(Ceaser) Some of us has been half-assin'
through these whole ten years.
If y'all don't pick up what y'all supposed to pick up,
y'all can do your own thing without Black Ink.
- We're a part of this dream,
but we also have dreams and other obligations.
No way in hell we're all gonna be able
to operate 50 shops and get our lives together.
- I heard you and Krystal opened a shop.
- Me and Krystal have been working on opening our own shop.
It's called Gods of Ink,
and so far, it's really booming.
- That's a dope step, know what I mean?
You feel me?
- This award goes
to the two most likely to succeed
using the Black Ink brand and opening up their own shop.
Rok and Krystal!
(laughter)
- You don't seem happy. - 'Cause I'm not!
I'm 35 years old, I do not feel like I achieved anything.
I need to put some more into me
in order to give to you guys.
- Look how happy he is.
- And he's actually listening, I'm so proud of him.
There's different ways to, you know, work with him.
- We're gonna figure this out, Quani.
- So as a newly single man,
I've been able to show my nasty side.
I've been getting a lotta requests,
lotta people asking if I got an OnlyFans.
And now, I'm top three percentile of the earners
and it's blowing my mind.
♪♪
- ♪ Drop drop ♪
♪♪
- ♪ Oh-oh, see and you'll believe ♪
♪ Oh-oh, that it's our time ♪
♪ It's our time ♪
♪ But they don't want it with us ♪♪
(Puma) Who got flowers today?
(Tatti) I thought they were for Ceaser
but he's still in Houston.
- Those are for Alex.
- You got flowers? - Wow!
- I got me a sugar mama, y'all!
- Wow, roses? - Y'all see me?
Getting flowers in front of everybody at the shop,
it really feels player.
Nobody in here gets anything sent to them,
so I'm honored.
- Is there a note? - Oh...
- "Your biggest fan..."
- Uh-oh! - You better be careful.
You might be involved in some real-life
"Fatal Attraction" (bleep).
She might be watching you through that window
in the projects right now.
- I'm nervous. - You should be.
You know, Alex, he needs to be a little bit careful.
Maybe his ex, or one of them, might be around the corner
ready to take him out.
Be worried, my brother, be worried.
- These are beautiful.
- They are, you can have 'em.
- Anyways, it's nice to see Rok and Krystal here.
You missed a great competition.
(Rok) So what was it, like, how do y'all win?
- Whoever made the most bread.
- If we was there, it wouldn't be a fair game,
you know, you feel that? Hey, yo...
- "Hey, yo..." - "Hey, yo..."
- You know what, I don't care that I missed
the tattoo-a-thon because after that (bleep) that
Ceaser tried to pull at the awards ceremony,
I wasn't really feeling Black Ink
and I didn't wanna make them any money.
- Give that speech, yeah! - Caught 'em off guard, boss!
- All I'm saying is, if you eat off my plate,
I need to eat off your plate. - To be honest,
I barely wanted to come in today,
but I feel like me and Rok are grown,
and we gonna put that (bleep) beside us.
We just gotta sit down with Ceas and hash it out.
- Spyder, what is all this? We sellin' product out this...
- Oh, that's product placement right here,
that's product placement.
- Nah, actually, I was gettin' this (bleep) together, man,
for my pop-up shop this week. - Word?
(overlapping chatter)
This your first pop-up shop, right?
- First one. - That's lit, bro.
- So I've been working on Branded Content for like,
four years now, man, and I'm finally in a place
to give it my all, so I figure this is the time to really
push it and really get out there
and show the people what we really got.
- Congratulations! - Yeah, word, congratulations...
- I'm proud of you, bro. - That's cool.
- Thank you. This whole (bleep)
just a dream, you feel me, and this the legacy
I'm trying to make for my kids and (bleep).
- Right. - So they can be good,
give them something to pass down and just keep building.
Yo, the Branded Content pop-up is gonna be at
one of the most exclusive shops in New York City,
and based off of the love that we get on social media,
I'm expecting a huge turnout.
But it's coming up fast, there's so much to do,
I'm more than a little stressed.
- Alright, well, do we have any appointments today?
- Of course. - Let's get to
this goddamn money.
- Does anybody need a setup?
- (belches) I need a drink.
(Tatti) I'm an AP, not a bartender.
- ♪ Yeah, ain't nobody gonna stop us ♪
♪ Till we get there ♪
♪ Yeah, and ain't nobody stuck with me ♪
♪ Yeah, what's up? ♪
(Krystal) Come on.
You helping Daddy?
So what did you bring, just shoes?
- I actually got a bunch of sweaters, shirts.
- You know where you putting this stuff at?
- Uh, I was gonna empty out half of your closet.
You got a big-ass closet, like, come on.
