1 00:00:02,469 --> 00:00:04,938 (distant siren wails) 2 00:00:05,005 --> 00:00:07,474 (Ceaser) Ten years ago, we all came together 3 00:00:07,541 --> 00:00:09,810 'cause we shared a dream to get out the hood. 4 00:00:11,512 --> 00:00:14,848 - Welcome to Harlem, USA, this is Black Ink. 5 00:00:14,915 --> 00:00:16,650 (Ceaser) Yeah, we fought, we struggled... 6 00:00:16,717 --> 00:00:19,286 I believed in you, my (bleep)! 7 00:00:19,353 --> 00:00:20,521 - Money don't mean (bleep)! 8 00:00:20,587 --> 00:00:23,223 - (bleep)! (bleep)! Mother(bleep)! 9 00:00:23,290 --> 00:00:25,225 ...but we all knew what the dream were. 10 00:00:25,292 --> 00:00:27,127 ♪♪♪♪ 11 00:00:27,194 --> 00:00:30,464 I wanna welcome everybody to Black Ink 125th, 12 00:00:30,531 --> 00:00:33,367 Atlanta, Milwaukee, Brooklyn! 13 00:00:33,433 --> 00:00:35,869 I wanna welcome y'all to Black Ink's 14 00:00:35,936 --> 00:00:38,572 battle of the tattoo titans. - (Puma) I didn't think 15 00:00:38,639 --> 00:00:40,340 we were gonna get this (bleep) going on, 113th. 16 00:00:40,407 --> 00:00:42,643 - This is what we worked for. 17 00:00:42,709 --> 00:00:45,512 (Ceaser) But I'm still hungry, yo. 18 00:00:45,579 --> 00:00:48,348 I see there's even higher mountains I have to climb. 19 00:00:48,415 --> 00:00:50,450 - ♪♪ Can't hear a sound ♪♪ 20 00:00:50,517 --> 00:00:53,654 ♪♪ If your heart's on your sleeve ♪♪ 21 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:55,789 ♪♪ You're going down ♪♪ 22 00:00:55,856 --> 00:00:58,959 ♪♪ Down, down ♪♪ 23 00:00:59,026 --> 00:01:01,261 (Ceaser) These next couple of months are gonna 24 00:01:01,328 --> 00:01:02,796 make or break Black Ink 25 00:01:02,863 --> 00:01:06,667 and determine who's gonna be there at the end. 26 00:01:06,733 --> 00:01:09,036 ♪♪♪♪ 27 00:01:09,102 --> 00:01:11,705 (rewinding) 28 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:14,474 (cell phone vibrates) 29 00:01:14,541 --> 00:01:17,211 - Just got a text of something with Ceas. 30 00:01:17,277 --> 00:01:19,346 - It's a video? - Yeah. 31 00:01:19,413 --> 00:01:20,681 - (gasps) 32 00:01:22,115 --> 00:01:23,550 - What was he thinking? 33 00:01:23,617 --> 00:01:25,152 - I don't believe this (bleep), bruh. 34 00:01:25,219 --> 00:01:28,789 ♪♪♪♪ 35 00:01:36,363 --> 00:01:39,032 - We've all made our mistakes, but I think this is the one 36 00:01:39,099 --> 00:01:41,902 that might actually end this whole (bleep), man. 37 00:01:41,969 --> 00:01:43,303 (Puma) It's crazy that it took 38 00:01:43,370 --> 00:01:45,172 ten years to build our empire. 39 00:01:45,239 --> 00:01:48,408 And in 30 seconds, destroy it. 40 00:01:57,751 --> 00:02:01,855 ♪♪♪♪ 41 00:02:01,922 --> 00:02:04,825 (rewinding) 42 00:02:04,892 --> 00:02:08,862 ♪♪♪♪ 43 00:02:08,929 --> 00:02:11,031 - ♪♪ Lights, cameras, I'm ready for showtime ♪♪ 44 00:02:11,098 --> 00:02:13,200 ♪♪ I picture these -- and I -- in my own mind ♪♪ 45 00:02:13,267 --> 00:02:15,102 ♪♪ In my own mind ♪♪ 46 00:02:15,169 --> 00:02:17,638 ♪♪♪♪ 47 00:02:17,704 --> 00:02:19,907 ♪♪ Got my money up to the edge to a dollar sign ♪♪ 48 00:02:19,973 --> 00:02:22,409 ♪♪ I'ma be a promoter like it's bottle time ♪♪ 49 00:02:22,476 --> 00:02:26,313 ♪♪♪♪ 50 00:02:26,380 --> 00:02:30,717 (all cheering) 51 00:02:30,784 --> 00:02:32,920 (Puma) Yo, it's been ten whole years? 52 00:02:32,986 --> 00:02:35,155 (cheers continue) 53 00:02:36,657 --> 00:02:38,992 (Quani) Oh, I got my own goblet! 54 00:02:39,059 --> 00:02:41,195 - Let's go put some alcohol in it. 55 00:02:41,261 --> 00:02:42,696 Ten years, Black Ink? 56 00:02:42,763 --> 00:02:44,932 It's amazing that we're still here. 57 00:02:44,998 --> 00:02:46,533 So, ladies, fellas, 58 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:48,135 it's time for a mother(bleep) celebration. 59 00:02:48,202 --> 00:02:50,871 - Hip, hip, hooray! - Yeah, hip, hip, hooray! 60 00:02:50,938 --> 00:02:53,006 - ♪♪ A-Ain't nobody touchin' this ♪♪ 61 00:02:53,073 --> 00:02:55,275 ♪♪ Ain't nobody touchin' this, not even close ♪♪ 62 00:02:55,342 --> 00:02:58,478 ♪♪♪♪ 63 00:02:58,545 --> 00:03:00,814 - This is good as a back scratch. 64 00:03:00,881 --> 00:03:03,116 - (Ted) This is fire, bro. - (Puma) Ten years. 65 00:03:03,183 --> 00:03:05,219 - When I first walked in, like, I was just looking at 66 00:03:05,285 --> 00:03:07,821 all of them, it's like, I remember that was us. 67 00:03:07,888 --> 00:03:09,389 - Let's have a (bleep) party, yo. 68 00:03:09,456 --> 00:03:13,627 (all cheering) 69 00:03:13,694 --> 00:03:16,463 (Sky) Make 'em feel your vibe a little bit! 70 00:03:16,530 --> 00:03:19,366 - I'm drunk and I don't know what I'm doing. 71 00:03:19,433 --> 00:03:21,301 - Now where the (bleep) is Ceas at? 72 00:03:21,368 --> 00:03:25,973 ♪♪♪♪ 73 00:03:28,475 --> 00:03:29,910 (woman) Babe, what you doin'? 74 00:03:29,977 --> 00:03:31,645 - I'm thinkin' about wearing this bad boy there, 75 00:03:31,712 --> 00:03:32,880 you know what I mean? - Wait, wait, wait. 76 00:03:32,946 --> 00:03:34,615 You wearing the belt to the party? 77 00:03:34,681 --> 00:03:36,483 - I need a belt for my outfit. 78 00:03:36,550 --> 00:03:39,019 - (laughter) - What, you don't think so? 79 00:03:39,086 --> 00:03:40,787 - You not wearin' that (bleep) tonight. 80 00:03:40,854 --> 00:03:46,260 - I am the official tattoo titan champion. 81 00:03:46,326 --> 00:03:49,530 I'm about to celebrate ten years with my day-ones 82 00:03:49,596 --> 00:03:50,864 from Black Ink, 83 00:03:50,931 --> 00:03:54,334 and I got my lady back. - Cheers! 84 00:03:54,401 --> 00:03:55,769 - I'm not gonna tell you no lie, y'all. 85 00:03:55,836 --> 00:03:58,772 Last time you seen me and Suzette, it was over. 86 00:03:58,839 --> 00:04:00,741 But I took my mom's advice. 87 00:04:00,807 --> 00:04:04,211 - It's not easy, but we still cannot give up. 88 00:04:04,278 --> 00:04:06,113 - We've been back together four months now 89 00:04:06,180 --> 00:04:08,715 and we both decided we've got issues to work out. 90 00:04:08,782 --> 00:04:12,052 Plus, I think Suzette missed that Ceaser magic touch, 91 00:04:12,119 --> 00:04:13,420 if you know what I mean. 92 00:04:13,487 --> 00:04:15,088 Hurry up and get dressed, don't make us late. 93 00:04:15,155 --> 00:04:16,823 You know how you do. - There you go, it be you. 94 00:04:16,890 --> 00:04:19,560 Gotta dye your beard and shave your scalp 95 00:04:19,626 --> 00:04:21,028 and all that other (bleep) you be doin'. 96 00:04:21,094 --> 00:04:22,930 ♪♪♪♪ 97 00:04:22,996 --> 00:04:24,431 - (Puma) Playa! - (Spyder) Know what, 98 00:04:24,498 --> 00:04:26,967 boy, you lookin' smoother than your next door neighbor. 99 00:04:27,034 --> 00:04:28,335 - Wait, wait, what is that? 100 00:04:28,402 --> 00:04:30,971 Velvet? Oh, God damnit! - Velvet! 101 00:04:31,038 --> 00:04:32,706 As one of the newest artists here, 102 00:04:32,773 --> 00:04:34,675 I'm super honored to be in the building 103 00:04:34,741 --> 00:04:36,510 and be around for this crazy milestone. 104 00:04:36,577 --> 00:04:38,378 After my health scare last year, 105 00:04:38,445 --> 00:04:39,813 I'm ready to seize the day, 106 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:41,949 and it's given me a fire and the fuel to go 107 00:04:42,015 --> 00:04:44,117 20 more years with this Black Ink (bleep), ya heard? 108 00:04:44,184 --> 00:04:45,919 - Wait, can we take shots off this hoe? 109 00:04:45,986 --> 00:04:47,387 (man) It's a straw! 110 00:04:47,454 --> 00:04:48,722 There is a shot out of it! 111 00:04:48,789 --> 00:04:51,358 (overlapping shouting) 112 00:04:51,425 --> 00:04:53,560 - Alright, I'm getting up here. - It's a Puma production! 113 00:04:53,627 --> 00:04:55,429 - Come on, Bae, you gotta start it up. 114 00:04:55,495 --> 00:04:57,331 (overlapping shouting) 115 00:04:57,397 --> 00:04:59,700 (all chanting) Bae! Bae! Bae! 116 00:04:59,766 --> 00:05:01,602 (all cheering) 117 00:05:01,668 --> 00:05:05,138 - When I first arrived at Black Ink, I was a wild child. 118 00:05:05,205 --> 00:05:06,306 Popping out of a cake... 119 00:05:06,373 --> 00:05:08,475 Let's party, bitches! 120 00:05:08,542 --> 00:05:10,744 ...poppin' off at parties... 121 00:05:10,811 --> 00:05:12,946 What the (bleep) is this bull(bleep), for real? 122 00:05:13,013 --> 00:05:15,649 ...but now, only thing I'm crazy about 123 00:05:15,716 --> 00:05:19,386 is my son Niko and giving him everything that I've never had. 124 00:05:19,453 --> 00:05:21,655 - Who's next? 125 00:05:21,722 --> 00:05:23,590 - (stammering) I'll do it, I'll do it. 126 00:05:23,657 --> 00:05:25,792 - Oh, everybody take cover. 127 00:05:25,859 --> 00:05:27,528 - What, a girl can't celebrate 128 00:05:27,594 --> 00:05:29,429 after all that trouble I had last year? 129 00:05:29,496 --> 00:05:32,032 (reporter) He shipped three kilos of cocaine 130 00:05:32,099 --> 00:05:34,501 to co-defendant Tatiana Ritter. 131 00:05:34,568 --> 00:05:36,503 - Then I got some amazing news 132 00:05:36,570 --> 00:05:38,005 that changed everything for me. 133 00:05:38,071 --> 00:05:40,340 (lawyer) We've negotiated an offer that does not 134 00:05:40,407 --> 00:05:42,009 include any jail time. 135 00:05:42,075 --> 00:05:44,144 - Oh, my God! 136 00:05:44,211 --> 00:05:46,146 I did get five years probation, so right now, 137 00:05:46,213 --> 00:05:47,981 I'm just focused on staying out of trouble 138 00:05:48,048 --> 00:05:50,250 and becoming Black Ink's newest apprentice. 