♪♪♪♪ [Ceaser] I came in this wanting to build a legacy.
♪♪♪♪
[emcee] Everybody give it up
for the Black Ink crew.
[cheers and applause]
[Ceaser] This is why I'm doing what I'm doing.
It's for us, yo.
All Black tattoo artists.
[indistinct shouting]
These next couple of months
are gonna make or break Black Ink...
- To Black Ink!
[cheers and applause]
[Ceaser] ...and determine
who's gonna be there in the end.
[Alex] What're you doing?!
[overlapping arguing/bleeps]
They was throwing glass at each other?
[Tatti] Hey, yo...
- Whole [bleep] show can get shut down
over dumb [bleep]!
[Puma] We all know that Black Ink
had its fair share of fights.
[overlapping arguing/bleeps]
- Let go, let go, let go!
[Puma] But as a brand and a team,
we all came to an agreement
that there's zero tolerance for any kind of violence.
- This [bleep] just [bleep] up everything.
There's gonna be some [bleep] changes.
- Jesus, take the wheel.
[Puma] Facts.
- I made a [bleep] mistake, and it was a huge one.
- Yeah, I made a mistake too when I showed up.
♪♪♪♪
[Ceaser] Y'all put my brand at risk.
I've been here ten years strong, yo.
You think I'ma let y'all [bleep] destroy this [bleep] for me?
Nychelle, Draya, I want y'all
to pack y'all bags and come to New York.
As far as the four in that incident--
Krystal, Vanity,
Bae, and Tatti,
y'all officially fired.
The thing that I learned over the last few months...
never take nothing for granted.
- ♪♪ It's the long way down ♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ Everything they told me that I couldn't do, I did it ♪♪
♪♪ I dream it, I live it, I want it, I get it ♪♪
♪♪ Get it get it get it ♪♪♪♪
[Bux clears throat]
- Um...
- [whistling]
- Yo, Ted, you know,
I don't mean to get in your business, bro,
but, um, what the [bleep] is that on your nose there, pimp?
- Hey, yo... - [laughter]
- "Hey, yo."
- Coming back from Orlando, man,
[bleep] [bleep] me up, bro.
The stress from the firin' has got me breakin' out.
Got a little cold sore on my nose...
- Yeah, yeah, that's the Florida, man...
- Clean myself up, I'm sayin', I don't want
nobody getting the wrong idea thinking I've been
hanging out with certain people
that used to work in the shop.
- Hey, yo.
- Whoa, that escalated very quickly.
♪♪♪♪
[Tatti] Primo...
- How was Orlando?
- Are you hungry?
- Yeah, I'm kinda hungry.
- Okay, good, because I have a [bleep] story.
- How was Orlando, by the way?
- Yo! Oh yeah, you wasn't there, damn!
- Speaking of "used to".
- It went down in Orlando.
We went down there, and it was supposed
to be a little shop boot camp thing.
- Wow, y'all don't even wait for me to eat?
[Puma] And you know, Tatti wasn't
supposed to be there and [bleep].
So she came in there on her, "Rawr, rawr..."
[making growling sounds]
- Was it my fault for... - [bleep]!
- My fault-- - I know that, say that!
[Puma] Ceaser was like, yo, ain't nobody like you anyway.
- When I walked in, nobody was like,
excited to see me, the only person that really acknowledged
that I was even there was Bae.
- So the second night...
[overlapping chatter]
Tatti came in saying, "Y'all don't like me?!"
And Bae was like, "Yeah, y'all don't like her?"
And Vanity was like, "Yeah, bitch,
shut the [bleep] up!"
- Pedro, I didn't see this part happen,
but I guess Bae went to like, toss the drink,
but the cup slips...
[music sting]
I'm not sure if the water hit Vanity
and the cup hit Krystal,
or the water hit Krystal
and the cup hit Vanity, but...
- "Ja-bow!"
[overlapping arguing]
Blasts her in the goddamn face.
- Oh, my God.
Then Krystal took a cup and...
[banging/shuffling]
At Bae's face.
- And you know Krystal, the Bronx came outta her.
[all mock grunting]
[overlapping arguing, bleeps]
[Bae] What?!
- Mashed the whole [bleep] up and [bleep], right?
So they had to call the ambo.
Ambo came, picked up Bae.
- Way to [bleep] end the night.
- So then after that,
Ceaser tells us all to meet at the house.
He's like, pacing back and forth,
and he's like, "Man, [bleep] this,
"y'all [bleep] trying to destroy my brand,
y'all got into a bar brawl."
- It's about to go back down, you know what I'm saying?