You know, I'm kinda surprised
that Krystal wanted me to move in because usually
she's talking about that she needs her own space.
- We're exclusive, just not publicly in the shop.
- What, y'all on some Donna and Alex (bleep)?
- No, no! - We're individuals!
I like you as a person, but I feel like
we totally different, and what I expect
in a relationship, you...
sometimes you don't do it for me.
- For me, I love to be around her 24/7,
so this is a huge step.
- How do you store these hats?
You gonna put them in the box too?
- No, I'ma put them in the closet too,
you gotta pack them up sideways.
- At least the Mario hat, bro.
- Wh-- nah, that's gonna get hung up.
That gotta go with a picture with my father.
- Why, your dad gave you that?
- My father's name was Mario.
- Things between me and Rok
have drastically the last few months.
Don't get me wrong, I love Rok,
but I'm used to getting him in doses,
and now, I'm getting a whole lotta Rok.
- We finally opened up our own shop.
- I know. - And--
- Been a while in the making. - Definitely, you know?
- It's still a lot. I mean, we have people
that are working for us now, you know, it's kinda different
from being an artist to being a boss.
I wanted Rok to move in 'cause I felt like
I want our relationship to keep moving forward,
but I didn't really realize how hard it would be
to run a business,
and then also go and co-work at another shop,
and then go home and have to deal with this man too.
- Well, we already got the crib,
we got the shop, next is...
(drum roll)
- What? What's next, Rok?
- You tell me. - I mean...
(Rok) Nobody really knows this,
but I tried to propose to Krystal last year
but then when I pulled out the ring,
she said, "That better not be what I think it is,"
and I said, nah, it's a promise ring.
She said, "Oh, (bleep), thank God."
It looked like it was a sign of relief
when I said that, and now that I'm living with Krystal,
we're definitely ready to get married and start a family.
- You trying to get another dog, Rok?
Rocky doesn't like other dogs.
- I know that, so what else could we have...
- He can't have a brother. - ...to add to the family?
A lizard?
I'm just thinking it's time for us to,
you know, start a new chapter in our life.
- What chapter is this, Rok? We've already done a lot.
- And we could still go farther.
- Mmm? - To the moon!
♪ (autotuned vocalizing) ♪
♪♪
- Oh my gosh, look at all this inventory.
- (bleep) already got me exhausted.
- Oh my gosh, babe.
Do we need more hangers?
- We gonna need a whole bunch more hangers.
This all we got left right now, though.
I wanted something that people were aware of, but not.
And one day, I was sittin' on Instagram,
and when I went to my notifications,
at the top of it, it said "Branded Content."
It's a lot, though... - It's a lot
when it's just me and you.
- (bleep) give me anxiety.
(laughter)
- And you put it on me.
When you upset, I'm upset.
- With this (bleep), man,
I ain't gon' lie, the pressure is really
when you start spending that bread.
- We spent a lotta money on this, okay?
- Yeah, we spent a lot of our savings and (bleep).
- A lot. - Like, this is
my mother(bleep) kids' tuition and all that kinda (bleep)
with everything right here,
I'm banking on this type of (bleep).
- The bar high with this one, babe.
- When it come to failure, we don't talk that kind
of scare business over here.
This (bleep) gotta work.
Ain't no plan B, period.
You know, this (bleep) always been in my heart forever.
Started from my dad, God bless rest soul.
- From your father-- yeah, you told me.
- My father was one of the baddest mother(bleep)
tailors on the island in Trinidad for real.
Like, that was his game, tailoring.
He ate, slept, like,
dreamed this (bleep), tailoring, you feel me?
- Really? - Yeah, that's why--
- That's probably why you into these clothes...
- That's why I just can't leave it alone.
(Spyder) My father, he was damn near a model dad.
Somebody that took care of the family at all costs.
He'd be the first person that I always look at,
you know what I mean, before I even
make a decision in life.
My mother used to always tell me mad stories
about my dad as far as like,
the best clothes she ever wore was from him.
- He used to make all her dresses, right?
- Mm-hmm, this (bleep) in our bloodline,
you know what I mean?
(deep breath)
Sometimes I just wish he was here to see
what I was putting together.
Because besides one of the best tailors on the island,
he was also a super dope family man,
and he'd make sure that (bleep) was put together.
He used to go pick the material and everything,
just like how we did with this.
I lost my dad when I was still young.
I just remember the last time that I spent with him
was at his clothing store in Trinidad while
he was making clothes and (bleep).
(crying) So I just wanna make him happy, that's it.
I wish you could help us out, Killer.
- (dog growls) - (laughter)
- I showed you I did a little tatt the other day?
- You tattooed a real person?
You not ready for that, girl.
Without the basics, you always gonna be wack.
(Spyder) This is all the (bleep) that we got?
