[Ryan] - We're about to do major
construction and build more booths.
All right, let me get out y'all's way, man.
Trying to reshape 9MAG.
I just wanna do things the right way.
- Even in my shoes of co-parenting, like, you know,
her moving to Dallas
was presented to me like this was gonna be
an opportunity for a better life for her and my daughter.
Now you expect, like, the same rotation that we had
when you was up the street in Milwaukee.
Whitney has this thing when we're not on the same page,
I kind of can get the runaround sometimes.
[computerized voice] - At the tone,
please record your message.
- "Based on the results below... are related as half-siblings."
[both laughing and crying]
- Have you heard from Ceci?
She's gone and her booth is empty.
- You cross all my [bleep] boundaries,
but when it comes to yours, you want me to step aside.
[Nina shouting]
I will, I will, I will, I will, I will!
Don't think I will!
You're not gonna [bleep] control me my [bleep] entire life!
- ♪ There's no more ordinary lifestyle ♪
♪♪
♪ We livin' for the moment talkin' right now ♪
♪ Chi-Town, Chi-Town, Chi-Town ♪
♪ We livin' for the moment talkin' right now ♪♪
[horn honking]
- ♪ Whoo ♪
♪♪
[Ryan laughing]
- ♪ I'm looking so sharp I'm a well-dressed man ♪
♪ Yeah living my life doing what I can ♪
♪ Yeah whoo ♪
- Tonight's a big night for 9MAG.
We're celebrating. Renovations are done.
New booths are in, fully redesigned.
Make sure we're going in the future.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on.
What the [bleep] is this?
- No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
- So with the addition of the new booths,
9MAG's a lot bigger now.
We're bringing in a lot more clientele.
You know, and 9MAG is just solidifying why
it's a staple for Chicago.
And to celebrate that, we're having a Chicago-themed party.
Thank you everybody for coming out.
Here's some Chicago pizzas.
We're gonna turn the rest of this party into a juke session.
I've got my out-West young partner
thinking that this out-West footwork
is a little bit better than the South Side footwork, so...
It ain't not one Chicago party that go on
that don't have juke music added somewhere in there.
Because we all come from this culture.
♪♪
- Oh...
He's out there.
[all cheering]
- Chicago juke is different.
Juke party usually. You know what I'm saying?
Gotta have, like, that different light.
You know what I'm saying? Red light, blue light,
green light, some light.
It can't be the regular white light.
Juke party, like, you're in the back of a girl...
You know what I'm saying... Like...
♪ Doo-doo-doo-doo ♪ You know what I'm saying?
♪ Doo-doo-doo-doo ♪♪
Juke party is we bussin'.
[woman] - Good job, guys.
- That's a Chicago DJ right there, you hear me?
- What you got, a Casamigos?
- Yeah, I've got a little... Go ahead.
- Man, I need that... I needed that energy coming in.
This is a Chicago day. You know what I'm saying?
We grew up...
- We grew up on it. - Yeah.
- So by the way, I've gotta go down to Dallas.
Like, and my daughter's phone got...
One of them got me blocked. I can't contact Kinleigh.
- Really? - Yeah, bro, like, this is
the [bleep] I go through. Like, this [bleep] happens, bro.
- I thought you loved it. - We've been cool.
As soon as I say something that's not in her agreeance...
- That's when you go... - It's like back to square one.
- I'm the proud father of my
seven-year-old daughter Kinleigh, who now lives in
Dallas with her mom.
Co-parenting is hard enough,
but when you're doing it from a whole nother state, it's ugly.
It can be very rough.
And then when I'm not able to talk to my baby
on the regular, it could get weak as hell.
I've gotta get out there, bro.
Like, end of the day, I've still gotta be a dope-ass dad, like...
- I mean, I've gotta go to Dallas too, so, I mean,
any help you need... you know what I'm saying... I'll be there.
I've been holding down a spot in Dallas for about a year now
that I've been just taking care of business,
tattooing clients out of...
way before my son was even born.
So for Don to go out to Dallas,
I just feel like I can go there too, two birds in one stone.
I can support family and I can get some business done.
- So y'all going together, huh? - Yes.
Come on, man, let's get some chicken.
Nah, I'm not gonna get no brothers.
Man, you know, I'm just going out there
to check on my baby. Coming back.
♪♪
- Dray-co. - Hey.
- Dray-co, no Soulja.
- How's it going? - What's up, Mama?
- I'm all right. How are you doing?
- I like the hair. You're out here
looking like baby Phorever.
- You know, man, I wanna look like my son, man.
Twin, you know?
Man, what's new with you, though?
- Well... my sister had came into town... well...
- So it's true? You do have a sister?
- Awhile ago, this girl reached out,
saying that we share the same father.
Well, here's to possibly changing the rest of our lives.
♪♪
So we did the Maury thing and took the DNA test.
And lo and behold, she is my sister.
- What's her name?
- Her name is Anastasia.
[Draya laughing]
- Anastasia. - Yeah.
- Got it.