- So effective immediately...
[Ted] Tatti, Vanity, Krystal, and Bae
no longer works at Black Ink anymore.
[Tatti] "You're all fired."
It's like, part of me is like, [bleep].
- Mm-hmm. - I got fired.
But then the other part of me
is like, damn, maybe this needed to happen,
do you know what I'm saying, because I'm tired
of proving myself, bro.
Whew, I feel like I've been proving myself
since the day I [bleep] stepped foot in Black Ink,
and it's been [bleep] five years already.
We think about Tatti and all the fights,
but what about the growth?
I'm done, I'm tired.
- Honestly, just [bleep] Black Ink.
You always been on that grind
and you know how to make your money,
so like, what do you want to do next?
You know, like, forget all that [bleep], all that drama...
- Man, honestly, it's so crazy
'cause I have like, I'm so excited,
like, I have so many ideas.
I'm still gonna be focusing on my apprenticeship.
- You're still gonna be tattooing.
- You know what I'm saying? Like, I'm just gonna do
everything on my own. - Mm-hmm.
[Tatti] I know what I bring to the table.
And if it's not gonna be recognized
and it's not gonna be seen,
then it is what it is.
- Just like, start new.
- I've done it before. - Exactly.
- Not afraid to do it again.
- Exactly. - I've been through worse.
- I mean, this year alone.
Excuse me, like...
- [laughter] - Right?
- It was supposed to be a good trip,
but it ended a little chaotic, know what I'm saying?
- In pieces? - Yeah, in shambles.
- Ha ha! - You know?
To be serious though,
Black Ink is a family.
And the whole Orlando situation
blew that [bleep] the [bleep] up.
You just fired two of our top [bleep] artists?
Once Ceaser gets over all this bull[bleep],
who the hell is gonna ask all these young ladies
to come back?
I'm not getting on my hands and knees
begging for nothing.
We shed a few pounds in Orlando.
[laughter]
But we gained two more, baby!
[all cheering]
- Look who's here! - Here we go!
- These are the two new artists.
- Oh, hi!
- I don't know how I feel about Ceaser firing everybody
and then hiring me and Draya all in the same breath.
But I worked so hard to get to Black Ink.
I'm still figuring out the details with finding
a long term apartment
and getting my son up to New York,
but I'm optimistic.
- I'm a hugger.
- Do you feel the energy surge, yo?
[Draya] I originally moved back to New York
to be closer to family,
but if Ceaser's gonna invite me to work
at one of the biggest tattoo shops in Brooklyn,
I'm here for it.
But being at 9MAG, it was pretty peaceful.
We definitely didn't have any serious altercations
like what I just saw.
The energy seems a little off with this shop.
- Well, welcome. We're glad you guys are here,
you know, great additions to the Black Ink family.
- Puma, I have a question for you.
In the history of Black Ink,
is the first fire the official fire?
- No. - Okay.
- How many times Tatti done got fired?
Bae, she only got like, two or three strikes, I think.
Vanity, we might leave Vanity in Florida.
Krystal done quit, Krystal done got fired by me,
Krystal got fired by Ceaser,
so Krystal may come back.
[laughter]
- Ah, [bleep].
[overlapping chatter]
- [bleep] is this?
- Don't you remember the spring cleaning?
[laughter]
- A'ight, let's just keep it 100,
I be flippin' sometimes, know what I mean?
But as long as we got some type of understanding,
I ain't gonna flip on y'all.
You respect my house, I respect y'all, we good.
- A'ight, man, [bleep] it, I'ma cut to the chase, man.
We just trying to figure out like, how fired are they?
Like, because usually your first fire
is not like, the official fire?
- Look, y'all said it y'all self.
I have a history of,
you fired, a'ight, you come back.
you fired, you come back.
We keep trying to go to the same thing
and keep getting the same results
and I ain't with that [bleep] no more.
- We have one issue.
Uh, we lost Rok.
- How do you lose a grown-ass man?
- Because he didn't know he was getting on a train,
and on an airplane because of his situation
after you fired his girlfriend...
- Still might be out there.
- Yeah, when's the last time you seen him?
In the house. - He was in the house.
- I haven't heard from Rok, and right now, I don't know
what the [bleep] is going on.
This is the [bleep] that Ceas be talking about.
If y'all didn't have another shop,
y'all asses would be here trying to figure out
what's going on with y'all job.
Somebody FaceTime Rok,
and if he got a button-up on, we know what happened.
