♪
- Wait, who's this coming? - Wait, there's more?
- Yo! Damn!
Everybody in this mug. L. A. in the building.
- Oh, (bleep)! You got Tim and KP in the building?
- Compton just walked in the spot.
What is happening right now?
- Ceas, what the (bleep) are you up to?
- What up, baby?
- I'm good, man. - We got New York, Chicago,
and Compton in the house.
- It's your boy KP. Ink Art Music.
- You know I have to pull up on y'all like urr-urr!
- We representing Compton, yeah.
- So Ceas ain't here right now? - How are you?
No. - No, he's not here.
- Ceaser right now is running around Georgia
looking for staff to fill up his Atlanta shop.
I don't know what the (bleep) he got going on,
but I know he's probably evil giggling
about all of us being so surprised.
But he talkin' 'bout some Black Ink after dark (bleep).
- That's what he told me. I was like, it sound good.
- Oh, my God, look who made it!
- Ohh! - What up, player?!
After driving 13 hours because I knew Ceaser
was gon' try to fire my ass,
I come and I see Chicago and Compton here.
The (bleep)'s goin' on? - Oh, she really did get bit.
- I did! Look!
- Oh, he (bleep) you up. - I was worried.
- Oh, my God. What's happening here?
- We got Chicago and we got Compton in the building.
I don't know if Rok and Krystal is necessary anymore.
Ceas, you might be able to go ahead and fire them.
- This needs to be celebrated. (cork pops)
- Yo, come on with that (bleep), man!
- Bam! - I got one right here.
- There we go. - Cheers.
- All right, yes, let's, uh... - Toast?
- Toast. - Cheers to 9MAG,
New York, Compton, all of that.
- What's up? - Love.
- Let's go. - Energy.
- Mm-hmm.
- What is this whole party about tonight?
What exactly does this entail? - A lot of ass and titties.
- Let's get ready for tonight then, man.
I ain't gon' lie, I'm excited now.
- Let's go! - We all eats tomorrow.
(laughter)
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ Welcome to the takeover, ain't no fakers ♪♪
♪♪ Y'all can trust you gon' die another day ♪♪
- I just hope Ceas, you know, ain't really mad at us.
- We're the last ones arriving, and I feel like
that's making my work ethic look a little bad.
I really gotta pull Ceaser aside and talk to him
'cause I don't want him to feel like I'm not taking this (bleep) serious.
- I'm really tired. I'll probably just have
like a drink or two and head back to the hotel.
- You already know we missed too much.
That's gon' be your ass.
- ♪♪Welcome to the new world order ♪♪
♪♪ While y'all gettin' colder ♪♪
♪♪ We be goin' tight, tight, tight ♪♪
- Wedding day.
- ♪♪ Ain't no fake out... ♪♪ (song slows and stops)
(song resumes) ♪♪ Y'all can trust we gon' die another day ♪♪
♪♪ But now we tight, tight, tight ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
- It's Black Ink after dark.
- Yeah!
Let the games begin!
♪♪♪♪
- "Choose one person to hold hands with
for the rest of the night"? What?!
I don't know what type of kinky (bleep) Ceaser got going on.
Look at this (bleep). No, no, bro, read this one.
Like what's this block say? You gotta do what's on it.
Read that. "Tied together"?
- Ohh! - (indistinct)
- I am not trying to be involved
in no kind of inter-shop intercourse.
No! No!
♪♪♪♪
- Yo, yo!
♪♪♪♪
- Is that the rest of the Compton crew?
- What's up? It's your boy Lemeir from Compton.
- Hey, it's your girl Vudu Dahl. - Nessie Blaze.
- Got that call from Ceaser about this big weekend.
- I'm super excited to be representing Compton.
- I don't know exactly what's going on,
but I know we had to be here.
We ready to put on.
(indistinct chatter)
So there's still a little tension in the room.
And you can feel it with KP and Tim there.
Compton (bleep) like I ain't the (bleep) from the hood too?
- Cuz, I'll knock your (bleep), (bleep).
- I'm not doing this. I quit.
- Y'all don't wanna be here, y'all can just leave.
- Well, I wish you guys the best.
- I ain't gon' let no tension get in the way
of me building relationships with bosses out here.
So whatever Ceaser got lined up, I'm gon' put my focus on that.
- Oh, there you go. Ooh!
- Hey, now. - I might as well take this one too!
- Hey, yo!
- Walking into this event with Jay by my side feels amazing.