Man, honestly, I... I [bleep] with Draya.
I can just relate to her. You know what I mean?
Her energy and... uh, I never want her to feel like
she alone and she can't have nobody that
really has her back out here in Chicago.
And she's sexy.
What is... what else is there really to say?
- Yeah, she's a pretty dope girl and I'm... I'm grateful.
You know, I couldn't have asked for
a better little sister so far.
- My vice versa to that,
I know she is proud to have a big sister like you
that she can look up to.
Like, I'm happy, I'm really happy for you.
- Thank you. I appreciate that.
It is really thoughtful of Phor to ask me about
the whole situation with my sister.
But it makes me think about the fact that I have
a whole father out there
and I have to figure out what I'm gonna do with that.
- Ooh, bucket boys? - What's a bucket boy?
- "What's a bucket boy?" - She gonna learn.
- What? She gonna learn today.
She from New York.
She ain't never heard of no bucket boys before.
Man, can y'all show y'all mother[bleep] ass
for her, please... please?
- What?! - Goddamn!
[all cheering]
- Y'all did that! Y'all did that!
- ♪ I'ma go harder than most hey ♪
♪ I'ma go harder than most ♪
♪♪
♪ I'ma go harder than most, I'ma go harder than most ♪♪
[Shogun] We should do, like, a little skate party, though.
- I went skating last year and fell... it hurt.
[Draya laughing]
- Legs hurt.
- Mother[bleep] break a toe. - Look.
- Look at you looking all serious.
- [Ryan] Me? - Yeah.
- Um, I've gotta take a trip.
You know, I gotta handle some outside of tattooing business.
Um, so I'm going to Dubai.
Gotta go close some deals, head up some business.
You know what I'm saying?
I have the opportunity to go and be a part of the largest
crypto conference in the world.
I would love for people to know me as one of the best
investors and businessmen in the world.
- This crypto currency ain't even real money.
I can't even slip the money in a G-string at the strip club.
I don't want the crypto.
- [Ryan] So I'm definitely gonna need y'all
to hold it down without me. - We got you, boss.
- This mother[bleep] either gonna be a goddamn
circus when I get back to this [bleep],
or it's gonna be a well-oiled machine.
[B-Slam] - Ha-ha, no!
- Amen. - Amen.
- Amen, yeah.
[Shogun] - Draya, what's happening?
[Draya] - Hey, Sho.
- How are you feeling? - How's it going?
- Setting up for a tattoo?
- Uh, yeah, you know me... Always working.
- Uh, you enjoyed the event and everything all right?
- I did. Cool. It was nice to see, like,
how people... Like, that Chicago pride.
You know what I mean? - Absolutely.
Oh, we definitely rep hard. You know, we party hard too.
But the idea... I wanna double-back down on you
just to let you know that I understand, you know,
you found your sister, you got a new family.
But, um, here we try to create that family atmosphere also.
I just wanted to personally let you know that
we're here for you, all right?
- I appreciate that, for real.
- So one of the things I plan on doing with Draya
to make sure that she stays in our little family
is just being more hands-on.
I feel like if I was there more for Ceci,
maybe she would've chose a different path.
Oh, man, guess who just texted me?
- [woman] Who? - Ceci.
It says, "Hey, Sho. I'm sorry.
"Just going through some personal [bleep].
Had to leave 9MAG."
I just wanna just pour as much love,
as much energy into Draya,
so just to make sure that she's welcome
and part of our circle.
Well, you've got a 9MAG family, all right?
- He... he's big daddy in the shop now.
- And also... look, I plan on, uh, showing you Chicago,
giving you a taste of Chicago.
We're gonna do something tomorrow.
- Uh, should I wear heels or sneakers?
- Wear sneakers 'cause you might wanna fight.
But this... this is the thing...
[bleep] nobody up or nothing like that, all right?
- I ain't gonna beat nobody up, man.
Y'all just don't ask me to footwork
or do no crazy [bleep] like that.
♪♪
- What are you doing?
- A fake poop to prank Brittany.
- You wild.
- The other day, Slam was, low-key, getting on my nerves.
Her freaky ass came over there and licked my whole booth.
Why y'all [bleep] up my booth?
[man] - Oh, my God, my God.
- That's how... That's how we are?
This means war. - I'm ready.
- So now I'm gonna get on her ass, I'm gonna throw
a little prank on her. She got me [bleep] up.
- Boy, that [bleep] look like doo-doo.
- I'm gonna make some fake [bleep].
First, you've gotta get the milk chocolate...
You know what I'm saying... To get that consistent, like,
light brown with that peanut butter
mixed in with that. You feel me?
I'm gonna put it in the microwave for five seconds
just so it can be a little bit wet.
Not dry [bleep].
I don't know how to make dry [bleep].
I know how to make wet [bleep], okay?
Is she coming, she's coming?
- No. [mimicking whip]
Spike that mother[bleep] right on the floor.
[man] - You've gotta smear it
like somebody stepped in it.
♪♪
- Goddamn! Come on, man!