[laughter]
- ♪♪ I hope your heart is strong enough ♪♪
♪♪ It's about to skip a beat ♪♪
♪♪ I'm about to shake things up ♪♪
♪♪ You're about to fall in love with the new me ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
♪♪ Yeah, you're gonna see me me me ♪♪
♪♪ A new me, mm, mm, mm, the new me ♪♪♪♪
- This a nice shop.
Knock knock.
♪♪♪♪
- Bae, why you here?
- Me and Krystal, we've never had problems,
and the fact that she thought that I was coming for her,
anyone would be upset.
I need to go talk to her to apologize,
and also, you know, to make things right.
Krystal, can we talk for a second?
- Just give me a second, alright?
- Yeah. - I'll be right back.
It's been a couple days since the whole Orlando situation
but Bae coming over here is bringing me back to the drama.
Girl, I got a whole client in my seat.
Like, are we really about to do this?
- [exhales] Got something for you.
- What is this? - You ready?
- This supposed to be a peace offering?
- Yes, girl. - You brought a drink?
[laughter]
Only Bae would bring a drink
for an apology about throwing a drink.
- You want lime or you want berry?
- Bae's a trip. No, but Bae, really, what happened?
What set you off to throw the drink?
- Only thing I heard was,
"Bae, mind your [bleep] business.
Mind your [bleep] business."
- [shouting] - Bae, mind your business!
- So I picked up my cup.
- But, Bae, your aim was off, and you hit me.
- No, no, no, I wasn't trying to hit...
- Your aim was off. - ...No one!
So it slipped
outta my mother[bleep] hand.
- Oh, I was so mad. - My intention
wasn't to hit no one,
and it was 100% my fault.
All this [bleep] did not have to happen,
and I'm the one who started this [bleep].
It's really upsetting to think that
my stupid-ass action
led to so many people losing their jobs.
- Have you talked to Ceaser at all?
You think we're gonna get our jobs back,
or you just gonna go on with Diamond Tattoos?
- I haven't reached out to Ceaser,
but it's not just about that.
We put our whole life into that [bleep].
- Right. - But then for that
to just disappear like that, I feel some type of way.
- I did devote a lot of my time to Black Ink,
and I left a lot of my clients there,
so it's like [bleep] them.
Bae coming to Gods of Ink to apologize
definitely counts for something,
but in a weird way, it might be good
that this fight happened 'cause I was hesitant
about signing the contract with Ceaser anyway.
Maybe this fight was a sign
to build this all on my own.
- You know what, take it one day at a time.
You know, sometimes you play stupid games
and get stupid prizes.
I'm gonna take some time to just, you know,
look back and see where I [bleep] up,
where I'm good at, and then if Ceaser call me
to say, hey, come back, I'll come back.
- To leaving the bull[bleep] at Black Ink.
- Ah!
Cheers to our beautiful life.
- Ceaser called us right now and was like, "Yo,
come back to the shop," what you gonna do?
[ding]
- What the [bleep] is the emergency?
Bro-- [squeals]
Bro, that's Ceaser.
[bleep]
[overlapping chatter]
- Every action has a consequence,
and ultimately...
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ Yeah, we're feeling good ♪♪
♪♪ Yeah, we're feeling good ♪♪
♪♪ Whoo ♪♪
♪♪ Yeah, we're feeling good ♪♪
♪♪ Feeling good, yeah ♪♪
♪♪ We feelin' so vibin' ♪♪
♪♪ Yeah, we feelin' so vibin' ♪♪
- Nice to meet you...
[overlapping chatter]
- This feels very welcoming. - Thank you so much.
Well, welcome to... - Where's the weed?
[laughter]
[Ted] We've been back from Orlando for a minute,
but this is the first time I've really got a chance
to meet up with Puma in private and assess the damage.
A cannabis shop is the best place
to talk to Puma about what happened in Orlando
because we all know Puma and I
are the biggest stoners in Black Ink.
This is perfect... [echoing]
- Well, I am a connoisseur,
and I'm here to just check out
what kind of flower you have.
- Over here, we have the diamond
and the electric light.
We have the greenhouse and the full term.
- That's the ZaZa... - ZaZa to...
- Yeah, yeah, I get it, I get it, I get it.
Well, the way things have been going for us lately,
we kinda need to sit down and relax, you know...
- If you wanna look at anything, just let me know.
- Alright. - Thank you.
- You're welcome. - What is this?
- Oh, that's that new 2022 right there.
How's everything been with you, man,
after the whole craziness of Orlando?
- I don't know, man.
It keeps giving me flashes
of everything coming to an end, bro.
Here we are, we've put in all this work,
and we could lose it to a glass being thrown.