- Don't worry about, there's movers coming,
they'll bring the rest of the merch.
- Now I'm officially stressed out.
- Let's talk about next chapter in life.
("Wedding March" plays)
Will you be my wife?
- ♪ Whether I stop and go ♪
♪ Or fast and slow ♪
♪ We all caught up in the same things ♪
♪ As long as there's another day ♪
♪ We can find a way out ♪
♪ Everybody, everybody ♪
♪ Lookin' for a way out ♪♪
(Tatti) Hey, yo. - Hey, yo.
- How you doing, my friend?
- I'm alright, how are you?
- Excited to be here.
- Why you sound like that, man?
- I'm just teasing, what's up?
- How you? - Good.
- Good? - Yo, this weather though,
what the (bleep)? (sighs)
You sippin'? - Yeah, yeah, got me
a little margarita, had a long week.
- You good? - Yeah, I'm chillin'.
- I don't think people realize how cool Puma and I are.
He really held me down last year when I was
going through all my legal issues.
So I know something's up with him,
I just don't wanna pry.
- I've been feeling weird. - About what?
- I think that I've been taking care of so much
other (bleep) that I'm missing something in me.
- So you need like, a me day?
- A me day, that's impossible
to happen in my planet, know what I'm saying?
- What do you mean? - I have a three year old,
a nine year old, a wife, multiple businesses.
At first when I heard Zaiden's diagnosis,
I'm not gonna lie, my planet was a wreck.
But after seeing him at the Rocking Horse Rehab,
I feel like everything is gonna be a-okay, man.
You know me, man, I keep my personal to my personal
and I try not to mix the two, 'cause I don't like nobody
giving no pity party (bleep),
that's never been my (bleep) in life.
- Well, I don't like to party with the pitties
so you don't gotta worry about that over here.
- Yo, you're so lucky, look at you...
- I got no kids. - (stammering)
You got (bleep) all types of people out there,
and then, (bleep), at the end of the day,
you're free.
- You know, I still need permission
to leave New York and (bleep),
but no overnight trips.
- You'll be a'ight.
Sit your ass down, you need to practice on
your goddamn tattooing. - That's what I'm saying.
That's why I feel like the opportunity is just like,
a'ight, (bleep) it, I am gonna apprentice.
- Yeah, how are you handling things at the shop?
- Real talk, I'm super excited to learn everything.
Especially that I'ma be able like,
to apprentice under everybody I think is the dopest part.
- Who's gonna be the easiest and hardest?
I think the hardest is gonna be Bae.
- I think so too. - 'Cause she definitely
gonna give you the (bleep) ring around the rosy.
- Yeah.
Bae is self-made.
She ain't follow no rules to get to where she's at,
so I know she's gonna give me that much of a harder time
because look what she did, she's (bleep) unstoppable.
Of course she's gonna make sure
that I work just as hard as her.
Easiest person to apprentice under
is gonna be... I wanna say Alex?
Because I feel like Alex is very like...
- He's so happy right now... - Yeah, he's just like,
so happy and so like, "equanimical."
I mean, Ceaser and Alex seem to be really getting along.
- Good for them, know what I'm saying?
I'm glad he's getting along with somebody these days.
- ♪ F-f-f-fast cars, gold bars ♪
♪ Non stoppin' window shoppin' ♪
♪ Name droppin', king hoppin' ♪
- Today's the day, the pop-up shop
at 375 Showroom.
If you're around the town, please pop up.
So 375 Showroom is one of
the hottest boutiques in the city.
Super excited, super grateful
that the good folks at 375 Showroom
allowed me to come here and host my pop-up shop.
Got me a little rack in the corner.
I'm only here for a couple hours,
so we gonna make it count.
Where y'all at? Pull up, we here,
let's do this (bleep).
Yo, yo, yo. Thanks for getting a head start
on unloading the merchandise, baby.
- I feel like I'm rushing. - We all rushing, baby.
We only got one hour before this pop-up pops off.
- Oh, my God... - My man Alex
has been on his (bleep) lately, he grindin',
he volunteered to come through
and do a little ink and dazzle.
I'm thinkin' that, you know, my fans, his OnlyFans together,
sounds like a masterpiece, right, let's do it.
This is all the (bleep) that we got?
- For right now, this is everything.
♪♪
- I'm feeling excited, but I'm also feeling
a little anxious, you know what I mean?
It might not happen if Smooth
don't show up on time with the merchandise.
This is-- you could obviously tell this is not--
this not a full size run, ya' mean...
Alex, I don't even think he set up all the way yet.
Seems like everything and everybody is running behind.
We gotta open up these doors and get (bleep) together
because I worked too hard for this to fail
before it even starts.