What's this on the floor?! - Ugh...
- You see that?
- I'm scared. What is it?
- Who just came from outside?
Oh, my God, bro. - Damn.
- What the [bleep] is this?
It looks like somebody [bleep] right there.
Not it came off somebody's shoe.
- There's a whole squat right there.
- Right. - Oh, my God.
[man] Bro, that's some dog [bleep].
That ain't human [bleep].
- That's Prince's [bleep]. Clean it up.
This is disgusting.
I am tired of working with these men around here.
They don't clean up after themselves as it is,
and now this?
[Bleep] it.
- Put a cup over it.
- Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo...
[all laughing and shouting]
- I [bleep] hate you!
- [Prince] It's chocolate. - That's disgusting!
- It's chocolate, it's just chocolate.
Chill the [bleep] out.
It's chocolate, it's just chocolate.
- I don't know how, and I don't know when...
but I'm gonna get him back,
and I'm gonna get him and I'm gonna get him good.
- Yeah, I gotta watch my back now.
She coming for me, and most definitely.
- I'm [bleep] livid. I'm gonna rock his [bleep].
[Don] - So we just got here to Dallas.
I still haven't quite got a chance
to really talk to Whitney.
You know, I've called, I've text.
Like, Whitney's not usually too happy
with anything last minute.
[phone ringing]
[phone beeps]
- I want a Char Polish.
Does this come with, like, the lettuce and tomatoes
and all that stuff?
- Where the [bleep] you from?
Where you from? - [Bleep]
- Where's Don's big ass at?
- So, uh...
Ha-ha!
- I knew Van not walking in this club right now.
- ♪ Chi-Town, Chi-Town, Chi-Town ♪♪
- ♪ Load it up quick ♪
♪ Six speeds on a stick ♪
♪ Catch me going 95 in a brand-new ride ♪
♪ Top down and I'm flying like ♪♪
[Don] - So we just got here to Dallas.
I still haven't quite got a chance to really
talk to Whitney, but, you know, I'm happy to say
I'm here with my brother, um, to support me through
the situation while he's here taking care of his business.
[Phor] - How are you feeling?
- [Don sighs] Uh, I'm trying not to be irritated.
Just really wanna come see Kinleigh, make sure she good.
I appreciate you sliding back out here to Dallas, man.
I know you got your own busy schedule.
- I just wanna tell you that I'm proud of you.
You know what I mean?
I know you're hoping to see Kinleigh.
You know what I mean? - Oh, sure.
- So we're gonna keep the spirits high.
- I don't in any way believe that
Whitney's ghosting me on purpose.
It's just that when they stayed in Milwaukee,
which was closer to Chicago,
it was way easier for Kinleigh to see me and to see
her brothers a little bit more often when she could.
That's Whitney. What's she doing here?
- Just kind of took being a single parent
and I was just, you know, starting to think about stuff
and I just want this co-parenting to work out.
- I appreciate you doing this.
- Have fun with Kinleigh.
- You know, me and Whitney just go through these spells...
You know what mean... Where we don't talk
or the communications get really bad.
I really don't know why she blocked me
or why my daughter's messages turning up green right now
when I'm trying to text her.
But when it's time to talk about money
or what things need to be done,
somehow communication will be very clear.
It's kind of like an ongoing cycle that I'm kind of tired of.
- I'm definitely getting my own, you know, experience
of how this is going, you know what I mean?
Not necessarily, you know, to the full extent
'cause, you know, I'm still... I'm still fresh.
You know what I mean? But I'm getting
the idea of also trying to control
the things I say to... to...
To make sure that we keep the peace,
to co-parent the right way.
Seeing what Don's going through with his co-parent situation
just makes me think a lot about me and Nina's situation.
It's been a struggle for some time now.
Me and Nina aren't together but that doesn't change the fact
of, you know, what type of father I'm gonna be for my son.
I'm gonna head back to the spot, get situated, uh, clean up.
I know I probably left the [bleep] all kind of ways.
I have a client and I have a couple of spaces
to look at too while I'm here.
Regardless of how things play out with me and Nina,
I still need to make a decision on my future here in Dallas.
It doesn't really make sense to keep two places
in two different cities, so...
I'ma check out a few more spots in Dallas
just in case this is, you know,
a place I see being my permanent home.
A'ight, here you go. - Yeah.
- All right, bro. - I'll see you
in a second, bro. - All right.
- ♪ Whoa whoo ♪
♪ I like that, I like that, I like that, I like ♪
♪ Need 'em so whoo ♪
♪ I like that, I like that, I like that, I like that ♪♪
[Draya] - The Wieners Circle.
[Prince] - I used to work here.
[Draya] - Yeah, food!
Thank you. - Yeah.
- All right. - It as cold as...
- Hey, y'all, step on up. Thicker than a Snicker.
- The Wieners Circle.
This place is a Chicago institution.
I really wanted Draya to get a true, authentic
Chicago experience.
- What do you guys usually get?
- Man, I personally get the Char Polish.
- I know you hungry. Come on up.