- I didn't wanna bring down the whole mood
in the shop the other day,
but this whole fight in Orlando
is much more damaging than what everybody thinks.
It hurts more than just the shops.
It can get the show cancelled.
- This whole [bleep] show
can get shut down over dumb [bleep].
- I was expecting a lot more from Bae and Tatti
because they definitely were part of the beginning stages
of Black Ink and the chaos, the fighting all the time.
They've seen it and done it
and should know better.
- This is a big brand.
We are responsible for a lot of people.
It's not just the Brooklyn shop.
Like, we have nine shops.
You know how many people we employ?
You know how many families depend on Black Ink?
- Right. - And y'all throwing
drinks at each other, like how old are y'all, man?
I don't think everybody gets the bigger picture.
Black Ink is a franchise.
Yes, we had a shop on 113th,
Yes, we had a shop on 125th,
the key word is "had".
And I don't wanna turn it into
a "we had Black Ink" as a whole.
- Yeah, me and Ceaser have had our moments.
[overlapping arguing/bleeps]
[clattering]
- We've taken accountability for that,
and we've been trying to change
what the brand is and how it looks.
- Everybody has taken a bigger step
and like, learned how to deal with things different.
- Right. - And it's like,
somehow, some way, we gotta figure out how to get
everybody on the same page, bro.
- The Black Ink brand has really been
trying to change its whole look, you know?
We've been working with our community
and doing a lot more to show that we're more than just
some people that be fighting.
It's not really good for business.
And to have the girls set us back ten steps--
this is horrible, man, like,
I don't even wanna talk.
- We do need to be involved more
and don't leave it just on Ceas,
especially with us being the brand leaders
and being the people who's been around so long
and being the people who's been in the industry
longer than everybody.
It's time to take more leadership
and start speaking up a lot more
and not really give a [bleep]
who cares or who likes it or not.
- It's been a really odd one.
- What's the best flower that y'all have here?
- That's why I'm here, you know what I'm saying?
I'm tryna get my chi back in place.
You got something like a tangy, kinda like
a forbidden fruit kind of flavor-ish,
kinda vibration...
You know what, good sir,
you is damn near close enough.
[laughter]
- ♪♪ Back it up, wanna smack it up ♪♪
♪♪ If it feels real good, pack it up ♪♪
♪♪ If you like what I like don't pass it up ♪♪
♪♪ Going out for the night gonna rack 'em up ♪♪♪♪
[dog barking]
- See what Daddy doing. - Coco.
She got something in her mouth?
- No, she always acting like she does.
She don't listen.
It's the only thing I miss about Rocky
is he listens a little bit.
- Rocky attacked me.
He literally bit a chunk out of my leg
like I was some ground beef.
Rocky got re-homed in a place where he got more attention.
So we're happy about that.
And we adopted Coco two weeks ago,
and our new baby loves it here.
So guess who popped up on me when you weren't in the shop.
- Who? - Bae surprised me.
- Oh word, what, out here? - Yeah, she came to the shop.
She wanted to apologize for throwing a glass.
- You're cool with Bae after that?
- I feel I gotta respect Bae.
She came all the way from New York
to come see me, you know?
I'm glad Bae came by 'cause I wasn't trying
to sit here and drag it. We're here to [bleep] tattoo.
- What happened after she apologized?
- Um... - What else y'all talk about?
- That if Ceaser don't want us around,
we aren't gonna be around.
- That's the biggest mistake he gon' do.
- I haven't been at the Brooklyn shop since Orlando.
You know, I'm not as [bleep] about what happened.
Ceaser firing Krystal.
And then we lost the chance to having a Black Ink shop.
For my contract to get ruined because of girls fighting,
is just mad disappointment.
That [bleep] had nothing to do with our shop.
- So what are you gonna do? - What do you mean?
- Yeah, because you still have your job.
- I don't even wanna be there.
Who else is gonna be left?
Spyder and Bux? - If Ceaser called
us right now and he was like, yo, come back to the shop,
what you gonna do?
- Uh...
- I already know what I'ma do.
Because you didn't have to fire me 'cause I quit.
I'm disappointed that we don't get the benefit
off of switching the shop over to a Black Ink.
But I also know that I don't deserve to be treated like this.
I have no need for Black Ink or Ceaser's bull[bleep].
So from now on, I'm only talking about Gods of Ink.
- The only thing that's important to me
is Gods of Ink and my baby.
We're our own bosses now.
- Maybe Orlando was a blessing in disguise.
You know what I mean?
- Also Gods of Ink?