- ♪ You know we do it for the T, that's why ♪
♪ You know we reppin' for the T ♪
♪ You know we grindin' for the T ♪♪
- Krystal, how's the new living situation going with Rok?
- Uh... - (laughter)
- No, I mean, we're good for the most part
it's just like...
- Krys-- look at Krystal.
(laughter)
- Of course when you with somebody 24/7
it becomes a lot and it feels like we're morphing
into the same person. - Ha, you--
- Krok. - (laughter)
- I know some people think that Krystal
is not happy with Rok, but I disagree.
They running a shop together,
they moved in together, and I feel like
this will only make them stronger.
- I showed you I did a little tatt the other day.
- You tattooed a real person?
Tatti, who told you could tattoo a real person?
You not ready for that, girl.
How many times you practice
before you actually did the tattoo?
- Maybe like five or six times.
- We were all apprentices at one point,
but the first thing you gotta learn
is how to be patient.
This is art, so you can't rush it,
and Tatti has to remember that she's an apprentice now,
she's not a manager, so you gotta work your way up
'cause you're at the bottom.
- When somebody want a tattoo,
I will have the design... - Uh-huh.
- I'll print it out, just trace it perfectly.
- Okay. - Literally 50 times.
- 50 times, okay. - Yeah.
That's how my line is so clean now
because I used to practice, practice, practice all the time.
- Yeah.
- Look, I'm not trying to be an apprentice forever,
especially since I already have people who wanna be
tattooed by me sliding in my DMs.
So what's up, I gotta learn build one,
because I can't be tellin' people I'm a tattoo artist
if I don't know how to... - I don't know how to build one.
That's why I have thousands of machines.
- What are you gonna use for this?
- A five and a seven.
- 7... - (indistinct)
- What're you just cleaning it? - Oh yeah.
Cleaning it every day. - Yeah? That's like,
your battery pack on the top? - Yeah.
- I'm showing you something. - (gasps, laughs)
- What's this, you mixed that? - No...
- What needles you always have on you?
Why you doing that?
- When Tatti told me she wanted to be an apprentice,
I thought it was a great idea.
But right now, it's like, bitch, it's a little annoying.
You should be focusing on like, drawing more,
and making clean lines on the paper with your pencil.
I used to practice on pig skin.
- Yeah? - That's very close
to human skin. - Both of y'all told me
to also practice drawing on paper.
- You have to, it's very...
- No, but the iPad, it's fun and easy--
- Fun and easy, that's not what you're looking for.
- Yeah.
- Fun and easy is not right now.
- Yeah. - You can have fun with it
when you're good.
♪♪
(chair wheeling)
- Okay, now I'm officially stressed out.
Where the (bleep) is my team?
This can't be happening right now.
♪♪
- Ted, how you doing? - Oh, look who's back
from Houston, what's up with you?
- I wanna sit here and take to y'all.
- About what? - What's your hostility about?
- What does she like, bro? - That's the thing,
I really don't...
- You don't know what your girl likes?
♪♪
- Okay, now I'm officially stressed out.
Where the (bleep) is my team?
(door opens)
Oh, (bleep).
To the rescue. Okay...
Oh, fire, fire.
(exhales) Yes.
The cavalry has finally arrived before the customers.
If not, we would've definitely been (bleep).
The caliber of artists, designers that attend
these 375 Showroom pop-ups,
ain't no way I can (bleep) this up right here.
Saved the day.
- ♪ Just clap, everybody move, man ♪
♪ Just groove, players gotta do your dance ♪
♪ Now breathe, ladies better choose a man ♪
♪ Just clap ♪♪
- Tatti, I don't know if you knew,
but before you do the tattoo,
you have to shave the area.
- Oh, (bleep), no way. - (laughter)
- Mess up your needle and get it caught in there.
- I never seen that before.
- No? - Never.
(laughter)
- I had no idea.
Y'all better stop playin' with me acting
like I don't know nothing about the game.
I'm about to start taking appointments, how about that?
- Where's your tracing paper?
- Right over there. - Okay.
Tattooing is an art,
and mastering the basics is way harder than it looks.
Tatti could be cute drawing and painting and stuff,
but when it comes to skin and needles,
that's way different.
So I need Tatti to...
come back and master the basics first.
I wanna see how clean your lines are.
So I could do thick to light.
Thick to light, practice that.
This helps a lot. - Clean lines?
- Listen, I know how to draw lines.
I really feel like Bae's just doing this to be extra
and give me a hard time.
But if that's what Bae needs me to do,
then I'm gonna draw the (bleep) out of these lines.
- So after you're done with this,
I want you to design something that you really love
about this size.
And I wanna see it in a couple of hours.
- Okay.
After this, I can tattoo something for real?
- Maybe, but let's see
how well you do with your sketches first.
- Okay.