- Man, I'm hungry as hell.
- I know, I can tell. Your nipples hard as...
[all laughing]
All right. - I want a Char Polish.
- [Shogun] Yeah, a Char Polish... - Does this come
with, like, the lettuce and tomatoes and all that stuff?
No, right? - Where the [bleep] you from?
Where you from? - [Bleep].
- Hey, look, this is what you've gotta do...
- I'm from New York, I'm from New York.
- Oh, well, we aint got them dirty-water "dawgs."
We don't got... - Dirty-water dogs.
- We do everything, no ketchup. - [Shogun] Get everything.
- Just like that picture right there.
- It's like a big [bleep] in a bun.
You know how to hold a big [bleep], don't you?
- You're gonna hold it like this, Draya, like...
- She used to that. [all laughing]
- I'm not gonna lie, when I first walked in there,
I was intimidated as [bleep].
I'm from New York, and we don't even go this hard
right off the gate.
- Where's Don's big ass at?
- He's probably in the gym somewhere.
- In the gym? He's working out?
- You know they don't eat this [bleep].
- Boy, get your skinny ass up here and order.
I'm getting tired of you now. What you want?
- I ain't skinny. - You is skinny.
- No, I'm not. - You is skinny.
- I can see your heartbeat, mother[bleep].
[all laughing] That [bleep] jacket you got on.
Come on, hard nipples, you paying, right?
[all laughing]
- She's said she's gonna get add up.
- You're gonna need to tip me in cash, though, I've gotta...
- I ain't tipping you [bleep]. - You're gonna tip.
I've gotta pay for my Pap smear, mother[bleep].
You're gonna tip in cash.
- And so this is the whole thing about
being from Chicago. You gotta have thick skin.
And up in this place, they not just roasting meat;
they're roasting your ass too.
You're gonna have to put up with some [bleep]
before you eat this glizzy.
- Yo, we forgot to get drinks and [bleep],
and I ain't gonna lie,
I'm scared to go the [bleep] back in there.
I don't wanna get yelled at again.
- She's gonna pour that [bleep] on you, boy.
- I'm just gonna be thirsty, bro,
I'm just gonna deal with it.
I ain't never been verbally assaulted trying to get food.
- Man, you have officially been blessed in.
- I feel like this was, like, initiation.
I done got cursed out...
I got a hot dog that look like a burger.
[Dray laughing]
[woman] - "D" [bleep] that [bleep] up.
[Shogun] - Yup.
- What you mean, you don't like... you don't like...
[Draya] - It's good.
Thank you, guys. I appreciate this.
- It was either this or you get jumped in.
- I'll take the glizzy.
- [Bleep] the way old girl was going,
that's just as bad as getting jumped in.
- No lie, though. Unh-unh.
- Man, you've been getting the whole
little Chicago experience. The Bucket Boys.
- I know, I like it. - Juke music.
- I like it. It's starting to feel like a second home.
- Yeah, and that's the point. That's what we wanna do.
We want you to feel at home here.
We want you to feel like you're part of this family.
You know what I'm saying?
- Look, it wasn't until recently that I found out
that I had more family in the world.
Up until now, fellow artists in the tattoo community
filled that void for me.
I'm starting to think that the 9MAG crew
could be there as well.
- I'm glad we could show you a good time.
Glad you feel like you're a part of us.
- I do, I feel like I'm part of a team again.
It's been a long time.
- ♪ Bro he only brought that on for sure ♪
♪ I ain't with nobody I don't know hey ♪
♪ Cold like I've been playing in the snow ♪
♪ We've been on a wave I need a boat hey ♪♪
- [Don] You know, I've called, I've text.
Like, Whitney's not usually too happy with anything...
kind of out the blue or last minute.
Like, I'm not really here to fight
or have the day turn into an argument.
But at the same time, it still doesn't mean,
as her father, I don't got the right to, you know,
come pull up on her, come see her.
[knocking]
Nobody's home, so...
[phone ringing]
[phone beeps]
Hey, what's going on? I'm outside your door.
Would you please call me back?
You know, I'm not really sure Whitney's getting
my messages right now,
but I'm definitely not coming all the way to Dallas
without seeing my baby girl.
Just tomorrow, if that's fine with you.
I just wanna scoop her and take her to, you know, breakfast
and just let her hang out with me for the day...
or whatever. Go out and do a few things.
And then I'll bring her back in the evening.
End of the day, I just wanna see my daughter still.
I need my baby to know I'm here and I love her.
One of the biggest and most important parts of being
active in Kinleigh's life
is to make sure that she doesn't feel
any separation from her brothers
and, most importantly, me.
- So are you gonna be here permanently, or what's the deal?
- I do wanna eventually, like, you know,
open up some [bleep] out here.
[man] - I'm just looking to get, like,
a consultation for my girlfriend.
This is Lauren.