Everybody knows Jay, so I don't know why anybody
will have a problem with it.
But if somebody have a problem with it...
- Breezy! One, two, three, push!
- Hello, guys! - What the (bleep)?
(all screaming)
- So wait a second! - Oh! Ohh!
I'm happy for y'all, yo! That's what's up.
- What's up? Hey. That's what's up.
- There's a baby!
I'm really shocked to see this,
because I'm like...
- Rok is such a liar!
Rok was the first one to know because he said,
"Yo, I saw Jay Rock with Bae in the car
and they was kissing." - Listen, listen.
- Did you not tell me that? - I don't be getting
into people's relationships.
- Last time we was here, he was like, "I'ma get her."
- (screams) - Thank you, thank you!
- And you got her!
- I mean, everybody at the party seems fine.
We're saying hi. I don't know why it was a big deal before.
We work at Black Ink.
This is the normalest relationship
y'all have ever experienced.
- Set it up again, baby. - Set it up again?
- Yeah. - Y'all 'bout to get freaky?
- Yeah. - That's nasty.
Bae and Jay? Okay.
This is public-public. Like it's not just public.
It's public-public.
- ♪♪ Yeah, homey, I'm just big bad, a rock star ♪♪
♪♪ Pull up with a big bag and pop off ♪♪
♪♪ Light 'em, smokin' big mad, that's not a joke ♪♪
♪♪ Came from the bottom, now we, we top-notch ♪♪
- This is my first step in my master plan.
Get everybody together.
(bleep), this is already history right here.
Now, next thing I got, y'all will not be prepared for.
- Okay. Black Ink after dark.
This (bleep) is all right, man.
- Ceas! - What's up?
- Ceaser! Boss man! - Listen, my bad
about the whole road trip (bleep), you know?
This girl-- - What exactly happened?
- We were driving down to Atlanta,
and we were probably like four or five hours in.
- It's like his name is Rocky, so he's like me in a way.
- And I guess he don't like... - He did a growl
and he did a quick snip. - Yeah, he bit me.
- But we dropped him off at the kennel
and we came straight here.
- Do y'all believe this bull(bleep)?
This little childish plan y'all had
of coming in late after everything is done?
I'm tired of people's bull(bleep), yo.
At the end of the day, man, we gotta change.
Look.
I fired everybody in this shop, yo.
Y'all not showing up on the first day,
I took that (bleep) as disrespectful.
We from different hoods. Guess what.
I think it's time for unity.
- I'ma (bleep) you up.
- You know I'm comin' for that ass, right?
- Whoever want these hands can get it.
- I'll take on everybody at this table.
- Phor, get his ass!
- (bleep) outta here, (bleep). - Time-out!
♪♪♪♪
- Look, I fired everybody in this shop, yo.
At the end of the day, I took that (bleep) as disrespectful,
y'all not showing up on the first day.
Y'all have to understand this is bigger than us.
Look, look around.
This is the black tattoo community
that all of us is in, yo.
And when y'all not here and show these people
we here as a unit, we look crazy.
Y'all part of this brand, act like it.
- I thought we was only coming here because, you know,
the Atlanta shop wasn't doing too good.
I had no clue that Ceaser really felt like this.
I feel really (bleep) up for letting Ceaser down
and, hopefully, I never do this (bleep) again.
My bad, Ceas.
- Let this (bleep) happen no more, yo.
- Yeah. I'm gonna get it together.
That wasn't professional at all.
I didn't carry myself professional.
- I mean, I'm glad you can admit that.
All right, let me go take care of this.
I'll talk to y'all later.
- Later.
- At least we're not fired.
- ♪♪ Sippin' juice and my change on me ♪♪
♪♪ Swag turned up got my chain on me ♪♪
- I didn't hear nothing you saying, you too damn pretty.
- Thank you. - Too damn pretty.
I didn't hear nothing.
I ain't gonna lie, the party was pretty decent.
You know, the ladies was up and up,
looking kind of, you know, decent, you know?
And Nessie don't look too bad herself, though.
- ♪♪ Sippin' juice and my change on me ♪♪
♪♪ Swag turned up got my chain on me ♪♪
- We can be-- we can be friendly, but, like--
- We can be friends? - Hello, everybody.
How everybody doing tonight?
(crowd cheering)
I wanna thank y'all.
I appreciate y'all.
This is why I'm doing what I'm doing.
It's not for individual glory.
It's for us, yo.
We from different hoods.