Look, bottom line is
when Ceaser fire Krystal, he fired me too.
'Cause we a package deal.
So right now, all we gon' focus on is Gods of Ink.
- Pick me over Ceaser.
- I pick you over everything. - I feel like
I'm nicer to you, though. - I would pick you air itself.
But I feel like things are gonna start going good.
Come on. - Do whatever.
- Come on, let's go watch a movie.
Come on, Coco, let's go bye-byes, come on.
♪♪♪♪
♪♪ Get paid ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
♪♪ Money, money, money, money ♪♪
♪♪ It can be like night and day ♪♪
♪♪ Money, money, money, money ♪♪
♪♪ It can be like night and day ♪♪
- I still feel kinda bad about everything
that went down in Orlando.
Me and Nychelle are gonna pay Tatti a visit
and, you know, hear her side of the story.
- There you go, darling.
- Hi! - Hi!
- Oh! Get out of here! - How you doing, pretty girl?
- I just turned around, "Hey, welcome to Tropics."
Not expecting to see y'all. Oh my God.
- I was so happy to hear that Tatti found another job
so quickly after Ceaser did her dirty with that firing.
- Talk to me. Well, first...
What are you drinking? - Surprise me.
- Anything with tequila. - Both of you tequila?
- I'm a hussy. - Girl.
So what the [bleep], what's up?
- How have you been?
- Oh, well, I feel like I've digested everything.
How 'bout you girls?
- I'm doing good. - Right...
Trying to get settled in.
- Well, I'm dying to know like how was
the first day at the shop back?
- It was weird. - Yeah?
- I mean, I was sad when I walked in the shop and...
- Yeah, and you weren't there. - I feel like the vibe
has to be different - It was so weird.
- It was missing a lot of that feminine energy that...
I was looking forward to working with both you and Bae.
- We was about to outnumber the boys.
For the first time in I don't how long.
I've bartended on and off for years.
Cheers.
I started bartending when I was 18 years old.
So this has always been something that
I've fallen back on and kept in my back pocket.
I gotta pay bills, what I'ma do?
- Damn [bleep] this is amazing.
[chatter]
- I can do this [bleep] in my sleep.
I used to travel an hour and a half to work
every single day and then an hour and a half back.
Like, the sacrifices that I have made for Black Ink
to just get disposed like that is just kind of bananas.
It's unreal. - Yeah that [bleep]
is kind of [bleep] up especially like 'cause it feels
like it's probably coming from like your family.
- [bleep] Papi Ceaser.
[laughing]
- Papi Ceaser [bleep].
I would never ever call him that but...
[chatter/laughter]
I don't know, like part of me wants to care.
But a lot of me doesn't.
I did my best and that's my truth.
And I'm okay with that.
- That's my truth and I'm sticking to it!
- Stick to it! - I ain't not a bad girl.
Listen... - Sometimes you gotta do
what's best for you. - You always gotta do
what's best for you, always. - I could understand that.
So I know you've been doing your apprenticeship,
and I've seen your work, girl, like...
Them lines?
- Right [bleep]... - Solid, very solid.
But like what are the next steps for you now?
- I definitely... [phone pings]
...wanna continue growing as a student.
I'ma hustle this summer. I'm gonna work hard.
[phone pings] And then once I get like
a little bit more... [phone pings]
- What the [bleep] is the emergency?
Yo! Come here, come here, come here.
♪♪♪♪
Look at this. - What is it?
- That's Ceaser.
♪♪♪♪
- So it's definitely Ceaser.
- Bro... [gasps]
- Okay. - Oh my God, no, no, no,
I can't watch this [bleep].
- Just got a text.
- You're serious? - Oh my God!
[ping] - Nah, what the [bleep] is this?
This real?
- I am pausing filming.
- Wow, I think this is the one that might actually
end this whole [bleep], man, [bleep].
♪♪♪♪
- Oh, how much would you enjoy a glass of wine?
- What's, this a special occasion for wine?
- Listen, we free with no kids.
We can enjoy something like this.
On your day off.
[phone vibrates]
Maybe we getting some karate classes or...
- I don't think she wanna do no karate, I asked her.
She ain't really...
- What?
- Just got a text. Something with Ceas...
Abusing a dog.
- What?
- This thing got...
♪♪ You never said it would be easy ♪♪
♪♪ But I'ma sad that you'll be with me... ♪♪
- What is this?
Someone sent in the Ring camera showing
Ceaser from Black Ink abusing a dog?
- It's a video? - Yeah.
♪♪♪♪
- Oh. - Oh my-- Oh my God!
He kicked the dog.