- ♪ Chi-Town, Chi-Town, Chi-Town ♪♪
- ♪ We were so short I can't remember a reason ♪
♪ That's why I might treat the game never meet you ♪
♪ I ain't mean no harm I'll be in my own world ♪
♪ Seeing through my eyes what you don't see with yours ♪♪
- [Phor] It's good to be back in my studio out here in Dallas.
It's been a while but I get a peace of mind
out of working out of my own space.
- Hey, P. - Yo, yo, what's up, man?
- How's it going? - I'm all right, how you doing?
- I'm doing good. - Good to see you.
You're back in Dallas.
- Yeah, you too, right? - Yup.
- So today my homegirl Shea comes in
and this is, like, the second or third time I've tattooed her.
You know, always good vibes, always giving me, like,
ways to move out here in Dallas, you know,
and she's helped me, you know,
build a network with a lot of good people.
What you've been up to, though?
- Um, just business, as usual.
What about you? - You know, I'm still
getting situated. I do wanna eventually, like,
you know, open up some [bleep] out here, you know what I mean?
- That'd be dope. - I got the pictures
that you, you know, sent me. I'm gonna make it dope.
- Okay, that sounds good. I trust you.
- ♪ You know the drill, you know the drill ♪
♪ You know the drill, you know the drill ♪
♪ Roller playing pop a seal pop a pill you know the drill ♪
- This was the place I first set myself up in
when I first came to Dallas.
But a lot has happened since then,
and I'm starting to feel like I've outgrown it.
Especially if I plan on spending more time in Dallas,
I wanna go a little bigger.
- ♪ Bend it over bring it back let me feel ♪
♪ You know the drill I'ma shine ♪
♪ I'ma drip, I'ma spit You know the drill ♪
♪ Know I've got patchouli on a honey can't... ♪
♪ And I don't even use the AC when I got my jewelry on ♪
♪ Big... gotta remind 'em this ain't no movie on ♪
♪ Pop one open my mind I'm getting my loosey on ♪♪
- Let's be clear. I will always
have South Side Chicago in me.
The truth is, though, I think I may have outgrown it.
Financially, I do feel it's a better place for me to be...
You know what I mean... In Dallas.
You know, it's a little more peaceful out there.
You know, I love... I love home, you know?
But I feel like in order for me to grow,
I gotta follow the energy that's already supporting me.
[Shea gasps]
Oh, this is so [bleep] dope.
I love it.
- That's crazy, man. - Thank you so much.
- You're welcome, you're welcome, man.
You know, it's all love.
- Absolutely, absolutely.
- ♪ Go up too familiar with the bottom ♪
♪ Go up I'm on the rise and I'm just getting started ♪
♪ Go up ♪♪
[Shogun] - He's really on a camel.
- Oh, [bleep], out here getting that Aquaman.
- [Shogun] He looking good, though, man.
- Hi. What's up? - Hello. How you doing?
- I'm good, how are you? - Good.
- I'm just looking to get, like, a consultation
for my girl... my girlfriend. - Okay.
- Like, a little rib tat.
Kind of like a keyhole but, like, a cosmic background.
Like a galaxy to fill it in sort of thing.
- Is she here? - She's in the car.
- Okay, just give me a second
and I'm gonna grab an artist for you...
- Oh, uh, just in case you wanted to see a picture of her.
That's her.
- Okay. - Cool.
- I am giving this lovely client to Prince.
Okay, cool. So you can go grab her
and I'm gonna go grab the artist, okay?
- I'll be right back. - Okay.
Why?
Because I had to come into the shop the other day
and play with him and dog [bleep], human [bleep],
fish [bleep]... Whoever's [bleep] it was.
Prince. - What now?
- Uh, I have a tattoo for you.
This guy, he came in and wants a tattoo for his girlfriend.
Wants a keyhole with a galaxy background.
Come. Come. - Ahh.
- With color and [bleep]?
- Uh-huh. He's going to grab to her.
She's in the car. - What?
- It's chilly out there. - [B-Slam] Yes.
- What the [bleep]? - So this is his girlfriend.
- [man] This is Lauren. - This is Lauren.
Hi, Lauren.
- She'd wave but, you know, my hands are full.
- Get the [bleep] out of... - [B-Slam] Yeah.
Don't be rude to Lauren.
- The first thing that come through my mind
when I see this sex doll... is sex.
The first thing I think about.
Sex doll.
It's a life-size... sex doll.
It's gonna be my first time doing something like this, man.
- There you go.
- First time for everything. - Yeah, right.
- You don't mind me asking how much you paid for her?
- Uh, the arrangement to get us together costs...
a little over 4,000 but...
- What? - Damn.
- You've gotta pay to play, you know?
- For sure. Uh...
I'm gonna be back, uh... - All right, we'll just be here.
- You could... you guys can have a seat on the couch.
- Okay.
♪♪
- Crazy tattoo I did before?
I did a tattoo on this... On this... on this girl nipple.
And got... like, made it into, like, a heart-shaped areola
and it looked like her nipples was loving.
Nothing like this, though.
This sex doll [bleep] is the number one...
- Yeah.
- craziest tattoo I ever did.
I'm putting this in a book.