But guess what?
I think it's time for unity.
Tomorrow, we giving back to the community.
We're going to Miya Bailey's shop...
Not only one of the founding fathers of the whole
urban ink scene...
- I'm so proud of all y'all in here.
- What I've got planned for this weekend is really, really big.
It's gonna be something different,
but I guarantee by the end of everything,
y'all gonna see my big vision and my big dream.
(all cheering)
(man) - We're here!
- Here, here!
- All right, now let's turn up, B.
Bring the strippers out. - What?!
(all cheering)
(Ceaser) - Welcome to Black Ink: Atlanta, y'all, after dark.
♪♪♪♪
- Ceaser talks about helping the community in one breath
but then brings out the strippers in the next.
If this is how New York is getting down, I'm with it.
- I'm not really sure what I got myself into
coming out here this weekend,
but I know you just didn't invite us here
for these little events. What's really going on?
- ♪♪ Hey I'm a cool kid black mag BMX ♪♪♪♪
- What's up? What are you doing here?
(man) - I lost my job over this.
(all laughing)
- Man, me and my boy Jay, man, we go way back.
I never would've thought I would see him with Bae.
Man, this trip full of surprises.
- Wasn't Jay your producer?
- Wasn't he all our producers?
(Tatti laughing)
- It's just, like, a little weird.
I'm just happy my producer is married
so I don't have anything to worry about.
♪♪♪♪
- What's up, bro? Talk about, yo.
Y'all made it on my side now.
- I like it, I see what you did.
- Yeah, yo. - Elevate it.
- Above everything, you feel me?
- Look out. - You know?
- It ain't New York, though. - It ain't.
- What's up, baby?
(Ceaser) - Me and Ryan have been through a lot
but we're like brothers-- you feel me--
from different cities.
All I want him to do is win.
That's all I wanna see my black brothers do.
Win, bro!
- You ain't a New York (bleep) no more.
- I ain't saying I don't love New York,
but I feel like there's a whole bigger United States
for (bleep)s, you feel me?
Honestly, that's why I brought all y'all to here together.
I'm thinking of something big, you feel me?
I've got a plan and I'm keeping it real close to my chest.
But I think it's time to reshape the whole tattoo industry.
Tomorrow, while everybody's doing the social impacting
and whatnot, we're gonna put together a plan,
not individually but collectively.
- What you're doing is-- it's official, it's real.
- I'm with you if you wanna do it, you know what I'm saying?
Ceas, he's always been a big, big dreamer.
I'm excited to see what Ceas's got coming up.
I really don't know exactly what it is,
but I know he's got something up his ball-head-ass sleeve.
Okay, so that's tomorrow.
What are we doing tonight?
- Getting (bleep) up!
- Stop! - Ahh!
- Hey, I've got PTSD from that (bleep), man.
I don't wanna be...
(all laughing)
(man) - That's your man, bro.
(Ceaser) - What I need is a tattoo artist
to knock out this beautiful mural for us.
(Tatti) - Guys, we're killing it.
(man) - Now what's y'all thoughts about this side?
(Ceaser) - I ain't gonna lie, this wall...
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ Going in, going in, going in yeah ♪♪
♪♪ That's an alley-oop ♪♪
♪♪ That's a no-look pass man I'm finna shoot ♪♪
- Throughout the decades, black tattoo artists
have been mishandled not only by the tattoo industry
but the convention circuit itself.
We shouldn't be treated like this,
so this thing that I'm about to do is designed for us.
What up, y'all? - Hi!
- Welcome to Peters Street.
Some of y'all know this man right here.
New York, y'all definitely know this man.
This right here is Miya Bailey.
- How are y'all doing?
- For all you people that may have been under a rock
for the past 20 years, Miya Bailey is definitely
the godfather of this tattoo (bleep).
- Did you draw this today? - Yes.
Got some of the greats in and you've gotta go
a little hard, know what I mean?
(Puma) - Very nice, Spyder, very nice.
(Spyder) - I'm always excited to see what venture Miya is up to.
Like, he always got some (bleep) going on.
(Ceaser) - Tell us a little bit about where we are, Miya.
- Well, Peters Street Station, it was made in 1826.
So of course slaves built this building.
It had been abandoned since 1984.
So what we did was we just went hard,
funded the whole entire thing by tattooing,
selling paintings-- everything 100% selling art.
It's free for the community.
Any artist that needs a place to come and create,
we give that to 'em.
Anybody from everything we do, it's free for the community.