♪♪♪♪
- What's up, it's Angela Yee from the Breakfast Club,
and I have your rumor report.
So Ceaser from "Black Ink Crew" is all over social media.
He is trending today. There's a video
that's been circulating on the blogs, and apparently
he was caught on security camera abusing a dog.
It's a very difficult clip to watch.
A lot of people said they were sick to their stomach
after they saw this.
-♪♪ Things will all bring me down ♪♪
♪♪ Things will all bring me down... ♪♪
- What the [bleep]?
- ♪♪ I can't quit ♪♪
♪♪ The made me lose my soul tried to take me ♪♪
- What the [bleep] is this? This real?
Yo!
- ♪♪ Broken dreams I'll never get ♪♪
- Why? Why?
This is crazy.
[Puma] [bleep], man.
What the [bleep], Ceaser?
What the [bleep], man?
Like what was he thinking?
When I first saw the tape I was thinking
what the [bleep]?
I feel like my friend definitely should not
did that [bleep], you know what I'm saying?
Don't [bleep] hit animals, like, what the [bleep]?
- Everybody is seeing this [bleep], bro.
- 'Cause this [bleep] has been viraled
to the mother[bleep] everywhere.
♪♪♪♪
And we just got through the whole Orlando situation, man.
- Front door.
- Hey, boss lady.
- Uh, speaking of boss man. Where's Ceaser?
- We don't know.
- This is not even me covering for him.
I don't know where he at.
[groans]
- Nobody knows right now.
- All right, so, clearly,
we all know that what we have on our hands is a [bleep] show.
- Yeah. - Are y'all clear about that?
- Yes, yes. - This ain't one
he can, you know, I'ma just dip, dip and tomorrow something else
will be on the feed, and it'll make it-- this ain't that.
- Been through a lot of [bleep] with Ceas, man.
Nothing like this. - This is different.
- And then it's like, it's a video, so...
- Can't get around it. - And you wrong.
That's the part that is like through everything wrong, bro.
- [Puma] Yeah. - To see Ceas to take action
on a dog like that, there's really no answer for that.
Especially with me being a dog father.
I could never imagine treating Kimchi that way.
- I don't mean to state the obvious.
We are in a [bleep] position.
- What can possibly happen? - What could possibly happen
is this [bleep] is done. This platform.
Everybody [bleep] is in jeopardy.
- It's just so wild 'cause this is what Ceaser's been talking
about, like, yo, he's been on us since that pool hall.
- Ten years strong in this [bleep].
I need y'all to step [bleep]. You and you slackin'.
- All these conversations, yo, you know, we gotta make
sure the brand is good and moving forward.
And it's like of all people.
♪♪♪♪
For Ceaser just to make this [bleep] mistake
and just ruin the whole brand...
It's just mind-blowing to me, man.
Treiva did warn us in Orlando that any violence
could possibly get the show cancelled.
But this is Ceaser we're talking about.
You know, the face of the show.
- So there are calls
that are happening.
And things being looked at and assessed.
I am pausing filming.
- Wow.
- Till I have direction on where to go and how we're moving.
- We've all made our mistakes in this [bleep].
I think this is the one that might actually
end this whole [bleep], man, ten years.
And I think it's finally over.
[bleep]
- I do not condone that [bleep].
- But I feel like too you shouldn't kick somebody
while they down. - I'm [bleep] upset.
♪♪♪♪
- Yo, yo, yo, young Krys.
♪♪♪♪
- What do you think this about?
- Everything that we don't know and that we need to know.
- So I get this text from Puma and Ted saying that
we got a meeting at the VH1 offices.
Nobody knows what it's gonna be about.
But anything with the network has to be serious, right?
- Ceaser's coming? - Ceaser coming!
I don't know. - I'm definitely feeling
conflicted when it comes down to Ceaser just because...
Even though Ceaser fired me,
he actually supported me in the beginning of my career.
And for many years, we were good.
I feel like I need to be here so my thoughts are heard.
- How you doing, mama? - I'm good.
Something about a meeting, but this look like
classroom like we about to be in school.
- This [bleep] definitely gonna learn some [bleep] today.
- [bleep] A little nerve-wracking.
- I don't like not knowing what the [bleep] is going on.
And I just took on a second crib.
- [bleep] Yeah, my family just moved out the projects.
- Getting fired in Orlando...
And then Ceaser going viral,
it was a lot.
Black Ink has been a big part of my life.
Can't help but to wonder what's gonna happen next.
With the shop, with the show, the whole brand.
- Yo, Tatti!
- What is this?