139 00:05:50,317 --> 00:05:51,952 - So I'm giving you three months. 140 00:05:52,019 --> 00:05:53,921 You gonna learn what you can from Spyder, 141 00:05:53,987 --> 00:05:55,856 and even if he gets annoyed, that means you doin' a good job 142 00:05:55,923 --> 00:05:57,824 because you need to learn. 143 00:05:57,891 --> 00:05:59,893 - So I got a lot to celebrate tonight. 144 00:05:59,960 --> 00:06:01,261 - Make sure you drink some water. 145 00:06:01,328 --> 00:06:02,863 You know what I'm saying? - (slurping) 146 00:06:02,930 --> 00:06:05,165 - So, I've heard you and Krystal opened a shop? 147 00:06:05,232 --> 00:06:06,867 - Yeah, it took like, a year. You gotta pull up... 148 00:06:06,934 --> 00:06:09,269 - Yeah, I got to... - I need all y'all to pull up. 149 00:06:09,336 --> 00:06:11,672 So basically, me and Krystal have been working on opening 150 00:06:11,738 --> 00:06:13,340 our own shop in Bayonne, New Jersey 151 00:06:13,407 --> 00:06:14,408 for the past year. 152 00:06:14,474 --> 00:06:15,676 It's called Gods of Ink, 153 00:06:15,742 --> 00:06:17,578 and so far, it's really booming 154 00:06:17,644 --> 00:06:18,946 - That's a dope step, ya' mean? 155 00:06:19,012 --> 00:06:20,881 - Congratulations, bro. - That's a dope step. 156 00:06:20,948 --> 00:06:22,883 - It's been a crazy busy time, 157 00:06:22,950 --> 00:06:24,751 but I'm excited for the future. 158 00:06:24,818 --> 00:06:26,453 - I'm proud of y'all. 159 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:28,121 - ♪♪ So when you great like this, they talk about you ♪♪ 160 00:06:28,188 --> 00:06:31,124 ♪♪ When you great, they talk about you ♪♪ 161 00:06:31,191 --> 00:06:33,260 ♪♪♪♪ 162 00:06:33,327 --> 00:06:35,696 ♪♪ Climb so high, it's our moment ♪♪ 163 00:06:35,762 --> 00:06:38,498 ♪♪ It's our time, lets own it ♪♪ 164 00:06:38,565 --> 00:06:40,100 ♪♪ Gon' stay on top ♪♪ 165 00:06:40,167 --> 00:06:42,135 - (Puma) Hey! - (Bae) Oh, my God, yes! 166 00:06:42,202 --> 00:06:44,304 (all exclaiming) 167 00:06:44,371 --> 00:06:46,006 - That's a good coat. 168 00:06:46,073 --> 00:06:48,141 Look at this, it looks like Ceas 169 00:06:48,208 --> 00:06:50,744 finally might be catching up to me with the drip. 170 00:06:50,811 --> 00:06:52,446 We've come a long way. 171 00:06:52,513 --> 00:06:53,814 (bleep), look at myself. 172 00:06:53,881 --> 00:06:55,315 I got a house in Atlanta, 173 00:06:55,382 --> 00:06:56,817 I got a wife, I got a dog, 174 00:06:56,884 --> 00:06:59,253 I got a record label, I'm in movies. 175 00:06:59,319 --> 00:07:02,055 Not bad for Black Ink's resident couch sitter. 176 00:07:02,122 --> 00:07:04,057 - Yo, the freshest penguin in the igloo. 177 00:07:04,124 --> 00:07:05,592 - Wait, hold up, hold up, hold up. 178 00:07:05,659 --> 00:07:06,994 You outside? 179 00:07:07,060 --> 00:07:08,462 - (bleep), I'm single. 180 00:07:08,529 --> 00:07:10,797 If you haven't heard, me and Donna are done. 181 00:07:10,864 --> 00:07:12,466 I ignored a lot of red flags. 182 00:07:12,533 --> 00:07:14,902 And before I knew it, I had lost myself and put 183 00:07:14,968 --> 00:07:16,803 my dreams on the shelf to please Donna. 184 00:07:16,870 --> 00:07:18,539 - So that's why you actin' like this. 185 00:07:18,605 --> 00:07:20,474 You actin' like a free man! 186 00:07:20,541 --> 00:07:23,644 - Since my break up, I've been getting back to the real me, 187 00:07:23,710 --> 00:07:27,581 and, you know, just elevatin' as the Vagina Slayer. 188 00:07:27,648 --> 00:07:29,850 - Wait, wait, she not hidin' in the bushes or nothin'... 189 00:07:29,917 --> 00:07:32,186 - I would hope not. If she is, let me know. 190 00:07:32,252 --> 00:07:34,321 (laughter) 191 00:07:34,388 --> 00:07:35,956 - Yo, you (bleep) get over here, yo. 192 00:07:36,023 --> 00:07:38,025 I gotta holla at y'all real quick. 193 00:07:38,091 --> 00:07:39,960 I wanna just tell everybody thank you 194 00:07:40,027 --> 00:07:41,195 for coming out tonight. 195 00:07:41,261 --> 00:07:43,263 It's ten years in the making. 196 00:07:43,330 --> 00:07:46,133 We went from a small shop on 113th 197 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:49,169 to several shops, and more on the way. 198 00:07:49,236 --> 00:07:51,572 Some of y'all, I don't know back in the old days 199 00:07:51,638 --> 00:07:52,773 if y'all had made it... 200 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:54,474 - Yeah, Rok. - (music sting) 201 00:07:54,541 --> 00:07:56,143 - But it's a new era. 202 00:07:56,210 --> 00:07:58,478 So, let's talk about right now. 203 00:07:58,545 --> 00:08:02,149 I'm proud of us, and let's get another ten years in, yo. 204 00:08:02,216 --> 00:08:04,218 (Ceaser) In order to spread the success, 205 00:08:04,284 --> 00:08:06,386 you gotta spread the responsibility. 206 00:08:06,453 --> 00:08:09,523 Listen, it ain't about me, it's about elevatin' 207 00:08:09,590 --> 00:08:13,126 the next generation and pushin' the OGs even higher. 208 00:08:13,193 --> 00:08:14,761 Let's celebrate the good times, 209 00:08:14,828 --> 00:08:16,997 because tomorrow, we gon' have to get back to work. 210 00:08:17,064 --> 00:08:19,266 My day-ones are my foundation. 211 00:08:19,333 --> 00:08:21,969 And this next generation are hungry and ready 212 00:08:22,035 --> 00:08:24,371 to take over the world. 213 00:08:24,438 --> 00:08:26,440 - To Black Ink! - (all) To Black Ink! 214 00:08:26,507 --> 00:08:29,009 (all cheering) 215 00:08:29,076 --> 00:08:30,978 - ♪♪ I got it, baby ♪♪ 216 00:08:31,044 --> 00:08:33,480 ♪♪ I'm makin' it to the top, baby ♪♪ 217 00:08:33,547 --> 00:08:36,450 ♪♪ I delivered the pop-up entertainment ♪♪ 218 00:08:36,517 --> 00:08:38,652 ♪♪ Not them in the least, I got it, baby ♪♪ 219 00:08:38,719 --> 00:08:39,987 (Spyder) Tatti, what's up, baby? 220 00:08:40,053 --> 00:08:41,989 You movin' a little slow. - Oh, my God. 221 00:08:42,055 --> 00:08:43,757 - I don't care if you're hungover or anything like that. 222 00:08:43,824 --> 00:08:45,092 Need this wiped down and set up, 223 00:08:45,158 --> 00:08:47,094 we got a busy day. - Okay, I got you. 224 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:48,629 - Same (bleep). - Let me just get 225 00:08:48,695 --> 00:08:50,063 this little corner. 226 00:08:50,130 --> 00:08:51,532 Now that I've stepped down from management, 227 00:08:51,598 --> 00:08:54,067 I can solely focus on my apprenticeship 228 00:08:54,134 --> 00:08:56,537 and give Black Ink the best damn apprentice 229 00:08:56,603 --> 00:08:57,938 they've ever had... 230 00:08:58,005 --> 00:08:59,773 Listen, I am not afraid to work hard. 231 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:02,809 ...so that when I revisit the conversation with Ceaser 232 00:09:02,876 --> 00:09:04,511 about having my own Black Ink, 233 00:09:04,578 --> 00:09:07,614 the only answer he can give me is yes. 234 00:09:07,681 --> 00:09:09,483 - I need green soap, Tatti. 235 00:09:09,550 --> 00:09:10,984 ♪♪♪♪ 236 00:09:11,051 --> 00:09:13,187 Green soap, paper towels, saran wrap. 237 00:09:13,253 --> 00:09:15,189 You got all of that? - Green soap, paper towels, 238 00:09:15,255 --> 00:09:17,691 and saran wrap. - Oh, oh, witch hazel. 239 00:09:17,758 --> 00:09:19,426 (Bucks) Sanitize after the setup. 240 00:09:19,493 --> 00:09:21,662 - Things gotta be wrapped up, things gotta be sprayed down. 241 00:09:21,728 --> 00:09:23,297 - Let's just get this trash outta the way. 242 00:09:23,363 --> 00:09:24,865 - We don't mix up the paper towels. 243 00:09:24,932 --> 00:09:26,200 (bleep) is unacceptable. 244 00:09:26,266 --> 00:09:27,267 (Tatti) Anything else? 245 00:09:27,334 --> 00:09:29,336 - Yeah, clean the bathroom. 246 00:09:29,403 --> 00:09:33,073 (tense music) 247 00:09:33,140 --> 00:09:36,476 - Every apprentice that has been taught by someone 248 00:09:36,543 --> 00:09:38,846 has cleaned the bathroom. 249 00:09:38,912 --> 00:09:42,149 The bathroom is the rite of passage. 250 00:09:42,216 --> 00:09:45,953 - Oh, my God. - Thank you, Tatti. 251 00:09:47,154 --> 00:09:49,289 (Ceaser) Bucks, how's that tattoo coming? 252 00:09:49,356 --> 00:09:51,391 - I'm almost done, I just gotta do the shading. 253 00:09:51,458 --> 00:09:53,360 - Lemme see? 254 00:09:54,695 --> 00:09:56,697 Yeah, looks pretty good. 255 00:09:56,763 --> 00:09:58,031 Lemme grab my gloves 256 00:09:58,098 --> 00:10:00,067 and show you how to shade correctly. 257 00:10:00,133 --> 00:10:01,602 'Cause you might (bleep) with the end. 258 00:10:01,668 --> 00:10:02,769 Hello. - Hey. 259 00:10:02,836 --> 00:10:03,904 - Hey, boss man. - Y'all seen 260 00:10:03,971 --> 00:10:05,706 Ted and Puma today? 