- ♪ Man, I'm stuntin' like big time ♪
♪ Unemployed startin' from the bottom like Drake ♪
♪ I'm a big climber ♪
♪♪
- Yo, boy. - Oh.
Welcome to the Branded Content NYC pop-up.
- Okay...
(record scratch)
- So this whole entire experience
been a roller coaster of emotions.
It ain't like this is some kinda regular
random clothing line, this is my baby right here
and I'm tryna continue my family legacy with this.
I mean, at this point, I'm tryna stay optimistic,
but, yo, time is tickin'.
I appreciate Puma showing up and everything,
but I'ma need more than Puma to get this (bleep) poppin'.
- The clothes look great.
Definitely need me a pair of these shorts for sure.
- And you know what, bro,
that mean a lot comin' from you too.
I know you been involved in clothing for a long time.
- Yeah, man, this is a hard business, my brother.
Like, I done invested, I done (bleep) money up,
I done got yelled at for (bleep) money up.
Something that you think is gonna be a hit
may not hit, so I give you props, though, man,
'cause you doin' things, my brother.
I tried to get into fashion, myself, and it's really
kinda difficult, so I'm kinda really proud that Spyder
is really going out his way and making it happen,
and it looks so good.
And what a great move having Alex there to tattoo.
And not for nothing,
Alex out hustling on his day off?
Quite noble of you, sir,
quite noble.
I ain't gonna lie, Alex,
you're quite the hustler. - Yes, sir, I am.
- Bringing the worlds together. - I know, I see you.
I would like to purchase one of these,
and one of them ski masks, good brother.
- Desi? Finally, we got a sale.
I'm just hoping it's the first of many
and the crowd's just takin' they time to get here.
- Hey. - Welcome
to the Branded Content Pop-up.
- So today I had my client pull up to Spyder's pop-up shop
instead of Black Ink Brooklyn
to hopefully get a tattoo and do a little bit of shopping.
Tattoos and fashion go hand in hand.
They both about self expression,
and you always need support in both industries.
So it's only right that I pop up for my boy Spyder.
- So pretty much I want a beach tattoo
on my back and my shoulder. - Nice.
So life is a beach for you?
- Pretty much. - Yeah?
- It reminds me of my grandma.
She raised me from like, 1 to 12,
and then she passed away, but every summer
she took me to the beach. - That's fire.
- I just wanted to get something to remember her by.
- That's dope, I'm excited to do the tattoo for grandma.
♪♪
- ♪ I remember when they never brought my name up (name up) ♪
♪ Nowadays it's different ever since I came up ♪
- Between my son, work,
Black Ink, social media,
OnlyFans, I've been hustling super crazy lately.
- ♪ Yo, and I know ♪
♪ Oh, this is the way that it goes (it's how it goes) ♪
- It's dope seeing Spyder
put himself out there with his clothing line.
I've been in a similar place these past couple months
in my solo journey-- I've been able
to focus on myself, create a name for myself
in Black Ink, and that's something I didn't
even think I'd be able to do,
especially living in someone's shadow.
- ♪ Leave, I wonder why ♪
♪ Girl, you're music to my ears ♪
♪ Plug your phone up to my eyes ♪
♪ I remember when they never brought my name up (name up) ♪
♪ Nowadays it's different ever since I came up ♪
- Although I just got out of a long-term relationship,
I just wanna balance out all the work with a little fun,
and I'm just tryna figure out what this next chapter
in my life looks like.
- ♪ And I know ♪
♪ This is the way that it goes ♪
♪ It's how it goes ♪♪
- Alright, and we are finally done.
- Thank you. - Let me show you.
Take a little picture.
- Thank you, I love it.
- That looks good. Finished up?
- Oh, yeah, man, look. - Oh, (bleep).
Oh, that's fire.
- Thank you, thank you, thank you.
- Yeah, man, that (bleep) fire, bro.
You did your damn "thi-zing" on that.
- Listen, my (bleep), I appreciate your
wanting me to be here, bro.
- You got a chance to get some drip
and get a tattoo in a pop-up shop.
This has gotta be a first.
It's got to.
- It's legendary right here. Branded Content...
- Fly clothes, fly ink... - Meets Black Ink.
♪♪
- You done yet?
- I drew a little something-something.
- You did? - Yeah.
- Okay, you can't do that in tattooing, you know?
That's only for painting. You can't erase...
- Damn. - Tatti think this is
so simple, like, it's not that simple.
You are tattooing somebody's body, like,
and you can't erase that.
So Tatti got work to do.
I love your little creative mind, you know?
- I love that you love it. - Yeah.
You just have to use your pencil
like you're tattooing. Uh-huh, I love it.
- You do? For real? - I wouldn't lie to you, bitch.
- What is this?
Baby socks... (laughter)
- And baby booties.