- I'm definitely impressed by Miya Bailey as an artist
and entrepreneur.
We need more leaders like that in our communities.
Miya's vision for Peters Street,
that's something I would love to do in Compton.
- This is the man that brought us here, Daylay.
- Daylay!
- Daylay, please explain to my crew.
- Welcome to Atlanta.
I represent an organization, Hosea Feed The Hungry,
making sure that homeless individuals can get some food
wherever they sleep.
- That's what I'm talking about, you know what I mean?
- Thank y'all, man.
- So, as y'all can see,
we got Compton in the building,
we got Chicago in the building,
we got New York in the building,
and we have a wall that's undone.
What I need is the tattoo artists
to knock out this beautiful mural for us.
I need the rest of the staff
to go help out with these canned goods
and make sure these families that support us
that we're supporting them.
And the bosses, I need to have a meeting with y'all real quick
in Miya's shop.
I got a crazy plan for us.
- ♪♪ This way that way ♪♪
♪♪ Switch it up now watch me ♪♪♪♪
- So I got four words for y'all--
reciprocity, integrity, humility and compassion.
I feel like these are the things that we need to show more of.
Let's pick a word, do your own style,
make it big, make it small, do your thing.
- Let's get it.
- ♪♪ Now watch me work, work, work watch me ♪♪
- One word right here, one word right there,
one word right there, they all, like, work together.
You get what I'm saying. - I'm gonna do "compassion."
(Spyder) - Yo, Al, we need something special up here.
This is for the win!
- ♪♪ Work, work, work ♪♪♪♪
- Yeah, that's lit, let's go!
♪♪♪♪
(Miya) - Y'all, welcome to Peters Street Station.
Come on in, man.
- Oh, this is nice.
- Yeah, man, it's the spot, y'all.
Oh, yeah, it was completely abandoned
and what I wanted to do is just use the materials
that was already here.
The whole entire thing was done by the community.
Like, literally, I just went on Instagram
and was like, "Who a carpenter?
Who do masonry?"
So the whole building, bought it for 450,000.
I put 190,000 in it.
Now it's worth a little bit over 2.2 million.
- Seeing the things that Miya has done with this building
has done nothing but inspire me.
If we can bring things like this to the city of Compton,
oh, man, this (bleep) could be something greater
than we ever dreamed.
(Miya) - Y'all, come on, follow me, man.
I like cartoons and (bleep),
so I got this little hidden door like Scooby-Doo and (bleep).
- Oh, (bleep). - What?
- Oh, (bleep).
- You know what?
We gotta get one of these in Black Ink.
- Yo... - The hidden gallery.
- Yo, this (bleep) is dope as (bleep), Miya.
- Thank you, man, appreciate it.
All these paintings are done by my apprentices out here.
- Wait, your apprentices did this?
- Yeah, all my tattoo apprentices...
- Oh, this is crazy. - ...each one of 'em.
- Taking this tour of Miya Bailey's building
and hearing what all the things he got going on
really set the stage to tell these guys my future plans.
This (bleep) dope, bro. - Thank you, brother, man.
- This (bleep) dope as (bleep), man.
- Thank you, man, I'm glad you like--
- Honestly, your vision is part of something that
I wanted to talk to y'all about.
I'm glad you're in the room
'cause I want you part of it too.
What Miya's been doing is something similar
to what I wanna do.
I want us as basically a collective.
Not only doing our own conventions,
we take the money, and as a collective,
we just buy buildings just like this.
Doing that (bleep) in Chicago, doing that in Compton
for our people who's struggling.
This is the real reason why I brought everybody together.
It ain't about Black Ink, it ain't about me.
It's about changing our community,
changing the world.
And I know it sounds crazy but don't think I lost it.
I ain't lose my marbles or nothing but--
(Teddy) - You sure?
- I'm sure.
Think about it, yo.
We could go all in them little black, poverty-stricken cities
and buy up blocks that we revive.
Not selling them back
but give it back to our people so they can live there, yo.
The gentrification done (bleep) this up.
Why we don't reverse it, yo?
Honest to God, you know who really showed me?
That man right there.
Man took me to Milwaukee.
I looked at Milwaukee like,
"What are we doing in Milwaukee?"
(Teddy chuckling)
- Communities everywhere can benefit from
this revitalization for future generations.
I'd love for them to see me and my colleagues
as pioneers and, you know,
people who weren't scared to take risks.
- So are we all in "agreeance," you know what I mean?