261 00:10:05,772 --> 00:10:07,074 - Not today, boss. 262 00:10:07,140 --> 00:10:09,009 - That's (bleep) up. 263 00:10:09,076 --> 00:10:10,744 - So today's the big day for Buck. 264 00:10:10,811 --> 00:10:13,614 The boss man Ceaser's pulling up to give him some lessons, 265 00:10:13,680 --> 00:10:15,415 you know what I mean, and if he got the skills 266 00:10:15,482 --> 00:10:17,050 to pay the bills then he might change him 267 00:10:17,117 --> 00:10:19,253 from apprentice to tattoo artist full-time. 268 00:10:19,319 --> 00:10:22,289 - Now, I'm gonna do one of them, you're gonna do the next one. 269 00:10:22,356 --> 00:10:23,490 - Okay. 270 00:10:23,557 --> 00:10:25,893 ♪♪♪♪ 271 00:10:25,959 --> 00:10:27,794 - Leave that little gap between there and there 272 00:10:27,861 --> 00:10:29,296 so it shows dimension. 273 00:10:29,363 --> 00:10:30,297 ♪♪♪♪ 274 00:10:30,364 --> 00:10:31,632 (Ceaser) Bucks is a hard worker. 275 00:10:31,698 --> 00:10:33,834 He don't miss a day, he ain't never late, 276 00:10:33,901 --> 00:10:37,971 and he's proven his loyalty to Black Ink over and over again. 277 00:10:38,038 --> 00:10:40,073 Now, you see how I'm bringing out dimensions 278 00:10:40,140 --> 00:10:42,809 and it's starting to look 3-D? 279 00:10:42,876 --> 00:10:44,111 That's what you want. 280 00:10:44,178 --> 00:10:46,446 (Ceaser) I wanna reward workers like Buck. 281 00:10:46,513 --> 00:10:49,183 They got a purpose. They purpose is to take us 282 00:10:49,249 --> 00:10:51,318 into the next generation of Black Ink. 283 00:10:51,385 --> 00:10:53,353 - You got it? - I got it. 284 00:10:53,420 --> 00:10:56,423 - Finish it up and I'll come back and see how you did. 285 00:10:56,490 --> 00:10:59,493 ♪♪♪♪ 286 00:11:02,129 --> 00:11:05,065 - Yo, Ceas, I'm done, bro. 287 00:11:05,132 --> 00:11:08,302 - Already? - Yeah. 288 00:11:08,368 --> 00:11:10,737 - Oh, Lord, pray for young Buck. 289 00:11:10,804 --> 00:11:13,574 (tense music) 290 00:11:17,077 --> 00:11:18,378 It's pretty clean. 291 00:11:18,445 --> 00:11:20,113 (Spyder) Yo, Bucks, that's tight. 292 00:11:20,180 --> 00:11:22,216 (Ceaser) How you feel about your tattoo? 293 00:11:22,282 --> 00:11:24,985 - I love it. - Ooh! 294 00:11:25,052 --> 00:11:26,820 - Buck, you know what, 295 00:11:26,887 --> 00:11:30,257 I think we all can agree... 296 00:11:30,324 --> 00:11:32,759 you are no longer AP, 297 00:11:32,826 --> 00:11:34,595 you are a tattoo artist. 298 00:11:34,661 --> 00:11:39,366 (all cheering) 299 00:11:41,335 --> 00:11:43,036 (Ceaser) To celebrate this great occasion, 300 00:11:43,103 --> 00:11:45,205 I think we need to have like, 301 00:11:45,272 --> 00:11:46,840 a graduation ceremony. - A graduation? 302 00:11:46,907 --> 00:11:48,542 - Graduation ceremony, what? 303 00:11:48,609 --> 00:11:50,410 (Ceaser) Look, I'm proud of Bucks. 304 00:11:50,477 --> 00:11:52,913 (bleep), I'm proud of a lot of the newbies. 305 00:11:52,980 --> 00:11:54,948 And this graduation is gonna be perfect 306 00:11:55,015 --> 00:11:57,751 to showcase what's good with Black Ink 307 00:11:57,818 --> 00:11:59,086 and what needs to change. 308 00:11:59,152 --> 00:12:00,888 - His future is just as bright as his teeth. 309 00:12:00,954 --> 00:12:02,022 (laughter) 310 00:12:02,089 --> 00:12:04,291 (Bucks) I like that. 311 00:12:04,358 --> 00:12:06,426 - Have you even been to the Indianapolis shop? 312 00:12:06,493 --> 00:12:08,862 - No, I've-- I have never gotten the chance. 313 00:12:08,929 --> 00:12:11,231 - That's your responsibility. 314 00:12:11,298 --> 00:12:13,233 - Hey, Breezy. - I'm still missing 315 00:12:13,300 --> 00:12:15,402 Milwaukee's numbers and Indianapolis. 316 00:12:15,469 --> 00:12:17,004 - That's Ted and Puma's shop. 317 00:12:17,070 --> 00:12:18,805 These mother(bleep) been letting me down 318 00:12:18,872 --> 00:12:20,140 time and time again. 319 00:12:20,207 --> 00:12:22,743 This is not how it's supposed to be. 320 00:12:22,809 --> 00:12:24,845 You and you slackin'. 321 00:12:24,912 --> 00:12:27,247 If y'all don't pick up what y'all supposed to pick up, 322 00:12:27,314 --> 00:12:30,317 y'all can do your own thing without Black Ink. 323 00:12:37,491 --> 00:12:40,494 ♪♪ (women vocalizing) ♪♪ 324 00:12:40,561 --> 00:12:44,631 ♪♪♪♪ 325 00:12:44,698 --> 00:12:47,701 - (Quani sighing) - (Puma) Hey. 326 00:12:47,768 --> 00:12:49,937 - Finally get to chill out. 327 00:12:50,003 --> 00:12:51,605 - Yeah. 328 00:12:51,672 --> 00:12:53,407 For at least a brief moment. 329 00:12:53,473 --> 00:12:55,642 - Uh, while the monster takes a nap. 330 00:12:55,709 --> 00:12:57,044 - Being a parent, they always tell you 331 00:12:57,110 --> 00:12:59,947 to look out for, you know, the terrible twos. 332 00:13:00,013 --> 00:13:02,015 But people gotta stop lying to everybody 333 00:13:02,082 --> 00:13:04,151 and talk about the horrible threes. 334 00:13:04,218 --> 00:13:06,253 Zaiden's a little different. - He's his father. 335 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:09,456 (Puma) He runs around all over the place. 336 00:13:09,523 --> 00:13:10,924 Nonstop. 337 00:13:10,991 --> 00:13:12,826 I worry about my son, but then at the same time, 338 00:13:12,893 --> 00:13:15,095 honestly, I do worry about Tamia too because 339 00:13:15,162 --> 00:13:17,631 we gotta make sure we give her attention and-- 340 00:13:17,698 --> 00:13:18,866 - Yeah. - I don't know if I'd 341 00:13:18,932 --> 00:13:20,000 be annoying the hell out of her... 342 00:13:20,067 --> 00:13:21,468 - You do, but she loves you, 343 00:13:21,535 --> 00:13:23,003 so she's not gonna tell you that you annoy her. 344 00:13:23,070 --> 00:13:24,037 I'm like, Daddy's kind of annoying, right? 345 00:13:24,104 --> 00:13:25,639 She's like, "Mmm." - Good. 346 00:13:25,706 --> 00:13:27,875 It's been good, man, just been a lot. 347 00:13:27,941 --> 00:13:29,776 The anniversary party was kinda cool. 348 00:13:29,843 --> 00:13:31,345 - Yeah, it was cool, 349 00:13:31,411 --> 00:13:33,180 but I don't think we need another Ceaser speech. 350 00:13:33,247 --> 00:13:36,717 - Lately, Ceaser's been all business all the damn time. 351 00:13:36,783 --> 00:13:38,819 And I get it, it makes sense. 352 00:13:38,886 --> 00:13:42,322 But not everybody can put that much energy 353 00:13:42,389 --> 00:13:43,657 into the Black Ink brand. 354 00:13:43,724 --> 00:13:46,159 Sometimes his determination makes him blind 355 00:13:46,226 --> 00:13:47,961 to everything else that's going on in... 356 00:13:48,028 --> 00:13:49,663 - Yeah, because he's worried about him. 357 00:13:49,730 --> 00:13:51,064 He has his face in every single shop. 358 00:13:51,131 --> 00:13:54,701 ♪♪♪♪ 359 00:13:54,768 --> 00:13:55,769 - Wait, where my picture? 360 00:13:55,836 --> 00:13:57,771 At least a cutout. 361 00:13:57,838 --> 00:13:59,806 - He's thinking about himself. - Yeah. 362 00:13:59,873 --> 00:14:00,974 - He's not thinking about what's going on 363 00:14:01,041 --> 00:14:02,442 with the rest of you guys. 364 00:14:02,509 --> 00:14:04,211 But you can't really fault someone for wanting... 365 00:14:04,278 --> 00:14:06,113 - Nah, I can't. - For wanting to be 366 00:14:06,180 --> 00:14:07,781 the best that they can be, it's just that he has 367 00:14:07,848 --> 00:14:09,416 to be understanding to what's happening around him. 368 00:14:09,483 --> 00:14:11,451 - Yeah, but I bet he's feeling a way about me 369 00:14:11,518 --> 00:14:12,886 and the Indianapolis shop. 370 00:14:12,953 --> 00:14:14,354 - Have you even been to the Indianapolis shop? 371 00:14:14,421 --> 00:14:17,457 - No, I-I have never gotten a chance to 372 00:14:17,524 --> 00:14:19,793 'cause you gotta understand how the timing of it all went. 373 00:14:19,860 --> 00:14:22,062 So we're all at a convention in Philadelphia. 374 00:14:22,129 --> 00:14:24,698 You know, the one that was all that chaos... 375 00:14:24,765 --> 00:14:25,866 - You ain't gonna play with me, (bleep). 376 00:14:25,933 --> 00:14:27,367 - I'ma go crazy... 377 00:14:27,434 --> 00:14:29,036 - Yeah, that one. 378 00:14:29,102 --> 00:14:30,404 Well, while we were there, 379 00:14:30,470 --> 00:14:32,406 a young man came up to me and wanted us 380 00:14:32,472 --> 00:14:33,974 to collaborate on his shop. 381 00:14:34,041 --> 00:14:36,710 He was already established, shop was already running. 382 00:14:36,777 --> 00:14:40,280 It wasn't like we were opening a new place. 383 00:14:40,347 --> 00:14:43,784 So Ceaser says, "Take point on that shop, it's yours." 384 00:14:43,851 --> 00:14:47,321 And Indianapolis right now is not on my radar 385 00:14:47,387 --> 00:14:49,356 because I already got the Brooklyn shop, 386 00:14:49,423 --> 00:14:50,924 I got Art2Ink in Harlem, 387 00:14:50,991 --> 00:14:52,993 and I got a whole family to worry about. 388 00:14:53,060 --> 00:14:56,263 I don't like leaving you here with both kids, it's a lot. 389 00:14:56,330 --> 00:14:58,198 - But on the other hand, if you don't go, 390 00:14:58,265 --> 00:15:00,767 watch, Ceaser gonna start talking mad (bleep). 391 00:15:00,834 --> 00:15:02,503 He gonna get on his Gemini (bleep) real quick. 392 00:15:02,569 --> 00:15:05,639 - Right now I gotta put my energy into my family. 