I'm tryna have you as my baby mamas.
♪♪
- Oh, (bleep)! - Oh, you heard?
- Okay, okay. - My guy.
I had to reschedule a couple clients today
because today's Spyder's pop-up shop,
and I wouldn't miss that for the world.
He always supports me in whatever I got going on,
I'm super proud of him and he know I got his back.
- I just wanna let everybody know
I look better in my hoodie than Buck.
(laughter)
- I'm super excited that my Black Ink family
came through to the pop-up shop,
but (bleep) looking a little slow right now, man.
I got a whole lotta merchandise and everything,
but what's merchandise with no customers?
- Puma, you been married for a minute.
I wanna know what kinda place I should bring Krystal,
because I'ma try and be romantic.
I know you be doin' a lotta (bleep) for your lady,
but I wanted to know, like...
So Puma's been in the marriage game for a minute,
so obviously he's doing something right
to be lasting this long.
And now that I'm living with Krystal,
I really don't wanna mess anything up.
I really think it's time that we take our relationship
to the next level, but I just gotta
convince her that we're ready.
- I don't (bleep) know, man, what does she like, bro?
- That's the thing, I really don't...
- You don't know what your girl likes?
- No, I know what she likes, I know what she likes,
it's just I've been do-- I do a lotta stuff for her.
So it's like this, I feel like I already did all the stuff.
I don't want there to be any more mixed messages
in our relationship, I just wanna show Krystal
that I'll always have her back,
to show her that I'm in this for real.
- So there's mad different extremes.
You can be like your good friend Puma, right.
I done been at sex dungeons...
- What? - And I done did like...
- Don't listen to him, he got his nipples electrocuted.
- Let me get those nipples.
- (screaming)
Why in the hell was Rok asking me
of all people about some goddamn relationship advice?
I'm not good with my wife right now.
I'm the last person to be asking for advice.
I don't know what the (bleep) I'm doing my damn self,
and I've been with her for over 12 years,
what the (bleep) do I know?
- At the end of the day, what's next for y'all, bro?
Like, ya' mean, what is... - I ain't gon' lie...
- You want the jewelry... - I was definitely thinking
about the jewelry... - Do you want the kids?
- He does. - I definitely do, bro.
- Wait, it's you that wants the kids?
I don't-- she probably-- she been dubbing your (bleep)...
- She's been dubbing it for like, a little while.
'Cause I'm like, yo, I'm super in it.
I don't wanna be like my father having...
- He said he's not getting any younger, Alex.
- Yo, look, but hold on... - You, what you trying to say?
- I'm just saying, I want her to have my kids.
- Pump your damn brakes, brother.
You don't wanna rush into kids, man.
You just opened up a business,
that's your kid right now.
Take care of that mother(bleep) first.
(knocking, door opens)
(Ted) Yo, Spyder, there's a line outside.
(Spyder) There's a line?
- Better make sure they know it's open.
- That's crazy.
Merch, check.
Crowd of people, check.
Like I would say in the shop, let's cook.
Am I surprised that the crowd showed up?
Nah, people that wear my (bleep) are always late.
Fashionably late.
♪♪
- ♪ Boy, we came from nothin', all we want is to shine ♪
♪ When it's all or nothin', put it all on the line ♪
♪ They can't stop me, baby, feelin' myself lately ♪
♪ My team's strong and this here's my theme song ♪
♪ I'm starin' at the blimp ♪
♪ And it reads that the world is mine ♪
- Oh, it says "forbidden."
- ♪ Nothin', all we want is to shine ♪
♪ When it's all or nothin', put it all on the line ♪
- Hey, cuz, how you doing?
What's wrong?
- My cologne too expensive to be in this (bleep).
- You spray it, that's what you get a bottle for.
Just have a seat.
- Well, look who's back from Houston.
What's up with you?
- I wanna sit here and talk to y'all.
- About what? - What's your hostility about?
- I'm tryna-- this is how you be.
- How I be, yo? - This is is, what's up?
- What's up, yo?
- He has what they call...
Ceaser (bleep) paranoia
trauma problems, know what I'm sayin'?
- Man, (bleep) you.
(laughter)
- Ceaser's over here being all apologetic
about how he came at us in the last meeting.
- I'ma be honest with y'all, bro.
Now we ten years strong in this (bleep).
If y'all don't pick up what y'all supposed to pick up,
y'all can do your own thing without Black Ink.
- And it's all good, bro,
ain't no hard feelings and (bleep).
Ted is just giving him a taste
of his own medicine, you know?
Little bit of the cold shoulder.
- Listen, the last quote-unquote "meeting"
we all had, y'all said, yo, it's hard to talk to me.
So have a little espresso,
have a little cigar, sit down and talk.
- Would you like an espresso? - You sure?