- Hell, yeah. - I'm with it.
- Yeah, totally down.
- We good with that?
- The bar is set, man, it's set.
- All right, let's get out of here.
Let's go see what the crew is doing, yo.
I hope they ain't mess up this mural, man.
(all laughing)
- We've got chicken, chicken. - Soup.
(woman) - Hello.
- Oh, more, more, oh, yes.
Thank you, thank you.
(Tatti) - Oh, my God.
Guys, we're killing it.
- Yes, yes. - We're killing it.
- Okay. - Okay.
♪♪♪♪
- That's pretty good. - That's dope.
- I like the "compassion."
Very good job, man.
- Yeah, that "compassion" look good.
- It feels real good to see the crew come together
to help the community.
These guys is really putting it down.
- Now what's y'all thoughts about this side?
♪♪♪♪
(Ceaser) - I ain't gonna lie...
...this wall-- - Mm-hmm.
- Is a wall. - Is a wall.
- It's a wall. - And a nice wall.
- Maybe I spoken too soon
and maybe this crew needs some help to, um, collaborate.
This might gotta get retouched
but overall the mural looks nice--
- Together, collectively?
- Together. - Right, right.
- Overall, janky mural aside,
what Ceas is doing with this can drive
and what it'll do for the community
will far outweigh the playing around that went on today.
- We've gotta give it up for ourselves, yo.
- Oh, (bleep).
- We've gotta give it up for ourselves,
you know what I mean?
That feeds a lot of families.
I've been working y'all all day, let's go eat.
And it's on-- it's on me, it's on me.
Yo, come on in, everybody.
(Teddy) - Where are we?
And what the (bleep) this?
Now y'all went crazy.
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ Uh hey pull the plug I'm charged up ♪♪
♪♪ And full speed to the top gonna crush hey ♪♪♪♪
- Can I get two cups of Hennessy?
- My man.
- What up, what up, what up?
- Picture. Come on, ladies.
- Ceaser definitely put a lot of thought into this
with the after-dark party, the can drive.
But I have a feeling that there's more to it than that.
- Oh, hey, guys. - What up, what up, what up?
♪♪♪♪
(Tatti) - Oh, hey.
- What's up, baby? - Oh, hey.
- Damn, this (bleep) looks crazy.
(Shogun) - I've been having a ball this weekend.
There's been a lot of curveballs so far,
so I'm pretty sure that Ceas got another
curveball before the end of this weekend.
- Could I have a bunch of ice?
- Can I get some pineapple in there?
- Wait your turn, buddy!
(laughter)
♪♪♪♪
- You've got the ice cream (bleep).
- Uh-oh...
(Ceaser) - This feels like a historic moment,
to see everybody here as a community,
as friends, as family.
I think I got one more trick up my sleeve.
I wanna thank everybody for today.
How did y'all feel about it?
- (Tatti) We killed that. - It was dope.
(Ceaser) - Going further, we're gonna be doing more things like this.
- Not murals. - Not...
(all laughing)
- Everybody, let's not stay on the negativity
and the negative (bleep).
I'm proud that everybody got to showcase that
we're just more than tattoo artists.
But I got a little something to say.
♪♪♪♪
I just feel like, as a collective,
we have to make sure that we stay sharp,
and I feel like to make sure that we all are--
how can you say it-- top-notch tattoo artists...
I decided to throw a contest.
- Oh, (bleep).
- Is it a Black Ink goddamn battle?
- Yes.
This is the battle of the titans, yo.
- What?!
- A battle again?!
- This is the type of (bleep) I am talking about.
- I told y'all mother(bleep) y'all better get ready!
- Now I'm in my element.
It's like a shark in water, baby.
- I'm here for it.
- Let's go, who I'm battling?
- It's my time, it's my time!
- We gotta make sure steel's sharper than steel.
This competition is gonna be different rounds
showcasing different talent.
I'm not gonna tell you everything
because I'm gonna surprise y'all.
- It's a Black Ink battle.
♪♪♪♪
- This year, whenever we had kind of discord
or chaos in the shop,
we kind of brought back the team spirit
with a little friendly competition.
- The competition starts now.
Game on!
(Krystal) - Cut the tension with a knife.
- Krystal won! (all cheering)
(Puma) - The battle of the sexes, though,
eh, it didn't go as planned, you know?
The girls' client wanted colors
and they didn't know what the hell they were doing.
- We're gonna have to change the narrative of Black Ink.