393 00:15:05,706 --> 00:15:07,040 - That's your responsibility, 394 00:15:07,107 --> 00:15:10,010 and you gotta talk to him about that. 395 00:15:10,077 --> 00:15:11,945 - ♪♪ Take your bet, unh ♪♪ 396 00:15:12,012 --> 00:15:15,849 ♪♪ Anything I need to do and I'ma do it, no faith ♪♪ 397 00:15:15,916 --> 00:15:17,451 (Ted mumbling) 398 00:15:17,518 --> 00:15:19,887 - Thank you, baby, thank you for being in my corner, 399 00:15:19,953 --> 00:15:21,788 and thank you for always being there for me. 400 00:15:21,855 --> 00:15:23,657 - I feel very lucky. 401 00:15:23,724 --> 00:15:26,360 If you were a fruit, 402 00:15:26,426 --> 00:15:27,694 you'd be a "fineapple." 403 00:15:27,761 --> 00:15:29,162 (music winds down) 404 00:15:29,229 --> 00:15:30,864 - Yuni is honestly the best thing 405 00:15:30,931 --> 00:15:32,699 that's happened to me in a long time. 406 00:15:32,766 --> 00:15:34,735 She's beautiful, she's compassionate, 407 00:15:34,801 --> 00:15:36,837 she totally understands me. 408 00:15:36,904 --> 00:15:38,805 I'm so happy she came up to visit from Atlanta 409 00:15:38,872 --> 00:15:40,908 'cause I really miss having her close to me. 410 00:15:41,942 --> 00:15:44,511 - (gasps) This is beautiful. 411 00:15:44,578 --> 00:15:46,213 Is that for me? - Yes. 412 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:47,548 - It's perfect. - Do you love it? 413 00:15:47,614 --> 00:15:48,682 - I love it. 414 00:15:48,749 --> 00:15:49,883 (Ted) The business is great. 415 00:15:49,950 --> 00:15:51,051 We're making money, 416 00:15:51,118 --> 00:15:52,986 I get to spend time with Yuni, 417 00:15:53,053 --> 00:15:55,122 so my life is booked and definitely busy. 418 00:15:55,189 --> 00:15:58,125 - Oh, it's so pretty. - It's a beautiful night. 419 00:15:58,192 --> 00:16:02,095 - It's almost as perfect as this view right here. 420 00:16:02,162 --> 00:16:03,730 - Oh, you beat me to it, I was definitely 421 00:16:03,797 --> 00:16:05,265 gonna hit you with that one. 422 00:16:05,332 --> 00:16:07,935 ♪♪♪♪ 423 00:16:08,001 --> 00:16:08,936 - Hey, Ceas. 424 00:16:09,002 --> 00:16:10,571 - Hey, Breezy. 425 00:16:10,637 --> 00:16:11,738 Why you don't sound, um, 426 00:16:11,805 --> 00:16:13,273 your regularly happy self? 427 00:16:13,340 --> 00:16:16,543 - I'm still missing Milwaukee numbers, 428 00:16:16,610 --> 00:16:17,911 and Indianapolis. 429 00:16:17,978 --> 00:16:19,313 - That's Ted and Puma shops. 430 00:16:19,379 --> 00:16:21,048 - I have asked for it many times, 431 00:16:21,114 --> 00:16:23,050 even with the whole group message I asked. 432 00:16:23,116 --> 00:16:24,351 - I don't understand how these (bleep) 433 00:16:24,418 --> 00:16:26,553 be havin' problems turning in their numbers 434 00:16:26,620 --> 00:16:29,356 and (bleep) like that. 435 00:16:29,423 --> 00:16:32,759 The numbers is how I tell how much each shop makes, 436 00:16:32,826 --> 00:16:34,094 minus expenses. 437 00:16:34,161 --> 00:16:35,829 And without those numbers, 438 00:16:35,896 --> 00:16:39,032 it's like flying a plane blindfolded. 439 00:16:39,099 --> 00:16:41,435 Great way to crash and burn. 440 00:16:41,502 --> 00:16:44,037 (bleep), man. 441 00:16:45,506 --> 00:16:48,008 (Ted) So, I know this is our romantic date. 442 00:16:48,075 --> 00:16:49,209 But lately, I've really been thinking about 443 00:16:49,276 --> 00:16:50,777 my whole family situation a lot. 444 00:16:50,844 --> 00:16:54,081 Celebrating ten years of success really has me looking back 445 00:16:54,147 --> 00:16:56,783 on my life and realizing, there's one place that I haven't 446 00:16:56,850 --> 00:16:58,051 really been too successful, 447 00:16:58,118 --> 00:16:59,720 and that's with my family. 448 00:16:59,786 --> 00:17:01,121 You do know I have an older brother 449 00:17:01,188 --> 00:17:02,856 who did 25 years in prison. 450 00:17:02,923 --> 00:17:06,026 And then, he's been home for two years now, 451 00:17:06,093 --> 00:17:08,996 but I still haven't seen or spoken to him. 452 00:17:09,062 --> 00:17:11,331 - When's the last time you saw him? 453 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:14,368 - Um... 454 00:17:14,434 --> 00:17:16,103 like, the last time I seen my brother, 455 00:17:16,170 --> 00:17:18,472 I might've been ten years old? 456 00:17:18,539 --> 00:17:20,607 My relationship with my older brother 457 00:17:20,674 --> 00:17:24,578 was the normal younger brother older brother relationship. 458 00:17:24,645 --> 00:17:26,313 We fought a lot, we played a lot, 459 00:17:26,380 --> 00:17:28,882 we did video games, but I was young 460 00:17:28,949 --> 00:17:30,350 when he got sentenced. 461 00:17:30,417 --> 00:17:32,252 I was nine years old, so it was like 462 00:17:32,319 --> 00:17:34,188 at the time my best friend was taken away from me. 463 00:17:34,254 --> 00:17:35,923 And with me being so young 464 00:17:35,989 --> 00:17:38,725 and him being so far away, we drifted apart. 465 00:17:38,792 --> 00:17:40,394 I was thinking about possibly 466 00:17:40,460 --> 00:17:42,196 reaching out to my older brother. 467 00:17:42,262 --> 00:17:44,364 But I don't really know how to open those doors, 468 00:17:44,431 --> 00:17:46,099 like, having this conversation with him, 469 00:17:46,166 --> 00:17:47,634 it's like, it's kinda weird. 470 00:17:47,701 --> 00:17:49,670 My brother went and came home right around the time 471 00:17:49,736 --> 00:17:52,673 when COVID hit, and even though we connected on social media, 472 00:17:52,739 --> 00:17:55,175 I didn't feel comfortable meeting up with him in person. 473 00:17:55,242 --> 00:17:56,743 I don't know if it's a guilt, 474 00:17:56,810 --> 00:17:58,412 I don't know if it's survivor's remorse. 475 00:17:58,478 --> 00:18:00,180 But one thing I do know, 476 00:18:00,247 --> 00:18:02,182 this (bleep)'s eating away at me. 477 00:18:02,249 --> 00:18:04,151 - I think it's a great idea 478 00:18:04,218 --> 00:18:06,420 for you to want to reach out to your brother. 479 00:18:06,486 --> 00:18:09,356 If you feel that conviction, you have to address it. 480 00:18:09,423 --> 00:18:11,959 And I just wanna see you rekindle your relationship 481 00:18:12,025 --> 00:18:13,360 with your family again. 482 00:18:13,427 --> 00:18:15,095 I want your brother and his family 483 00:18:15,162 --> 00:18:16,930 to come to ours during Christmas, 484 00:18:16,997 --> 00:18:18,699 during Thanksgiving, all of that. 485 00:18:18,765 --> 00:18:20,801 - This is what I'm talking about when it comes to Yuni 486 00:18:20,868 --> 00:18:22,236 when I say she totally gets me. 487 00:18:22,302 --> 00:18:23,704 She always gives me the real, 488 00:18:23,770 --> 00:18:26,773 but at this point, I'm still confused at what to do. 489 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:28,375 Give me a hug, baby. 490 00:18:29,743 --> 00:18:32,079 - I can't move forward with half the stuff 491 00:18:32,145 --> 00:18:33,447 that needs to be done. 492 00:18:33,514 --> 00:18:35,015 There's a lotta stuff that's overdue, 493 00:18:35,082 --> 00:18:36,617 that needs to be paid, and I don't know 494 00:18:36,683 --> 00:18:38,151 the expenses over there. 495 00:18:38,218 --> 00:18:40,821 - They got bills over there they ain't payin'? 496 00:18:40,888 --> 00:18:42,923 - Yeah. - (bleep). 497 00:18:42,990 --> 00:18:44,791 (Ceaser) At this stage in the game, 498 00:18:44,858 --> 00:18:46,660 this is not how it's supposed to be. 499 00:18:46,727 --> 00:18:48,228 Yo, this is crazy. 500 00:18:48,295 --> 00:18:50,097 These mother(bleep) been letting me down 501 00:18:50,163 --> 00:18:52,933 time and time and time again. 502 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:54,601 Lotta things ain't going right with the business. 503 00:18:54,668 --> 00:18:57,004 We gotta get these two shops open. 504 00:18:57,070 --> 00:18:58,872 - We on it, we got this. 505 00:18:58,939 --> 00:19:01,208 (Ceaser) And even after I had that talk, 506 00:19:01,275 --> 00:19:04,311 they were still slacking off again and again. 507 00:19:04,378 --> 00:19:06,346 There's four bosses here. We (bleep) gotta 508 00:19:06,413 --> 00:19:07,681 get (bleep) together, bro. 509 00:19:07,748 --> 00:19:09,917 We're ten years in and nowhere near done. 510 00:19:09,983 --> 00:19:12,419 So why are my OGs acting like 511 00:19:12,486 --> 00:19:14,888 it's time to lay back and chill? 512 00:19:14,955 --> 00:19:16,423 What the (bleep) is up with that? 513 00:19:16,490 --> 00:19:18,292 Man, I don't even know what to say. 514 00:19:18,358 --> 00:19:20,093 A'ight, let me get in contact with Ted, 515 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:23,297 I'll figure this out. 516 00:19:23,363 --> 00:19:25,065 (Ceaser) I want everybody old and new 517 00:19:25,132 --> 00:19:26,667 to hear this right now. 518 00:19:26,733 --> 00:19:28,435 Lot of us put in blood, sweat, and tears, 519 00:19:28,502 --> 00:19:31,371 and some of us just been half-assing. 520 00:19:31,438 --> 00:19:34,374 It gotta be Black Ink or nothing. 521 00:19:42,082 --> 00:19:43,584 ♪♪♪♪ 522 00:19:43,650 --> 00:19:45,118 - ♪♪ Little old fool with the OYT ♪♪ 523 00:19:45,185 --> 00:19:47,387 ♪♪ I know it's a little old school but shoot ♪♪ 524 00:19:47,454 --> 00:19:49,623 ♪♪♪♪ 525 00:19:49,690 --> 00:19:51,058 ♪♪ A circle isn't broke ♪♪ 526 00:19:51,124 --> 00:19:52,893 ♪♪ In my lifeline and my hope ♪♪ 527 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:55,662 ♪♪ Through the crazy times ♪♪ 528 00:19:58,298 --> 00:20:00,367 - Ceas! - What's poppin', buddy? 