- If he's on good energy, yeah, I'll take one.
- I'm not gonna lie, this is kinda relaxing, man.
From all the (bleep) that I've been dealing with,
this feels good.
From the last time we talked, you know what I mean,
my son's whole spectrum of autism thing...
- Have they figured out a way
to like, check the children
with like, the new era of the way the world is?
- It's all very complicated, you know what I'm saying?
- And how old is he? - Three.
On top of that, me and Quani
are going through something, you know what I'm saying?
Like, she's trying to figure out herself.
Even though we're progressing every day with Zaiden,
I know it's still hard on Quani right now because
she's not really where she wants to be in life.
And I know that can be difficult.
(bleep), I'm still trying to figure out
how to navigate through it all my damn self.
I guess she feels like she wants something for her.
Trying to find herself.
And I'm not even mad about it
because she's always been there for them while
I've gone and run and do my thing, know what I'm saying?
So it's part of being a team.
- She probably learned a lot from you.
So watching you just be full throttle,
gotta take care of the family,
she's probably on that mindset too.
So it's probably just a tad bit of a disconnect.
Communication, bro, just keep pushing forward.
- What's going on with you, Ted?
- I'm in a weird space still.
- What's a weird space?
- I ain't tell you, I went and sat with my older brother.
Like, you know, he came home.
- Give me a hug.
- What's up with you, bro?
- How's he doing? - He's doing real good.
He got a job... - Good headspace?
- Good headspace, everything.
- You ain't talk to him in years, though.
- It was awkward in the beginning,
like when he first stepped in?
It was like, we gave each other a pound
and it's like, why am I giving my brother a pound?
I ain't see him in 28 years, it's been.
Like, give me a hug, bro, know what I'm sayin',
and it felt good to have like, an unconditional like,
hug from family, know what I'm saying?
We even spoke about my pops.
You know how I feel about that situation.
He told me that my pops struggled with addiction.
- I had addiction to the streets,
he had addiction to drugs,
but he's getting himself together.
- And I told him, like,
that's crazy, I never knew that,
and my moms never spoke bad on my pops.
- Do you forgive him a little bit more now?
- I don't know.
With my brother being in my life,
I think I'm gonna have to revisit that at some point.
When, I don't know.
(Ted) If it wasn't for my brother Wayne-O,
I really wouldn't even be thinking about
reaching out to my dad.
But I'm getting older,
and maybe it's time to start patching things up.
And this is another thing I was telling my brother.
Like I told both of y'all,
you actually went through with it,
you did the therapy thing.
I said to you, like, I think you should try therapy.
- Been telling him too. - I was on the verge
of doing it, but I said, you know what, let me talk
to my peers first and try... - Yeah, you need it.
- That's the kettle calling the pot... black.
- I think I'm perfectly fine.
I don't know what the hell y'all (bleep) talking about,
I don't need therapy. - You're telling me
you don't need no therapy?
- Nope.
(laughter)
- What's wrong with your face, Puma?
- Ted and I shared, now it's your turn.
- Listen, now we meet our ten-year mark, right?
For us to be taken serious as a franchise,
we gotta take ourselves serious.
(Puma) It sometimes gets frustrating dealing with Ceaser
and how he doesn't really open up to us.
Like, even Ted is opening up,
and Ted doesn't open up to (bleep).
So, Ceaser, you know, you would think by now
he would be able to express himself
'cause not everything is perfect,
and not everything is Black Ink.
There's a lot more going on in the planet.
Krystal and Rok, they both took off
"Black Ink" off they bio after I sa--
- Wait, what? - Bro, yes...
- They took it out they bio? - Yes.
Basically, we put 'em on the platform
and now they wanna sit here and say, "Nah, we're not
"(bleep) with you, we don't wanna break bread with you,
but you broke bread with us."
- I thought Ceaser was gonna be on some cool,
relaxed (bleep) after Houston,
but after this whole Rok and Krystal thing, man,
he is on a war path.
And I don't know what he has up his sleeve,
but it don't look too good
for the ol' Rok and Krystal combination.
- 'Cause they don't understand what we came from.
You feel me? They come in when
(bleep) is nice and poppin', we had to get this (bleep) hot.
They wasn't there when we had them house party,
one way in, one way out risking our whole lives...
- With no light bill. - I'm talkin' light bill.
No AC, no heat, no nothin'. - (laughter)
- The whole precinct outside.
"Puma, go outside and talk to the cops."
- Have fun with that, there's like 16 cops out there.
If they arrest you, we'll run out the back.
(laughter)
They don't remember that (bleep), bro.
Mother(bleep) can't think this (bleep) is a revolving door
you gonna go in and come right back out.
Once you go out that door,
let the door hit you where the good lord split you, bro.