In my craziest tattoo book.
- All right.
♪♪
- ♪ Running all through my mind ♪
♪ While I'm running all through her playlist ♪
♪ All the time I was shining ♪
♪ I was testing all of her patience ♪♪
- [Don] Whitney finally got back to me,
and I'm able to go over here and see Kinleigh.
So, that's literally all I wanted from the start.
[knocking]
♪♪
Thanks for letting me come over.
You know, parenting is delicate, period.
You know what I mean? You're literally trying
to find a balance between two different personalities.
Especially when you don't live in the same house.
I need my daughter to know
that her dad is willing to do anything for her.
Willing to drop anything if I have to
to make sure that I'm there for her.
Um, I love the hell out of my baby
and, you know, I just want her to see that and know that.
I just wanna close the door, Pooh.
We finna to go to the place, okay?
I really don't have, like, a lot of time left
here in Dallas, so I don't really feel like
creating anymore, like, negative energy
around the time with my daughter.
She ain't feeling the filming, you know, right now.
Whitney's still in that place that I feel like
anything that seems like she think is helping me
she usually is against.
I'm just still finna to just chill out
with Kinleigh for today and, you know,
take advantage of the hours I've got with her, that's all.
Her filming doesn't have to always be something negative.
You know what I mean? But if she feels
like it can help the situation
and it'll help me in any kind of way,
she's usually, like, 100% against it.
I mean, I don't have any regrets.
The world should always know that my daughter
is a part of my life.
I'll be wanting the world to be able to see
the type of father that I am
not just with my boys but also with my daughter.
And I believe my daughter deserves
just as much shine as I do in any way possible.
Oh, I missed you, girl! Getting so big.
♪♪
- Doesn't always have the flexibility of...
- Right. She got any friends?
- Oh, yeah.
- Knowing that you're establishing more roots here,
how do you feel about Phorever being back in Chicago?
- ♪ Chi-Town, Chi-Town, Chi-Town ♪♪
- ♪ Wake up let's get it, let's get it ♪
♪ Take it back, take it all back ♪
♪ Bring it back, bring it all back yeah ♪♪
- You want a chair or something, bro?
- Oh, my bad. - Yeah, it's cool.
You know what I'm saying? Hey, man, look,
I know y'all spend a lot of time together.
- For sure. - Let me get, like,
an hour with her.
- I'm a little protective. My bad, my bad.
- On the real, love is love.
You do you when you love somebody.
And when somebody else loves somebody,
you just gotta let them do them.
Here we go, you ready? - Let's do it.
- ♪ Something about today is different ♪
♪ Or maybe you're trippin' ♪
- So I've never done any job like this before.
If the client wants it, I've gotta give it to 'em.
Some nasty things going through my mind.
I wanted to touch the lip on it.
Probably gonna be the first time and the last time
I do this [bleep] again.
Has she met your parents yet?
Whoo! - I'm not gonna lie.
I haven't gotten around to it.
It just hasn't come up yet, you know?
- Ahh... - She's from overseas,
so I haven't met her parents either and, like, whatever.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
- I don't wanna put that pressure on her.
- ♪ Can't nothing bring me down ♪
♪ Start a party on the clouds ♪
♪ Gonna spread this word of mouth ♪
♪ Everybody go wild ♪
- The tattoo machine is not
working on Lauren's tough-ass skin.
So I'm gonna use a henna pen because it's still permanent.
And, you know, Prince tattoo stays with you for life,
just like herpes.
♪♪
- All right.
Looks about done.
[Prince groaning]
Oh, bam!
- Damn! Look at that, man. - You know what I'm saying?
Today has been a life lesson about alternative lifestyles.
I ain't judging nobody.
But I'm gonna have to stick to me having a woman
that actually breathes.
- It's amazing. - Does she got any friends?
- You hooked her up, I'm gonna hook you up.
- Look, I... remember me, man.
- Oh, yeah. - You hear what I'm saying?
- I mean, I'm not gonna forget that.
- Hey, look, I won't either. - In fact,
when we finally do get married,
you know who's getting an invite.
[both laughing] - Oh, snap.
Let me get...
- I might have to take it from here.
- I've gotta get used to... Goddamn.
- Let me just... - Go ahead, bro.
- Oh, [bleep].
- It's not just the strength, you need the finesse.
- No, for sure.
Hey, watch her head.
- ♪ I like that, I like that, I like that, I like that ♪
♪ Every time I step I hear she like my flash ♪
♪ Get the job quick doing nine no less, no less ♪
♪ Thank God every day another day to just step ♪
♪ I like that, I like that, I like that, I like that ♪♪
- This a beautiful neighborhood, bro.
- This... this is one of the spots, man,
I was thinking about, you know what I mean?
- Oh, yeah, man, this is dope.
- I know I already have a studio here,
but I just feel like now, like, as a man,
as an artist, my music, everything,
I just feel like it's way bigger now,
and I just feel like I need a space to represent that.
And it's just an idea right now, you know what I mean?