529 00:20:00,434 --> 00:20:04,137 My boy Dave East, rapper, fellow entrepreneur, 530 00:20:04,204 --> 00:20:05,472 hit me up for some ink, 531 00:20:05,539 --> 00:20:07,407 so I pulled up to his shop in Harlem. 532 00:20:07,474 --> 00:20:09,510 Nice, this all you? - It's me. 533 00:20:09,576 --> 00:20:11,311 (Ceaser) You know, I admire Dave East 534 00:20:11,378 --> 00:20:13,180 'cause, you know, he's doing the same thing I'm trying 535 00:20:13,247 --> 00:20:15,382 to do in the hood-- entrepreneur (bleep). 536 00:20:15,449 --> 00:20:18,085 So, you know, I can't wait to just chop it up with him. 537 00:20:18,151 --> 00:20:21,154 Not too many people come back to the hood and do what you do. 538 00:20:21,221 --> 00:20:22,422 You came a long way, bro. 539 00:20:22,489 --> 00:20:24,358 - You know that. - Lemme ask you a question. 540 00:20:24,424 --> 00:20:27,761 Your day-ones, how many of them you still got around? 541 00:20:27,828 --> 00:20:30,063 - Maybe four or five. 542 00:20:30,130 --> 00:20:31,698 - It used to be a lot more, wasn't it? 543 00:20:31,765 --> 00:20:33,033 - Yeah, it be like 15. 544 00:20:33,100 --> 00:20:35,135 I just feel like with growth, 545 00:20:35,202 --> 00:20:38,005 you just get to a point where you know what you want. 546 00:20:38,071 --> 00:20:39,573 'Cause when you don't really know 547 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:41,975 what you want in live, everybody around you 548 00:20:42,042 --> 00:20:44,945 'cause they lost like you lost, they all tryna figure it out. 549 00:20:45,012 --> 00:20:47,581 But once you figure out what you tryna do, 550 00:20:47,648 --> 00:20:50,617 you be like, "I can't kick it with you 'cause I'm doing this." 551 00:20:50,684 --> 00:20:52,386 - A lotta friendships done ended 'cause I done 552 00:20:52,452 --> 00:20:55,422 changed my views on (bleep). - But if it's your homie, 553 00:20:55,489 --> 00:20:56,690 y'all can have that distance. 554 00:20:56,757 --> 00:20:58,759 I understand you doin' what you doin', 555 00:20:58,825 --> 00:21:00,127 you understand I'm doin' what I'm doin', 556 00:21:00,194 --> 00:21:01,562 but the love the same. 557 00:21:01,628 --> 00:21:04,097 - I always wanted to take my people from day ones 558 00:21:04,164 --> 00:21:05,999 to the top with me, but sometime 559 00:21:06,066 --> 00:21:07,901 that weight gets too heavy. 560 00:21:07,968 --> 00:21:10,103 In talkin' to East, I had to understand that (bleep), 561 00:21:10,170 --> 00:21:12,372 like, I ain't the only one that goes through it. 562 00:21:12,439 --> 00:21:14,842 It's almost everybody that get to a certain stature 563 00:21:14,908 --> 00:21:17,477 in they life has to feel the same. 564 00:21:17,544 --> 00:21:19,646 So what we doin' on you today, bro? 565 00:21:19,713 --> 00:21:21,281 - I got this chief. 566 00:21:21,348 --> 00:21:23,550 My father's mother is Native American 567 00:21:23,617 --> 00:21:25,018 so it kinda... - Kinda go with it. 568 00:21:25,085 --> 00:21:28,121 - Go with my DNA, but I feel like it's dated, 569 00:21:28,188 --> 00:21:30,858 you think you could bring it to life for me? 570 00:21:30,924 --> 00:21:32,993 - I don't regularly touch other people's work, 571 00:21:33,060 --> 00:21:35,062 but for you I'll do it, man. - Think you can do that for me? 572 00:21:35,128 --> 00:21:37,598 - Lemme just set up and we'll get to work. 573 00:21:37,664 --> 00:21:40,968 ♪♪♪♪ 574 00:21:44,671 --> 00:21:45,939 - ♪♪ Gotta fill it ♪♪ 575 00:21:46,006 --> 00:21:47,808 ♪♪ For this appetite, I need a plate ♪♪ 576 00:21:47,875 --> 00:21:49,276 ♪♪ Green light, no breaks ♪♪ 577 00:21:49,343 --> 00:21:50,577 ♪♪♪♪ 578 00:21:50,644 --> 00:21:52,212 - I came in this wanting to build a legacy. 579 00:21:52,279 --> 00:21:56,250 And after all this time, I came too far to fail 580 00:21:56,316 --> 00:22:00,120 because I still got even higher mountains that I need to climb. 581 00:22:00,187 --> 00:22:03,891 - ♪♪ Look, hungry for this life, starvin'... ♪♪ 582 00:22:03,957 --> 00:22:06,159 - But now, I'm really starting to wonder 583 00:22:06,226 --> 00:22:08,929 if my day-ones really care about Black Ink at all 584 00:22:08,996 --> 00:22:10,430 or they're just here for the ride. 585 00:22:10,497 --> 00:22:12,299 - ♪♪ Ain't nothin' that's like a New Yorker ♪♪ 586 00:22:12,366 --> 00:22:14,201 ♪♪ Never know what it's gon' cost ya, maybe ya life... ♪♪ 587 00:22:14,268 --> 00:22:15,903 - Maybe Dave's right. Maybe I need 588 00:22:15,969 --> 00:22:17,771 to let go of what's holding me back. 589 00:22:17,838 --> 00:22:19,439 - ♪♪ Pull up correctly you know every step ♪♪ 590 00:22:19,506 --> 00:22:21,175 ♪♪ I got the purse, I would get half of the pressure ♪♪ 591 00:22:21,241 --> 00:22:22,943 ♪♪ Ask someone why are you stressin'? ♪♪ 592 00:22:23,010 --> 00:22:25,412 - I done lost a lotta day ones in the past. 593 00:22:25,479 --> 00:22:27,381 And, psh, I survived. 594 00:22:27,447 --> 00:22:29,449 ♪♪♪♪ 595 00:22:29,516 --> 00:22:32,219 A'ight, bro, we done. 596 00:22:33,654 --> 00:22:35,689 - Fire, my G, I already knew you was gonna do, though. 597 00:22:35,756 --> 00:22:37,457 - Little bit of space that you had left. 598 00:22:37,524 --> 00:22:38,892 - That was a layup. 599 00:22:40,594 --> 00:22:43,697 - ♪♪ Uh, a little project -- now starin' at the mirror ♪♪ 600 00:22:43,764 --> 00:22:45,732 ♪♪ Like, damn, how could it be? ♪♪ 601 00:22:45,799 --> 00:22:47,734 ♪♪ I used to hang with them dealers now I'm dealin' with ♪♪ 602 00:22:47,801 --> 00:22:49,570 ♪♪ These fake -- on TV ♪♪ 603 00:22:49,636 --> 00:22:52,840 ♪♪♪♪ 604 00:22:52,906 --> 00:22:54,842 - (Spyder) The summer's comin'. - (Tatti) Right? 605 00:22:54,908 --> 00:22:57,778 - It's about to be a hot boy summer in the city! 606 00:22:57,845 --> 00:23:00,047 - Hot boy summer? - Ho-- tattoo artists? 607 00:23:00,113 --> 00:23:02,916 - Yeah, yeah. - You can't do that. 608 00:23:02,983 --> 00:23:04,918 (overlapping chatter/greetings) 609 00:23:04,985 --> 00:23:06,987 - There he go! - Let's call 610 00:23:07,054 --> 00:23:08,822 a timeout on this right now, you know what I mean? 611 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:15,295 At the end of the day, we ain't that small shop 612 00:23:15,362 --> 00:23:16,930 on 113th no more. 613 00:23:16,997 --> 00:23:18,899 We a growin' franchise, ain't no more 614 00:23:18,966 --> 00:23:20,834 cruising through it, ya' mean? 615 00:23:20,901 --> 00:23:23,237 It gotta be Black Ink or nothing. 616 00:23:23,303 --> 00:23:26,240 I made up my mind, I can no longer 617 00:23:26,306 --> 00:23:31,044 let Ted and Puma get off the way they been getting off, yo. 618 00:23:31,111 --> 00:23:33,280 I got big dreams for Black Ink, 619 00:23:33,347 --> 00:23:35,916 and I gotta make sure everybody's down 620 00:23:35,983 --> 00:23:39,419 from the oldest OG to the next generation. 621 00:23:39,486 --> 00:23:43,891 If we're gonna sit here and say, yo, we want 50 states, 622 00:23:43,957 --> 00:23:45,759 we wanna go international, 623 00:23:45,826 --> 00:23:47,728 this (bleep) gotta be serious, yo. 624 00:23:47,794 --> 00:23:49,329 I can't open up a Jacksonville, 625 00:23:49,396 --> 00:23:50,831 I can't open up a Miami, 626 00:23:50,898 --> 00:23:55,202 I can't open up these cities if my foundation is weak. 627 00:23:55,269 --> 00:23:57,171 - Ceas, I know you're always focused on business, 628 00:23:57,237 --> 00:23:59,673 but you not even takin' time to consider 629 00:23:59,740 --> 00:24:01,408 what everybody else has going on. 630 00:24:01,475 --> 00:24:03,277 It's all about what Ceas wants to do 631 00:24:03,343 --> 00:24:05,245 and when Ceas wants to do it. 632 00:24:05,312 --> 00:24:07,014 - Lot of us put in blood, sweat, and tears, 633 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:09,116 and some of us just been half-assing through 634 00:24:09,183 --> 00:24:11,385 this whole ten years. Now, think about 635 00:24:11,451 --> 00:24:15,189 if everybody's putting 100%, you feel me? 636 00:24:15,255 --> 00:24:17,925 Like, Alex been tourin' every single shop, 637 00:24:17,991 --> 00:24:19,793 he's at every Black Ink event. 638 00:24:19,860 --> 00:24:21,528 So I definitely wanna thank you, Alex. 639 00:24:21,595 --> 00:24:23,897 - All I can do, bro. I appreciate y'all, man. 640 00:24:23,964 --> 00:24:25,732 (Ceaser) I'm proud of Alex. 641 00:24:25,799 --> 00:24:29,469 He's a great example of what the future holds for Black Ink. 642 00:24:29,536 --> 00:24:31,471 I wish I could say that about all our artists, 643 00:24:31,538 --> 00:24:35,509 but I got two who really think they slick. 644 00:24:35,576 --> 00:24:38,445 Where is Rok and Krystal? - They were driving here. 645 00:24:38,512 --> 00:24:41,381 Their dog started flipping the (bleep) out, right? 646 00:24:41,448 --> 00:24:45,118 And then they drove seven hours back to New Jersey. 647 00:24:45,185 --> 00:24:46,520 - You wanna know what they're doing in New Jersey? 648 00:24:46,587 --> 00:24:47,855 - What? - Tattooing. 