- (laughter) - "Good lord split you."
- I couldn't wait to use that line.
- You actually used that (bleep).
- Yes, yeah.
(Ted) Oh, we gettin' old, man.
- We haven't really had time to just be together.
- (record scratch) - What're you talking about?
We're literally together 24/7.
- ♪ If it's peace you want, know that he's got it ♪
♪ He's got it, whoa whoa ♪
♪ If it's joy you want, know that he's got it ♪
♪ Know he's got it, hey ♪
- (band playing) - Awww!
"I will be your Rok."
♪♪
This is so beautiful.
Like, no one has ever done something like this for me,
so I'm thrown off, I'm here walking
through some flowers, violin is playing,
I didn't even know that he knew what a violin was,
so this is crazy.
- Careful with the... the candles.
The guys, they were no help.
I had to come up with this all by myself,
and this definitely wasn't easy
trying to keep a surprise from Krystal.
From the outside looking in,
Krystal definitely has a tough exterior.
But every woman loves a little bit of romance.
- Oh, so why'd you do this? Something special?
- Yeah, I know, because, you know, I feel like
you're really special to me, babe,
and there's a lotta (bleep) that's been going on,
and we haven't really had time to just be together.
(record scratch)
- What are you talking about?
We're literally together 24/7.
But don't get me wrong,
this is cute,
and I'm happy that he planned this for us.
- The first time that I saw you at 113th,
I already knew you was the one.
I already see-- I see what I'ma draw up right now.
- And we hand drawin' this (bleep) 'cause
I see y'all coming out with your little tablets,
that's cheating... - (overlapping chatter)
- Even though you was trying to play hard-to-get and (bleep),
you was like, "Boy, go do somethin'."
And I'm like, nah, I wanna do something with you.
- Aww...
You know what was the moment where I knew you were the one.
- What? - (smacks lips)
Um...
I feel like it was every day.
- Okay, you know, the vibes is definitely right
for the plans I got tonight.
I don't know anybody that's been together
for two years and has their own shop.
- Yeah, that reminds me,
I did wanna talk to you about something.
- About what? - We have to really
have a seat and talk with Ceaser.
And see where he's coming from because I feel like
we were a little thrown off at the graduation.
We're not even touching your clientele,
so I don't know why it's becoming an issue now.
- Listen, babe, we could talk about business later.
But right now, let's talk about, you know,
next chapter in life. - Mmm?
- In a couple months, you know...
Oh, here we go, my guy.
(mumbling)
You gonna open it, baby?
- Sure.
- Go ahead, baby.
- (laughs) What is this?
Baby socks... - And baby booties.
- What is...
Rok, you tryna to baby mama me?
- I'm trying to have you as my baby mama.
- Rok gave me this promise ring a year ago,
and now he's showing up today to ask me to be his baby mother?
I feel like you're missing a couple steps, bro.
But I feel like certain things, we need to slow down.
Let's get our business and our living situation situated
and then we can talk about that.
Listen, I'ma give this promise ring back to you.
- What?
- And once you know
what you wanna do...
- Stop playing with me, babe. - Give it back to me.
♪♪
- What is...
Rok, you trying to baby mama me?
- I'm trying to have you as my baby mamas.
- Okay, Rok, listen,
I'ma give this promise ring back to you.
And once you know what you wanna do...
- Stop playing with me, babe. - Give it back to me.
So what if I give you this ring right now?
♪♪
Would you say yes?
- It's not that I don't want to be his wife, I do.
But I just feel like there's a lot of red flags
when it comes to his maturity, and I feel like that's
something we need to work on before we take that next step.
- What? Baby, don't make me...
don't make me do this right now.
- On the right knee? - I think so,
it's the left knee, right? - Okay, I don't know,
I've never done this before. - I've never done this before,
but I wanna know if you're serious.
Honestly, I wasn't thinking about proposing,
I just wanted to take her out on a nice dinner,
tell her I was ready for kids,
but something came over me and I ran with it.
I know this ain't the ring that you wanted,
but if you really down to be my wife, you know...
Krystal Morales...
will you be my wife?
♪♪
- We pass a needle trans-vaginally.
- Wait, wait, wait, wait... - Ohhh!
- I'm always trying to save you from things,
but at this point, at your age,
I can't save you anymore.
- (laughter) - Join the party.
- What is this, "The Last Supper"?
- That's what I said!
- (bleep) ain't eating off Black Ink table
if I can't eat off their table.
Either you gonna be with me, or you gonna be my competition.
- Everybody's trying to grow right now,
you know what I'm saying, and sometimes it's okay
if people grow in different directions.
- Alright, so I quit.
- I don't wanna catch anybody off guard,
but we are upgrading.
- What does that mean? - What does that mean?
♪♪
- ♪ MTV ♪