But, like, this could be like a tattoo studio-type vibe.
You know what I mean? Real intimate.
You know what I'm saying? - Real intimate. Boutique style.
- Another thing I would wanna do, you know,
bring in, like, you know, other artists.
- Okay. - You know, it's two levels too.
So, like, I'm thinking about upstairs could be like some...
Like a lounge, you know what I'm saying?
- Like Ray's Boom Boom Room?
[both laughing]
I think Phor is dead serious about moving to Dallas.
He's definitely felt at home here, he's laid some roots.
For me, it's just a little concerning,
because I know that he watches what I'm going through
with Whitney and Kinleigh,
and I really wonder, how is that going to play out for him
when it comes to Nina and my nephew, Phorever?
It feels positive, and that's what you're looking for.
Especially trying to open up your own storefront, man.
Like, that's the same way
I was picking my location for the gym.
- For sure. - Like, it was a dope block,
it was a busy block, it was a working neighborhood.
It's gonna be a vibe, bro. I mean, come on, dude.
I like this [bleep], bro. - This [bleep] smooth.
- Mm-hmm.
- Up there can be, like, whatever, like a hookah vibe
when y'all come to town.
Ain't gotta get a hotel, you can stay here.
- Damn, this is smooth, dude.
- If I'm really gonna take this full step
and commit myself in Dallas,
there are some major things that need to get worked out
between me, Nina, and my son, Phorever.
I'm not saying moving to Dallas is 100%
but it's a strong lean. I can make
this [bleep] so dope, bro. - I know.
- Dallas could possibly be a better financial situation
and a mental environment for me.
It's about being a good provider as a father
and leaving something behind for my son.
- You know, how do you feel knowing that
you're establishing more roots here?
How do you feel about little Phorever being back in Chicago?
- It's not like I'm flying ten hours.
I'm on a quick two-hour flight, you know what I mean?
- Just think about all of that that comes with that.
I'm not saying it ain't possible.
I just know for me, like, even, like...
- I mean, it's definitely possible.
I ain't gonna say it's all... I'm not fine with it,
I just get... I have... Sometimes there's some things
you've just gotta accept.
The more I make happen in Dallas,
the more I need to be here in Dallas.
One thing I do know is if I do make a decision
to move 100% to Dallas,
it's only to make me a better person
and a better father to my son.
- I know how much you care about family.
I know it matters to you a lot.
So it's just food for thought, bro.
But this is gonna be phenomenal.
- Yeah, we're gonna put it together, man.
- Let's do it, man. - Yeah, man.
- I'm with you, I'm proud of you, dude.
- Yeah, man. - It's the one, bro.
- But I do wanna address something to you, though, man.
It was to, like, [bleep] 9MAG, you feel me?
That's what it was.
- ♪ Chi-Town, Chi-Town, Chi-Town ♪♪
♪ Chi-Town, Chi-Town, Chi-Town ♪♪
♪♪
♪ I could see it coming on up in my zone ♪
♪ Tonight, tonight ♪
♪♪
♪ Tonight, tonight ♪
♪ I could feel it coming on... ♪
- You good? - It's all good.
That [bleep] on, man.
- Yeah, [bleep] OG.
Don and I are going back to Chicago tomorrow.
Don got to see Kinleigh.
I got to get back in my dad's groove.
I'm feeling pretty positive about the future.
But tonight, this really about letting our hair down,
kicking it and just having some fun.
- Take a shot first? - Yeah, give me a shot.
[chatter]
- Ay, one of them nights.
Dallas has been kind of a success.
You know, I did get to spend
time with my daughter. Even though me and her mother
still have things we need to work out.
[chatter]
It's looking more like Brother Phor is about to move to Dallas.
There's a lot going on with that situation, too.
To be totally honest, I just don't even wanna
think about none of it right now.
- We all make the best of this [bleep] so you know what I mean?
Love you, man.
♪♪
- Turn around.
♪♪
- Well... ahh!
I know Van not walking in this club right now.
[laughing]
- My boy.
I'm living in Houston right now.
I moved out there a year and a half ago.
I got a big crib out there. Five bedroom.
Pool in the back, Jacuzzi.
Sit the [bleep] down, man.
I found some property,
and we opened up Black Ink Houston.
- I decided to reach out to Van.
I knew I was coming to Dallas, and I know
he out there in Houston. I just feel like
it's been like two years we ain't talked.
- I would just hope for everybody to...
I don't mean this to sound cliche at all,
but, damn, just get along, know what I'm saying?
- Yeah, I agree. - Peace be to everybody.
I ain't got no hard feelings.
- We been hitting at each other a little bit,
you know, off and on on Instagram, but, like...
There's some things I gotta get off my chest, and I'm sure
he got some too, so I just feel that's what grown men do.
[chatter]
- I don't drink no more, man.
- Shut the [bleep] up, man, I'm leaving.
Good to see you, my [bleep]. - Good to see you, man.
Congratulations, too, man, on your baby, man.
How old is your little man now?
- Eight months, man. - Eight months?