649 00:24:47,921 --> 00:24:50,057 - So I want everybody old and new 650 00:24:50,123 --> 00:24:51,425 to hear this right now. 651 00:24:51,491 --> 00:24:53,527 I hate to say it, some of us ain't gonna 652 00:24:53,594 --> 00:24:55,128 make it that next ten years. 653 00:24:55,195 --> 00:24:58,031 'Cause if your dreams ain't to grow 654 00:24:58,098 --> 00:25:00,300 within the company or the brand, 655 00:25:00,367 --> 00:25:03,303 then you in the wrong place, homie. 656 00:25:08,041 --> 00:25:11,578 - So, it's been 25 years, man. 657 00:25:11,645 --> 00:25:13,113 - 28. - 28. 658 00:25:13,180 --> 00:25:15,716 (Ted) I have so much going through my mind right now. 659 00:25:15,782 --> 00:25:17,818 I really don't know what to do 660 00:25:17,885 --> 00:25:19,152 now that he's in front of me. 661 00:25:19,219 --> 00:25:21,455 I really need my big brother in my life, man. 662 00:25:25,025 --> 00:25:26,326 - ♪♪ Ain't nothin' that's like a New Yorker ♪♪ 663 00:25:26,393 --> 00:25:28,061 ♪♪ Never know what it's gon' cost ya ♪♪ 664 00:25:28,128 --> 00:25:34,801 ♪♪ Maybe your life, I been just tryna be nice ♪♪ 665 00:25:34,801 --> 00:25:37,938 ♪♪♪♪ 666 00:25:38,005 --> 00:25:40,040 - ♪♪ All these sleepless nights ♪♪ 667 00:25:40,107 --> 00:25:42,309 ♪♪ Finally got my type ♪♪ 668 00:25:42,376 --> 00:25:43,644 (Ted) Right now, I'm all over the place 669 00:25:43,710 --> 00:25:45,546 when it came to Ceaser's last conversation. 670 00:25:45,612 --> 00:25:46,947 I don't know how I should be feeling. 671 00:25:47,014 --> 00:25:48,949 So for now, I don't wanna talk about Ceaser. 672 00:25:49,016 --> 00:25:50,717 I took Yuni's advice, and I reached out 673 00:25:50,784 --> 00:25:52,486 to my brother via social media 674 00:25:52,553 --> 00:25:54,021 to see if he wanted to meet up with me. 675 00:25:54,087 --> 00:25:56,557 And to my surprise, he said yes. 676 00:25:56,623 --> 00:25:58,759 - ♪♪ Increase my means, elevated the team ♪♪ 677 00:25:58,825 --> 00:26:02,229 ♪♪ The humble ones you once knew evolved into royalty ♪♪ 678 00:26:09,369 --> 00:26:11,004 (man) Yo. 679 00:26:11,071 --> 00:26:15,576 ♪♪♪♪ 680 00:26:15,642 --> 00:26:17,945 - Gimme a hug, man. 681 00:26:18,011 --> 00:26:19,813 ♪♪♪♪ 682 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:21,381 - What's going on with you? - Thank you. 683 00:26:21,448 --> 00:26:22,583 Thank you for meeting up with me. 684 00:26:22,649 --> 00:26:23,984 - You already know. - Thank you. 685 00:26:24,051 --> 00:26:25,853 What's going on-- where the (bleep) 686 00:26:25,919 --> 00:26:28,822 do we start, man? - Anywhere. 687 00:26:28,889 --> 00:26:31,859 (Ted) I have so much going through my mind right now. 688 00:26:31,925 --> 00:26:33,794 A lotta guilt, a lotta happiness, 689 00:26:33,861 --> 00:26:37,431 a lotta confusion, I really don't know what to do 690 00:26:37,497 --> 00:26:38,565 now that he's in front of me. 691 00:26:38,632 --> 00:26:42,736 So, it's been 25 years, man. 692 00:26:42,803 --> 00:26:45,739 - 28. - 28. 693 00:26:45,806 --> 00:26:47,207 It's (bleep) crazy. 694 00:26:47,274 --> 00:26:48,976 - Mm. All that time. 695 00:26:49,042 --> 00:26:52,513 You know, I held my head, stayed focused. 696 00:26:52,579 --> 00:26:56,083 Came home with my priorities in order. 697 00:26:56,149 --> 00:26:59,186 - Listen, bro, first, I wanna apologize. 698 00:26:59,253 --> 00:27:00,988 Like, sometimes it's like, damn, I shoulda been there 699 00:27:01,054 --> 00:27:04,858 the first day you came home, but I didn't know, like, 700 00:27:04,925 --> 00:27:06,793 I ain't know what to expect. 701 00:27:06,860 --> 00:27:09,096 Because of how the whole time you was locked up, like, 702 00:27:09,162 --> 00:27:10,864 know what I'm sayin', I really wasn't there. 703 00:27:10,931 --> 00:27:12,833 For one, there was nothing I could really do, 704 00:27:12,900 --> 00:27:14,501 you know what I'm sayin', it wasn't like I had 705 00:27:14,568 --> 00:27:16,336 a bunch of money, I was still trying to figure myself out-- 706 00:27:16,403 --> 00:27:19,173 so I had to grow up. 707 00:27:19,239 --> 00:27:22,109 - That's understandable. Of course, I was a little upset 708 00:27:22,176 --> 00:27:25,979 but I had to take a step back and say, when the time is right, 709 00:27:26,046 --> 00:27:27,481 it'll happen. 710 00:27:27,548 --> 00:27:29,650 - Thank you. 711 00:27:29,716 --> 00:27:31,585 Thank you for not holding no grudges for me... 712 00:27:31,652 --> 00:27:32,653 - Nah. - Because like, 713 00:27:32,719 --> 00:27:34,755 I don't wanna go into my 40s 714 00:27:34,821 --> 00:27:36,890 and not have relationships with my family. 715 00:27:36,957 --> 00:27:38,992 - Absolutely. - And as you know, 716 00:27:39,059 --> 00:27:41,662 I don't got the best relationship with our dad. 717 00:27:41,728 --> 00:27:43,630 (Ted) My father wasn't in my life at all. 718 00:27:43,697 --> 00:27:46,200 He came around, in my memory, two times. 719 00:27:46,266 --> 00:27:48,468 One time for a birthday, one time to take me 720 00:27:48,535 --> 00:27:49,970 shopping for the first day of school. 721 00:27:50,037 --> 00:27:51,772 My resentment just comes from like, 722 00:27:51,839 --> 00:27:53,607 where the (bleep) was you? - Mm-hmm. 723 00:27:53,674 --> 00:27:55,375 - Like, why he move the way he move? 724 00:27:55,442 --> 00:27:57,778 - We both had resentment towards him when we was growin' up, 725 00:27:57,845 --> 00:27:59,713 but we all had our addiction. - Right. 726 00:27:59,780 --> 00:28:01,682 - I had addiction to the streets, 727 00:28:01,748 --> 00:28:04,685 fast money, women, he had addiction to drugs. 728 00:28:04,751 --> 00:28:06,954 But he's-- he's gettin' himself together. 729 00:28:07,020 --> 00:28:08,755 Like, a little mishap here, 730 00:28:08,822 --> 00:28:10,858 but he got himself together. 731 00:28:10,924 --> 00:28:13,227 - How is your relationship with our pops? 732 00:28:13,293 --> 00:28:15,229 - My relationship with him is pretty good, like, 733 00:28:15,295 --> 00:28:17,698 he was a staple during my incarceration. 734 00:28:17,764 --> 00:28:19,533 Nobody else was. - Mm. 735 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:22,436 - And I could never turn my back on him for that. 736 00:28:22,503 --> 00:28:24,037 - Right, when it counted the most. 737 00:28:24,104 --> 00:28:27,241 - Absolutely. - Hearing you, this is why 738 00:28:27,307 --> 00:28:29,910 we need to have this bond, I need to know these things, 739 00:28:29,977 --> 00:28:32,346 know what I'm saying, it would give me some clarification. 740 00:28:32,412 --> 00:28:33,881 I was living in a world where 741 00:28:33,947 --> 00:28:35,849 there was no excuses for my father. 742 00:28:35,916 --> 00:28:38,685 But after speaking with my brother and finding out 743 00:28:38,752 --> 00:28:40,354 the info I found out about my dad, 744 00:28:40,420 --> 00:28:42,723 it kinda made me crack the door a little bit. 745 00:28:42,789 --> 00:28:45,225 It's still a lot more work that needs to be done, 746 00:28:45,292 --> 00:28:47,761 but I like the direction it's going. 747 00:28:47,828 --> 00:28:50,197 I got a million and one questions for you. 748 00:28:50,264 --> 00:28:52,032 We could sit down, we go to dinner 749 00:28:52,099 --> 00:28:54,368 and talk some more, this definitely 750 00:28:54,434 --> 00:28:56,170 won't be our last conversation. 751 00:28:56,236 --> 00:28:59,206 I really need my big brother in my life, man. 752 00:29:00,941 --> 00:29:02,776 - It's an awards ceremony! 753 00:29:02,843 --> 00:29:04,745 (all cheering) 754 00:29:04,811 --> 00:29:06,413 - This is a bull(bleep) award. 755 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:08,115 - Damn! 756 00:29:08,182 --> 00:29:09,783 - This is a bull(bleep) award, (bleep). 757 00:29:09,850 --> 00:29:11,518 Ceas, I don't know what the (bleep) your problem is, 758 00:29:11,585 --> 00:29:12,920 and if you have a problem with me, 759 00:29:12,986 --> 00:29:14,288 we can talk about this face to face. 760 00:29:14,354 --> 00:29:16,323 - You know what, you’re very unappreciative. 761 00:29:23,597 --> 00:29:25,899 - ♪♪ I won't stop till I'm standin' on top ♪♪ 762 00:29:25,966 --> 00:29:27,367 ♪♪ The game is on lock ♪♪ 763 00:29:27,434 --> 00:29:29,036 ♪♪ Now they know I can't be stopped ♪♪ 764 00:29:29,102 --> 00:29:32,539 - Look at Bucks standing here like, where's the music at? 765 00:29:32,606 --> 00:29:35,342 - (humming "Pomp and Circumstance") 766 00:29:35,409 --> 00:29:39,413 (all humming) 767 00:29:46,887 --> 00:29:50,390 - As president and dean of Black Ink University-- 768 00:29:50,457 --> 00:29:54,695 a street accredited institution of higher learning, 769 00:29:54,761 --> 00:29:58,131 I'm proud to present the first 770 00:29:58,198 --> 00:30:02,102 Black Ink Apprenticeship graduation. 771 00:30:02,169 --> 00:30:04,071 Buck, I wanna thank you. 772 00:30:04,137 --> 00:30:07,941 You are an example of what Black Ink future is gonna be. 773 00:30:08,008 --> 00:30:11,612 Bringing up our own artists from the ground up, 774 00:30:11,678 --> 00:30:14,081 and building with them for years on, 775 00:30:14,147 --> 00:30:17,217 and hopefully one day building a Black Ink with you. 776 00:30:17,284 --> 00:30:19,453 (all cheering) 777 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:23,023 So with no further ado... 778 00:30:23,090 --> 00:30:24,892 (man) That my boy Buck! 779 00:30:24,958 --> 00:30:26,426 (overlapping chatter) 780 00:30:26,493 --> 00:30:28,595 (Spyder) Speech! Speech! Speech! 