- It did help us see how far we strayed
from the Black Ink brand.
- We're never gonna leave Puma alone again--
- What the (bleep)?!
Eh, thank me later.
- Are we gonna have a trophy
so we can take it back to Compton?
- Said Compton?
(Tatti) - Whoa, confident.
- No, this is for all these mother(bleep) that
always talking about you're the best of the best.
- We all still gonna be cool after this (bleep), right?
- Yeah, we all gonna be cool. - I'm gonna (bleep) you up.
(all laughing)
(Ceaser) - That's what I'm talking about, yo.
- There's a lot talking and whispering in corners
about who does what and who's best at what,
and we got some heavy hitters on all three sides,
so, you know, it's like, hey...
what better way to know than to know?
Man, you see Bae down there?
(bleep) her up.
- You know I'm coming for that ass, right?
(all laughing)
(bleep).
She might like that...
- I'm gonna take you down, duh-duh-duh.
I mean, girl, if you want to, go ahead and do it.
- If you think you're cold, just come pick me.
- Oh...
- Right now, the Compton crew ain't seeing
eye to eye with everybody,
but when we out here, competing with other cities,
it ain't about what we got going on.
We gonna step on them (bleep)s.
(foot stomping)
- I'll take on everybody at this table.
What's up?
(all) - Ooh...
- Gonna (bleep) y'all up.
- Talking to you. - She's talking to you too!
- What you mean? - You at this table!
- No, I ain't. - Yes, you is.
- KP, I'm on your ass, I'm gunnin'.
- Oh, (bleep)!
- I don't care 'cause KP a boss owner.
Everybody fair game at this point.
Even Ceaser could get it.
- ♪♪ First I tatted Diddy then I tatted Nas ♪♪
♪♪ And when I get to heaven I'm gonna tattoo Pac (bleep) ♪♪♪♪
(all) - Oh...
- Thor, get his ass!
(all laughing)
- Y'all know I don't rock with everybody,
but if you come represent Compton,
we're gonna have to put our pride and ego aside
and represent.
- Now listen, I respect everybody at this table,
but whoever want this sauce...
- What? - ...speak now--
- Sauce? - Sauce?
(all shouting)
- I wanted to apologize.
I take that as-- on New York.
He gets an automatic check.
He has to shut up now.
Shut the (bleep) up, Rok.
They're more worried about your girl than you.
Yo, let's toast to this, yo.
This is crazy. - Enjoy the last supper.
(Ceaser) - Yeah, enjoy the last supper,
for tomorrow we fighting, yo.
(all) - Yay!
♪♪♪♪
(Ceaser) - Black Ink started out as one little shop in Harlem.
(static, indistinct shouting)
But that's history.
I'm thinking about the future.
And it's shaping up to be better than I could ever imagine.
So let the games begin.
(Puma) - We are the Black Ink.
(Tatti) - That's right.
- So y'all mother(bleep) can't lose, yo.
- I put on camo today, bro.
I'm going to war.
(Ryan) - For the last two days we've been bonding.
Now I want y'all to kick it in their ass.
- They're not even expecting us to come
how we're about to come.
(KP) - Underdogs... bet on us.
(Ceaser) - Now it's time to show off the house
that Black Ink built.
We just set a whole new bar.
A (bleep) just started this (bleep),
but it took a lot of people to carry on and (bleep).
It's all been building to this.
My plan is finally complete.
This is how we grow to the next level.
The takeover starts now.
Yo, come on in, everybody.
(Teddy) - Where are we?
And what the (bleep) this?
- Hey.
- Ay... (overlapping chatter)
(Teddy) - Who do y'all think you are?
But this is crazy.
- I want to welcome y'all
to Black Ink's Battle of the Tattoo Titans.
(crowd cheering)
(man) - Let's get ready to battle!
(applause)
(Puma) - This is history in the making,
ladies and gentlemen.
♪♪♪♪
Three cities coming together
to compete for the title of Tattoo Titan.
- Time starts now.
- You know what we here to do? - We winning!
- It's a (bleep) wrap for everybody in this joint.
(Ryan) - Man, he talking a lot of (bleep).
- I wanna see if he back it up.
- A'ight, folks, it's time to make the decision.
- So please welcome
my special guest judge...
Kat.
(cheering and applause)
- This was not an easy decision.
(intense music)
The winner is...
(intense music continues)
(all) - Whoa!
(Tatti) - Are you crazy?!
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ MTV ♪♪