- I'm in Chicago, man. - The boy is big.
- Sure, look at y'all [bleep], y'all big.
Don... [chuckling]
I don't know how much bigger
can he get, the [bleep] look like
a gargoyle character.
He look like he can't wipe his boo-boo.
- What's been going on with you, bro?
Like, you know, like, I can see from Instagram and [bleep],
but, like, how does it really feel like being out in Houston,
like, you know? 'Cause that's a different...
That's a different ballpark for you.
That's a different ballpark for me, you know what I mean?
- Houston, the biggest thing
about getting there,
was leaving my daughter.
I had to understand that I had to let go.
And know that I'm still going someplace
that's gonna elevate me, but I had to let go
of something which was leaving my daughter,
you know what I'm saying, in Chicago.
And that [bleep] [bleep] me up for a while.
- Like, that's really where I'm torn at right now,
like, you know, I would love my son
to be here, you know what I mean?
- Yeah. - But...
I know I'ma be there regardless.
- You know what? I can say this
over and over again to Phor.
But I'm glad he's actually in it for somebody else.
Like for one of the OGs, you know, one of the 9MAG originals.
So it's good to hear this coming from him.
We all had to do some maturing.
We all had to do a little bit of growing.
So, you know, Van wasn't always as chill as he is right now.
[shouting]
- I don't have to accept you here.
Whatever you say, [bleep]. [shouting continues]
- Look at this!
There's gunshots here!
[woman] Oh, my God, Van!
- [Bleep] you came in the mother[bleep] building
with a [bleep] gun. - A'ight, I did.
I did that [bleep].
- That's a nine, bro.
I'ma build this mother[bleep] from the ground up with you.
With you, [bleep].
- But I do wanna address something to you.
- And that did, it kinda... aah!
- Let's say Van may have felt like me and Don chose sides,
like, all y'all stick with his boy, Ryan.
He got to looking at me and bro is like, Ryan workers
or whatever the [bleep] he thought, and he took that
narrative and, you know, he just moved different with it.
But look, when you did that... - Yeah.
- It was something towards Ryan.
- I don't think it was towards us.
- I don't think it was towards me and Don.
And if it was, you can tell us, but I don't
feel it was personally towards us.
- You know what it was towards so I can put it out there?
- Yeah.
♪♪
♪ Chi-Town, Chi-Town, Chi-Town ♪♪
♪♪
- But I do wanna address something to you.
- I felt when you did that... - Yeah.
- It was something towards Ryan.
- I don't think it was towards us.
- I don't think it was towards me and Don.
- You know what it was towards so I can put it out there?
- Yeah.
- It was towards all of us.
Because I had a resentment for y'all, for everybody.
I had to get away, you know what I'm saying, like...
There was enough mother[bleep] kings in one castle.
- I mean, that's crazy to me.
That you covered the nine over
because of me, Ryan and Don.
That's like almost having a chick name
on you that you used to date, you know?
Just wanna get it off him.
I know I ain't personally did nothing to you.
And if it wasn't for the 9MAG,
he wouldn't even be here in Texas having this conversation.
- I covered this up.
It wasn't to, like, [bleep] 9MAG.
- I mean, that's what it looked like.
- Then it was to, like, [bleep] 9MAG, you feel me?
That's what it was.
- I know I helped build 9MAG.
Just as much as anybody else.
I ain't no [bleep] yes man.
I have no hatred, no resentment
towards none of y'all, even Ryan, you know what I'm saying?
Let's put it out there. I don't...
I don't hate this [bleep] bro, you know what I'm saying?
I got love for that man.
- Maybe y'all still need to have a talk.
- Look a [bleep] in his eyes, you know what I'm saying?
- When was the last time y'all spoke?
- And I ain't talk to that [bleep] bro,
since before I talk to you.
- Both Van and Ryan have a issue
with putting their pride first.
And the problem is neither one of them
was willing to let their light be dimmed.
And I felt like both of them probably made bad choices
because I've always felt like we was gonna be more powerful
together than we could ever been apart.
- It's been about two years. - Two years.
You said about two years? - Yeah, it's been a minute.
- I don't know what the problem is between me and that guy.
I just do not understand or know what
his deep-rooted feelings or issues is.
I think that it'd be good for me and Ryan to have a one-on-one.
I don't need to have it.
But I would like to.
- And sometimes you gotta disconnect to reconnect, bro.
- You definitely do. You definitely do.
- Is this y'all clients? What's this?
♪♪
- This a tattoo shop.
♪♪
- I'm honestly trying to figure out who it is.
- It's probably Prince Akeem.
[screaming]
- Bro, I feel like I was just going crazy.
Some [bleep] stole the Scat, bro.
[tires screeching]
My tattoo [bleep] was in there, my net was in there.
Everything was in there, bro.
- No!
- Yo, so my dad just texted me.
"Hey, Draya, I got your message.
"I think we should make some time for each other.
When can you come to New York?" I'm shaking.
- Man, what's up? - Oh.
- Somebody done put the ops in the building.
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