781 00:30:28,662 --> 00:30:30,497 - Thank you. We gonna turn up, 782 00:30:30,564 --> 00:30:33,066 and we want ten more years of Black Ink greatness. 783 00:30:33,133 --> 00:30:35,269 - Uh-huh. - Thank you. 784 00:30:35,335 --> 00:30:36,970 I love y'all, thank you. 785 00:30:37,037 --> 00:30:39,907 - Look, I've been around Ceaser long enough to know, 786 00:30:39,973 --> 00:30:42,676 this mother(bleep) ain't nice for no reason. 787 00:30:42,743 --> 00:30:44,478 There's probably something behind this. 788 00:30:44,545 --> 00:30:47,781 Now, it's not only a graduation... 789 00:30:47,848 --> 00:30:50,250 (Puma) See? I (bleep) told y'all! 790 00:30:50,317 --> 00:30:53,820 Here-- here it comes, get ready. 791 00:30:53,887 --> 00:30:55,822 - It's an awards ceremony. 792 00:30:55,889 --> 00:30:57,791 (all cheering) 793 00:30:57,858 --> 00:31:01,628 ♪♪♪♪ 794 00:31:01,695 --> 00:31:03,997 Let me just start with my first award. 795 00:31:04,064 --> 00:31:05,666 It seem like some people ain't gettin' the note 796 00:31:05,732 --> 00:31:07,835 about the new Black Ink, so I think it's time 797 00:31:07,901 --> 00:31:12,306 for some PDP-- public display of pettiness! 798 00:31:12,372 --> 00:31:13,807 And who's the king of that? 799 00:31:13,874 --> 00:31:16,443 (chuckles) Me! 800 00:31:16,510 --> 00:31:18,078 - This is gonna go left. 801 00:31:18,145 --> 00:31:20,948 - Now, this first award... 802 00:31:21,014 --> 00:31:24,318 it goes to a person that, you know, has been 803 00:31:24,384 --> 00:31:27,321 doing this for a long time. 804 00:31:27,387 --> 00:31:30,324 Sometimes, I look at him and be like, wow, 805 00:31:30,390 --> 00:31:32,459 after all you've been through, 806 00:31:32,526 --> 00:31:34,261 you act like you're 18 807 00:31:34,328 --> 00:31:37,598 even though you're turning 40. 808 00:31:37,664 --> 00:31:40,400 It gives me great pleasure 809 00:31:40,467 --> 00:31:44,905 to call Puma the life of the party! 810 00:31:44,972 --> 00:31:47,074 ♪♪♪♪ 811 00:31:47,140 --> 00:31:50,410 He know how to party before he get (bleep) work done. 812 00:31:50,477 --> 00:31:51,712 You know that is-- 813 00:31:51,778 --> 00:31:55,148 party party party, no no no no no work? 814 00:31:55,215 --> 00:31:56,550 Yeah, Puma. 815 00:31:56,617 --> 00:31:59,186 - Alright. Really, Ceas? 816 00:31:59,253 --> 00:32:00,354 Life of the party? 817 00:32:00,420 --> 00:32:01,922 Have you not seen my life lately? 818 00:32:01,989 --> 00:32:03,924 Does this look like a party face? 819 00:32:03,991 --> 00:32:09,229 - Now, my next award goes to a person that might hold 820 00:32:09,296 --> 00:32:10,764 the Guinness Book of World Record 821 00:32:10,831 --> 00:32:12,566 for couch sitting. - It's Teddy. 822 00:32:12,633 --> 00:32:14,601 - Our favorite couch sitter 823 00:32:14,668 --> 00:32:17,504 of the decade-- Teddy Ruks! 824 00:32:17,571 --> 00:32:21,241 (all cheering) 825 00:32:21,308 --> 00:32:23,343 - Ceas, I don't know what the (bleep) your problem is, 826 00:32:23,410 --> 00:32:24,711 and if you have a problem with me, 827 00:32:24,778 --> 00:32:26,313 we can talk about this face to face. 828 00:32:26,380 --> 00:32:28,415 Don't try and make me look crazy in front of everybody else. 829 00:32:28,482 --> 00:32:30,250 - Yeah, Ted! 830 00:32:30,317 --> 00:32:31,852 - This is a bull(bleep) award. 831 00:32:31,919 --> 00:32:34,288 This a bull(bleep) award, (bleep). 832 00:32:34,354 --> 00:32:35,689 - I got ya, I got ya. 833 00:32:35,756 --> 00:32:39,826 Petty Ceaser is outside, baby. 834 00:32:39,893 --> 00:32:42,496 You know what, you're very unappreciative. 835 00:32:42,563 --> 00:32:43,664 - It was a great award, I liked it. 836 00:32:43,730 --> 00:32:45,999 - So, we got one more award. 837 00:32:46,066 --> 00:32:48,302 - One? - One. 838 00:32:48,368 --> 00:32:52,206 This award goes to the two most likely 839 00:32:52,272 --> 00:32:55,275 to succeed using the Black Ink brand 840 00:32:55,342 --> 00:32:58,312 and opening up their own shop... 841 00:32:58,378 --> 00:32:59,813 Rok and Krystal! 842 00:32:59,880 --> 00:33:01,515 ♪♪♪♪ 843 00:33:01,582 --> 00:33:03,717 - Listen, what the (bleep) is this (bleep)? 844 00:33:03,784 --> 00:33:05,853 - Damn! - (Rok) I feel confused. 845 00:33:05,919 --> 00:33:07,487 I told him about the shop and all that, 846 00:33:07,554 --> 00:33:09,723 and I'm pretty sure that everybody knows. 847 00:33:09,790 --> 00:33:11,258 I've been telling Ceaser about the shop, 848 00:33:11,325 --> 00:33:13,727 asked him if he okay with it and all that (bleep). 849 00:33:13,794 --> 00:33:15,696 - So it wasn't a surprise. - It wasn't a surprise. 850 00:33:15,762 --> 00:33:18,065 He said he didn't want no parts in it. 851 00:33:18,131 --> 00:33:21,168 A'ight... - Give that speech, yeah! 852 00:33:21,235 --> 00:33:22,469 - You caught him off-guard, boss! 853 00:33:22,536 --> 00:33:23,971 - Alright, Krystal, you wanna say something? 854 00:33:26,406 --> 00:33:28,709 - All I'm saying is, if you eat off my plate, 855 00:33:28,775 --> 00:33:30,310 I need to eat off your plate. 856 00:33:30,377 --> 00:33:33,480 I wasn't joking when I said Black Ink or nothing. 857 00:33:33,547 --> 00:33:36,984 I fired whole shops for violating my brand. 858 00:33:37,050 --> 00:33:38,418 Ask Atlanta. 859 00:33:38,485 --> 00:33:39,887 ♪♪♪♪ 860 00:33:39,953 --> 00:33:44,625 This concludes the first ever Black Ink Awards. 861 00:33:44,691 --> 00:33:47,461 I wanna thank all y'all for showing up tonight. 862 00:33:47,528 --> 00:33:48,462 More to come. 863 00:33:48,529 --> 00:33:50,697 ♪♪♪♪ 864 00:33:55,402 --> 00:33:59,439 ♪♪♪♪ 865 00:33:59,506 --> 00:34:02,442 (Ted) What the hell was Ceaser doing with that award crap? 866 00:34:02,509 --> 00:34:05,012 - I was about to ask you that question, know what I'm sayin'? 867 00:34:05,078 --> 00:34:07,681 - Yeah, we need to talk to him. - I'ma text Ceaser, man, 868 00:34:07,748 --> 00:34:09,883 and tell him, like, we need to link up. 869 00:34:09,950 --> 00:34:12,553 - I don't know how to feel about Ceaser and his petty (bleep) 870 00:34:12,619 --> 00:34:14,521 he got going on, 'cause the way he's moving, 871 00:34:14,588 --> 00:34:16,356 it's starting to become really insulting. 872 00:34:16,423 --> 00:34:17,791 We're brothers, we're not supposed to be 873 00:34:17,858 --> 00:34:19,826 tearing each other down in front of the employees. 874 00:34:19,893 --> 00:34:24,631 - "Yo, we need to meet up. 875 00:34:24,698 --> 00:34:29,937 Just let us know time and place." 876 00:34:30,003 --> 00:34:31,438 ♪♪♪♪ 877 00:34:31,505 --> 00:34:33,273 - ♪♪ I got the money ♪♪ 878 00:34:33,340 --> 00:34:37,277 ♪♪ I take what I want you cannot stop me ♪♪ 879 00:34:37,344 --> 00:34:40,380 ♪♪ I show no mercy ♪♪ 880 00:34:40,447 --> 00:34:42,115 ♪♪♪♪ 881 00:34:42,182 --> 00:34:44,117 (Ted) I appreciate you agreeing to meet us today. 882 00:34:45,352 --> 00:34:47,821 - Yeah. 883 00:34:47,888 --> 00:34:53,293 - Okay, what's up that bull(bleep)-ass award ceremony? 884 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:54,561 That (bleep) hurt. 885 00:34:54,628 --> 00:34:57,030 But I know the person you are, 886 00:34:57,097 --> 00:34:58,999 so I know you didn't mean nothing by it. 887 00:34:59,066 --> 00:35:02,169 But at the same time, what I don't want it to become 888 00:35:02,236 --> 00:35:05,539 is us at odds because then it's only gonna 889 00:35:05,606 --> 00:35:07,441 crash and burn from there. 890 00:35:07,508 --> 00:35:10,611 - Like, I'ma be honest with y'all, bro. 891 00:35:10,677 --> 00:35:12,479 We ten years strong in this (bleep), 892 00:35:12,546 --> 00:35:13,981 I need y'all to step up. 893 00:35:14,047 --> 00:35:16,283 We need to do numbers like no one ever seen 894 00:35:16,350 --> 00:35:20,521 these next ten years, but you and you slackin'. 895 00:35:20,587 --> 00:35:23,457 I'm ready to sit here like, yo, what's going on with Milwaukee? 896 00:35:23,524 --> 00:35:25,058 We supposed to be hittin' figures, 897 00:35:25,125 --> 00:35:28,695 we don't even hit 30 yet, yo. - How is that on me? 898 00:35:28,762 --> 00:35:30,497 - That's your city. 899 00:35:30,564 --> 00:35:31,932 - I try to talk to you about (bleep), 900 00:35:31,999 --> 00:35:34,067 but everything that goes on in Milwaukee, 901 00:35:34,134 --> 00:35:37,004 you bring it up when you bring it up. 902 00:35:37,070 --> 00:35:42,176 - I'll be honest with y'all, that's y'all fault too. 903 00:35:42,242 --> 00:35:43,710 Y'all don't do this unless 904 00:35:43,777 --> 00:35:45,145 I'm sittin' here beefin with you. 905 00:35:45,212 --> 00:35:47,047 If we was able to share some of this respon-- 906 00:35:47,114 --> 00:35:48,849 - How can we figure out a game plan? 907 00:35:48,916 --> 00:35:50,417 'Cause it look like we're just playing the blame game... 908 00:35:50,484 --> 00:35:52,219 - We're not playing the blame game. 909 00:35:52,286 --> 00:35:53,520 Indianapolis, (bleep), 910 00:35:53,587 --> 00:35:54,655 you know how much money you missin', bro? 911 00:35:54,721 --> 00:35:56,256 - I know. - No, I'm deadass. 