- Yo, we trying to figure it out.
♪♪♪♪
- Even though I got fired from the shop,
"Black Ink" the show
still has played a very huge role in my life.
So either way when I got the message
that there was a meeting, I'm showing up.
- Oh, oh, finally. - [Puma] What's up, y'all?
It's been 24 hours since the news broke.
We haven't heard a word from Ceaser, the network, nothing.
And now Treiva asked us to call this big meeting.
But we have no clue what's going on.
Nobody's saying anything.
- Is this everybody? I feel like somebody's missing.
- The only person's not here is Nychelle.
She had something to take care of.
[Puma] - [bleep] weird.
So now we're just gonna wait for the good people
to come talk to us, you know? And legit we don't
really know what's going on.
♪♪♪♪
And it has nothing to really do with the shop.
This is really, really honestly about the show.
♪♪♪♪
I been part of the Black Ink franchise
from the beginning legit.
Welcome to Harlem USA. This is Black Ink.
So whatever happens, I'm gonna be here
with my crew to see how this all ends.
- [bleep]
- Ten years, right? Ten years.
How do you guys feel?
- I think that Ceaser is an amazing businessman,
and everybody knows that he's an asshole, but I don't think
that exposing those videos was the right thing to do.
That's upsetting for a man to bust their ass
for years and give back,
like, that really sucks.
- Y'all are his friends, y'all are his family.
But I think whether you do some [bleep] up [bleep] in the light
or in the dark, you shouldn't be [bleep] doing that.
Being part of Black Ink means I'm part of this brand,
and he is the face of this brand.
I do not condone that [bleep] at all,
and I just personally would not
wanna be associated with that.
[Ted] I feel the same way you do.
He was 1,000 percent in the wrong for what he did.
- But I feel like too you shouldn't kick somebody
while they down. - Yeah!
- I'm not kicking him while he's down,
but, yeah, I'm [bleep] upset.
He has this whole meeting about
throwing this whole [bleep] away.
- Y'all put my brand at risk, yo.
You think I'ma let y'all [bleep] destroy this [bleep] B?
- And now we're sitting here because he possibly
just threw this whole [bleep] away.
- Draya is right.
He really] [bleep] it up for all of us.
But at the same time, that's still a human being.
And that's always gonna still be my brother too, you know?
- How's Ceaser? How's he holding up?
- He's out of town right now trying to get away
from all the chaos. - 'Cause I feel like
he's always been an asshole but he's always
been an asshole with a good heart, you know?
So like I was really surprised to see that.
- Hello, hello, Treiva.
[Treiva] Good afternoon, everybody.
[sighs]
I feel like the last time I saw y'all
we was in a bunch of bull[bleep].
So my reaction when I saw the video was like...
this ain't good.
[Bae] Is the show cancelled?
- Hello, hello, Treiva.
[Treiva] Good afternoon, everybody.
[sighs] Hello, family.
So first of all, I really genuinely wanna know
how everyone is feeling.
- I'm nervous, anxious. - Concerned.
- I'm a little bit pissed.
- So my reaction when I saw the video was like...
this ain't good.
I will say this.
In talking with Ceaser, he continues to be
very accountable, and while it's true
the things that he said to everybody like, you know,
one thing can take us down, he understood that immediately.
So, ultimately, the network has decided
to cut ties with him effective immediately.
- Damn.
- Are you really gonna cut him loose like that?
- The last time I filmed with him
was the last time I filmed with him.
- Knowing Ceaser for so long, I know he's mad.
I would be [bleep] mad.
To see it all get taken away from him
for just this really horrible situation.
Yeah, it's [bleep] up.
- What I know for sure today
is that as it stands now this
is the final episode for season 10A of "Black Ink."
- What?
♪♪♪♪
[Bae] Is the show cancelled?
- That's it. This is our last time together.
- What I'm saying is this is our final episode of this season.
- I don't see how there's a Black Ink
without Ceaser, like, Ceaser is Black Ink.
♪♪♪♪
- It's crazy, like I feel like as soon as I get
my life together and [bleep] like that, that the world
fall apart, you know what I mean, but it was a platform
for me to take care of my family, so I'm grateful.
- I'm definitely hurt by it. I came out of my shell.
You feel me? I'm not this type of person
originally, and the fact that I even allowed myself
to be betrayed to the world for something like this...
[mutters]
- Black Ink has been like a big part of our lives.
We seen each other more than like
we seen our family members, so...
- Most definitely, and I would say that
I have genuinely grown to love and care about everyone.
And very personally, you know, I am a woman of faith.