912 00:35:56,323 --> 00:35:58,525 That (bleep) make six figures a (bleep) year in profit. 913 00:35:58,592 --> 00:36:00,427 Half of that (bleep) is yours. 914 00:36:00,494 --> 00:36:02,262 It ain't no excuse, Puma. 915 00:36:02,329 --> 00:36:05,065 If y'all don't pick up what y'all supposed to pick up, 916 00:36:05,132 --> 00:36:08,101 y'all can do y'all own thing without Black Ink. 917 00:36:10,904 --> 00:36:12,773 - I've been going through something personal, 918 00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:17,077 and I been keeping it very private to myself. 919 00:36:17,144 --> 00:36:18,478 - What? 920 00:36:18,545 --> 00:36:21,315 - It's my son. 921 00:36:21,381 --> 00:36:25,352 And I don't know how... to deal with this. 922 00:36:33,327 --> 00:36:35,262 - I've been going through something personal, 923 00:36:35,329 --> 00:36:37,865 and I been keeping it very private to myself. 924 00:36:40,667 --> 00:36:44,705 They found out that my son is on the spectrum 925 00:36:44,771 --> 00:36:47,241 of, uh, autism. 926 00:36:50,110 --> 00:36:53,146 And, um, it's been really hard, 927 00:36:53,213 --> 00:36:54,414 I'm not even gonna front to you. 928 00:36:54,481 --> 00:36:56,550 It's been, like, I hear you, 929 00:36:56,617 --> 00:36:59,653 and I be feelin' bad 'cause it's like I'm not doing my part, 930 00:36:59,720 --> 00:37:03,056 but I can't-- I can't leave him. 931 00:37:03,123 --> 00:37:05,826 (Puma) This is all new to me. 932 00:37:05,893 --> 00:37:08,462 I have so many questions for what this means for my son. 933 00:37:08,529 --> 00:37:11,298 Is this gonna affect my child's upbringing, 934 00:37:11,365 --> 00:37:13,467 and how he's gonna grow up? 935 00:37:13,534 --> 00:37:15,936 Like, I don't know if I'm doing it right. 936 00:37:17,504 --> 00:37:19,072 - Why you ain't tell me nothin', bro? 937 00:37:19,139 --> 00:37:21,508 - Bro, look how this (bleep) got me feeling right now, man. 938 00:37:21,575 --> 00:37:23,510 - Yeah, but we supposed to be here for each other, bro. 939 00:37:23,577 --> 00:37:26,180 - I know, but it's hard to tell you because 940 00:37:26,246 --> 00:37:29,483 you have this "I'm going" way, you know what I'm saying? 941 00:37:29,550 --> 00:37:32,286 And it's like, you're not the easiest person 942 00:37:32,352 --> 00:37:36,023 to communicate with. 943 00:37:36,089 --> 00:37:38,959 And I don't mean to get all weird and emotional... 944 00:37:39,026 --> 00:37:42,296 (Ted) It's not weird or nothing about it, bro. 945 00:37:42,362 --> 00:37:44,431 We brothers. (bleep) like this, 946 00:37:44,498 --> 00:37:47,534 you should be able to express yourself. 947 00:37:47,601 --> 00:37:49,870 There's no way I shouldn't know that this is going on, 948 00:37:49,937 --> 00:37:52,306 and this is definitely not the way to find things out. 949 00:37:52,372 --> 00:37:56,777 Being poor, bro, it kept us together. 950 00:37:56,844 --> 00:37:58,712 This money, this fame, 951 00:37:58,779 --> 00:38:00,848 all the (bleep) that we got going on, 952 00:38:00,914 --> 00:38:02,416 it divided us. 953 00:38:02,482 --> 00:38:03,851 We gotta pull it back together 954 00:38:03,917 --> 00:38:06,019 before we lose it and all three of us 955 00:38:06,086 --> 00:38:08,789 are sitting here like, what the -- did we do with 956 00:38:08,856 --> 00:38:10,757 these ten years? 957 00:38:20,701 --> 00:38:22,636 - ♪♪ When the clock run down ♪♪ 958 00:38:22,703 --> 00:38:24,505 ♪♪ It's too late to turn around ♪♪ 959 00:38:24,571 --> 00:38:26,306 (Ceaser) Time is against us. 960 00:38:26,373 --> 00:38:28,308 Once we sit here and be complacent with 961 00:38:28,375 --> 00:38:31,311 the place we at, we gon' be destroyed. 962 00:38:31,378 --> 00:38:33,180 - I think we should write a book. 963 00:38:33,247 --> 00:38:36,717 "How to Be a Grown-ass Black man in America For Dummies." 964 00:38:36,783 --> 00:38:38,585 - Cheers to new beginnings. 965 00:38:38,652 --> 00:38:40,621 (all cheering) 966 00:38:40,687 --> 00:38:42,422 (laughter) 967 00:38:42,489 --> 00:38:46,059 (overlapping chatter) 968 00:38:46,126 --> 00:38:48,896 - The penis is the vagina tucked out. 969 00:38:48,962 --> 00:38:51,632 - What?! - That's a time out. 970 00:38:51,698 --> 00:38:54,101 - We are upgrading. - (Spyder) New employees. 971 00:38:54,168 --> 00:38:56,436 - My name is Nichelle, and I'm from Dallas, Texas. 972 00:38:56,503 --> 00:38:59,072 What's up? Yeah, Dallas in the building, what's up? 973 00:38:59,139 --> 00:39:01,175 - Draya, let's go. - Hey, hey! 974 00:39:01,241 --> 00:39:03,343 - Super surprised, (bleep) from Chicago. 975 00:39:03,410 --> 00:39:04,978 (Ted) We all gon' take a trip 976 00:39:05,045 --> 00:39:06,146 just so everybody can get to know each other. 977 00:39:06,213 --> 00:39:09,082 - Oh... - Welcome to Orlando. 978 00:39:09,149 --> 00:39:10,784 (Bae) This is amazing. 979 00:39:10,851 --> 00:39:12,586 - For Black Ink Bootcamp. 980 00:39:12,653 --> 00:39:15,022 ♪♪♪♪ 981 00:39:15,088 --> 00:39:16,757 - Oh, (bleep)! 982 00:39:16,823 --> 00:39:18,559 - When he opens, you toss it in. 983 00:39:18,625 --> 00:39:21,061 (laughter) 984 00:39:21,128 --> 00:39:23,564 - My fans want new content. 985 00:39:23,630 --> 00:39:24,831 - I think we should set up 986 00:39:24,898 --> 00:39:26,800 some type of audition for OnlyFans. 987 00:39:26,867 --> 00:39:29,136 - I can (bleep) his (bleep) upside down. 988 00:39:29,203 --> 00:39:31,104 - Wow. 989 00:39:31,171 --> 00:39:34,875 - Ceaser wants to make Gods of Ink Black Ink Jersey. 990 00:39:34,942 --> 00:39:36,009 - But what about all the hard work 991 00:39:36,076 --> 00:39:37,544 that we put into the shop? 992 00:39:37,611 --> 00:39:39,079 - Let's put it like this. 993 00:39:39,146 --> 00:39:42,749 It's gonna happen with y'all or without y'all. 994 00:39:42,816 --> 00:39:44,218 - What's that mean? 995 00:39:46,954 --> 00:39:48,722 (Quani) I felt like since I got with Puma, 996 00:39:48,789 --> 00:39:50,691 my life has always been about Puma. 997 00:39:50,757 --> 00:39:51,992 And I definitely forgot about me. 998 00:39:52,059 --> 00:39:55,162 - It's like you don't want to be here. 999 00:39:57,598 --> 00:39:59,766 - I'm closing 125th up. 1000 00:39:59,833 --> 00:40:01,134 - Closing 125th? 1001 00:40:01,201 --> 00:40:02,803 (Ted) Same (bleep) happen to 113th, 1002 00:40:02,870 --> 00:40:04,104 now 125th, (bleep). 1003 00:40:04,171 --> 00:40:05,806 - Never in my life would I ever think 1004 00:40:05,873 --> 00:40:07,574 a Black Ink would not be in Harlem. 1005 00:40:07,641 --> 00:40:10,110 - This is the (bleep) I be talkin' about. 1006 00:40:10,177 --> 00:40:11,578 - Nobody gives a (bleep) about y'all. 1007 00:40:11,645 --> 00:40:12,813 - (bleep) outta here, bro. 1008 00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:14,381 - Y'all supposed to protect the brand. 1009 00:40:14,448 --> 00:40:17,985 - Ceaser is like a bottle that's been shaken for mad long. 1010 00:40:18,051 --> 00:40:19,987 - I been here ten years strong, 1011 00:40:20,053 --> 00:40:21,688 you think I'ma let y'all destroy this (bleep)? 1012 00:40:21,755 --> 00:40:25,759 (overlapping arguing) 1013 00:40:25,826 --> 00:40:26,860 - What you doin'?! 1014 00:40:26,927 --> 00:40:30,364 (shouting/bleeps continue) 1015 00:40:30,430 --> 00:40:32,065 - Effective immediately, 1016 00:40:32,132 --> 00:40:33,901 y'all officially fired. 1017 00:40:36,270 --> 00:40:38,305 - Can I just say this about last night? 1018 00:40:38,372 --> 00:40:42,009 - What? - I'm so (bleep) happy 1019 00:40:42,075 --> 00:40:44,411 I didn't drink. - (laughs) 1020 00:40:44,478 --> 00:40:45,679 (cell phone vibrates) 1021 00:40:45,746 --> 00:40:46,914 - I just got a text 1022 00:40:46,980 --> 00:40:48,515 of something with Ceas. 1023 00:40:48,582 --> 00:40:50,150 - Oh, (bleep). 1024 00:40:52,419 --> 00:40:53,420 - No f... - No! 1025 00:40:53,487 --> 00:40:55,088 - What the (bleep) is... 1026 00:40:55,155 --> 00:40:56,823 - Bro, is that Ceaser? - Yes! 1027 00:40:56,890 --> 00:40:58,091 (Puma) Where is he? 1028 00:40:58,158 --> 00:40:59,426 (Ted) He's not pickin' the phone up. 1029 00:40:59,493 --> 00:41:01,662 - That (bleep)'s about to blow up right now. 1030 00:41:01,728 --> 00:41:03,297 - This ain't good. 1031 00:41:06,733 --> 00:41:10,804 - The network has decided to cut ties with Ceaser 1032 00:41:10,871 --> 00:41:12,906 effective immediately. 1033 00:41:12,973 --> 00:41:14,908 - Damn, that's crazy. - What? 1034 00:41:14,975 --> 00:41:17,077 Are you really gonna cut him loose like that? 1035 00:41:17,144 --> 00:41:20,013 - ♪♪ It's a long way down ♪♪ 1036 00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:22,516 - What the (bleep) is the next step-- 1037 00:41:22,583 --> 00:41:24,017 if there is a next step? 1038 00:41:24,084 --> 00:41:27,621 - I don't see how there's a Black Ink without Ceaser. 1039 00:41:27,688 --> 00:41:31,258 - How are we moving forward? - What do y'all think? 1040 00:41:31,325 --> 00:41:34,328 ♪♪♪♪ 1041 00:41:40,100 --> 00:41:44,071 ♪♪♪♪ 1042 00:42:05,726 --> 00:42:09,226 - ♪♪ MTV ♪♪