What I take into practice is that even the things that
I could not imagine good could
come from, good has come from.
You guys are artists. You're creatives.
If there's an opportunity to continue, then maybe
all of you, some of you, individually, collectively
rise up and dig out a person that's inevitably
in each and every one of you.
- Damn, like, this... This is crazy.
- This [bleep] hurts. I'm not happy.
- To lose everything...
- It's not fair.
- What's this mean? Is the show over?
- Let's haveanother meeting about this meeting.
I don't like this.
- I don't know what's next.
- Praying for the best.
- I'm sad, but I don't think
this is the end of "Black Ink."
- Um...
When I know more I will share more.
But, for now, it's a wrap
on "Black Ink." Thank you guys.
♪♪♪♪
[Puma] What the [bleep]. God bless and good night.
[Ted] I don't [bleep] believe it [bleep].
- Y'all, man.
♪♪♪♪
- [bleep] crazy, bro.
- [Bux] Oh, man. - Damn, Bux.
You know what I mean?
- I understand it's so sensitive because y'all his family,
you know what I'm saying? And I know if that was my family...
- Yo, we used to joke about this [bleep] like, yo, they gon'
cancel us in season one.
Like who's gonna let us be on TV?
We made it to ten seasons. I think that's [bleep].
♪♪♪♪
- Well [bleep] it. It was a pleasure, guys.
So now it's like what the [bleep] is next?
♪♪♪♪
- It's a wrap on "Black Ink."
♪♪♪♪
- God bless and good night.
♪♪ I know there's gonna be ♪♪
♪♪ Some brighter days... ♪♪
- So last year I was caught in a war between choosing
my relationship and choosing "Black Ink."
And I chose "Black Ink."
So to hear that we could be losing "Black Ink?"
That's devastating.
- ♪♪ I swear that love will find you ♪♪
♪♪In your pain I feel it in me like... ♪♪
- With us not going through with that contract to Ceaser
losing his job on the TV show, it's a lot, and all I keep
thinking about is God got plans for all of us,
so... onto the future.
- ♪♪ Oh, ashes fall from burning dreams ♪♪
- I feel like everything happens for a reason.
It might be a blessing that I got fired a couple weeks ago.
This is definitely a sign for me
to put all my energy into Gods of Ink.
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ In the dark... ♪♪
- I've had a lot of success with my clothing
line brand and content this year.
But tattooing is still my first love.
Black Ink the shop and the show is a major part of my life.
And thinking it just like being nothing is like,
I can't even fathom that thought honest.
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ I feel it in me like the beating... ♪♪
- Coming from New York, one thing I've known
is that [bleep] can happen in a New York minute.
Even though I was tattooing for years,
I really feel like having this platform
really took me to the next level.
It's kind of sad that I might be losing this family
just as I was getting to know everyone.
- ♪♪ I know there's gonna be some brighter days ♪♪
- I want you to know how much I really appreciate this.
You don't have to do this for me and like
this is a part of my journey, so thank you.
It means a lot to me.
"Black Ink" has been a life-changing experience.
I feel like I wouldn't be who I am right now
if it wasn't for "Black Ink."
But whether or not I'ma be at Black Ink,
nothing's gonna stop my hustle. Nothing's gonna get
in the way of me becoming who and what I wanna be.
♪♪♪♪
- I just became a tattoo artist.
And now all of this might be over? Like, it hurts.
Black Ink has taught me a lot, and I'm just grateful for
everything it's taught me. Thank you, guys.
- ♪♪ Some brighter days ♪♪
♪♪Ohh, ohh... ♪♪
- Black Ink has been a big part of my life, like this hurts me.
But I'm gonna be doing the same thing
that I've been doing all my life.
When everything is [bleep] up, I'm just gonna do my best
and move on.
- ♪♪ Ohh... there's gonna be some brighter days... ♪♪
- Yo, I got a little plug with a realtor,
and he showed me this spot.
If there's anybody who knows how to make lemonade
out of some mother[bleep] lemons, it's my Black ass.
I'm not gonna give up on the platform that grew our careers
and supports the next generation.
We ain't got nothing else to lose, right?
- This is one of the wildest years of my life.
I lost my dad, reconnected with my brother,
got closer to Yuni and now this.
Ceaser will always be my family, but this definitely
can't be the end 'cause I feel like I just
started this new chapter in my life.
- We gotta do it, man, we gotta step up to the plate.
- If not us, then who?
- ♪♪ I know there's gonna be ♪♪
♪♪ Some brighter days ♪♪♪♪
♪♪♪♪
♪♪ MTV ♪♪