1 00:00:01,869 --> 00:00:04,638 - Compton is a city of dreams that never die. 2 00:00:04,705 --> 00:00:08,475 And I'm ready to start a new era for Ink Art Music. 3 00:00:08,542 --> 00:00:11,478 - Vudu, it is disrespectful if you're posting 4 00:00:11,545 --> 00:00:13,046 you're in another shop, working. 5 00:00:13,113 --> 00:00:14,581 - Are you (bleep) serious? 6 00:00:14,648 --> 00:00:16,049 I haven't heard from you guys in months. 7 00:00:16,116 --> 00:00:18,685 - Nessie, you work better when you're quiet. 8 00:00:18,752 --> 00:00:20,554 - I was disrespected over and over and over again. 9 00:00:20,621 --> 00:00:21,889 I'm defending myself as a woman. 10 00:00:21,955 --> 00:00:23,790 - 'Cause you don't know how to shut up! 11 00:00:23,857 --> 00:00:25,759 - I was pregnant. - (gasps) Aww... 12 00:00:25,826 --> 00:00:28,762 - And I got really sick. - What did happen? 13 00:00:28,829 --> 00:00:31,498 - (sobbing) - I wanna work back for you. 14 00:00:31,565 --> 00:00:33,534 - Before COVID shut everything down, 15 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:35,302 Armani introduced me to Polo. 16 00:00:35,369 --> 00:00:37,337 I was bringing him on as an apprentice. 17 00:00:37,404 --> 00:00:39,173 Been stayin' out of trouble? - Yes, sir. 18 00:00:39,239 --> 00:00:40,474 I'm just trying to not fall victim 19 00:00:40,541 --> 00:00:42,943 to going back to that mass incarceration 20 00:00:43,010 --> 00:00:44,845 that they locking all our Black people up with. 21 00:00:44,912 --> 00:00:47,481 I just need action again at the apprenticeship. 22 00:00:47,548 --> 00:00:49,683 - Barbie wanted to come speak with you today. 23 00:00:49,750 --> 00:00:52,252 - What? I'm not doing this again. 24 00:00:52,319 --> 00:00:54,054 I said my piece. 25 00:00:54,121 --> 00:00:55,856 - I'm gonna try to talk to KP. 26 00:00:55,923 --> 00:00:58,592 I get here, he's too good to talk to me. 27 00:01:03,230 --> 00:01:04,898 - Let's go for it. Green light. 28 00:01:04,965 --> 00:01:07,501 - At this point, I'm dropping anyone 29 00:01:07,568 --> 00:01:10,270 who don't believe in my vision of the future. 30 00:01:10,337 --> 00:01:11,972 It's a day of reckoning. 31 00:01:18,045 --> 00:01:19,446 - ♪♪ I be fishin' with you bish ♪♪ - ♪♪ I do what I wanna ♪♪ - ♪♪ Hey ♪♪ 32 00:01:19,513 --> 00:01:20,914 ♪♪ Tryin' to hear ♪♪ - ♪♪ I do what I want ♪♪ 33 00:01:20,981 --> 00:01:22,516 - ♪♪ Hey, tell her use her lips ♪♪ 34 00:01:22,583 --> 00:01:25,085 - ♪♪I do what I wanna ♪♪ - ♪♪ Ooh ♪♪ 35 00:01:25,152 --> 00:01:26,954 - ♪♪ I do what I want ♪♪ 36 00:01:27,020 --> 00:01:29,423 - ♪♪ I do me and you are you ♪♪ 37 00:01:29,489 --> 00:01:31,959 ♪♪ And you can't tell me who to screw ♪♪ 38 00:01:32,025 --> 00:01:33,961 ♪♪ Who be gettin' money? ♪♪ - ♪♪ I do ♪♪ 39 00:01:34,027 --> 00:01:36,063 - ♪♪ You can't tell me -- because ♪♪ 40 00:01:36,129 --> 00:01:38,098 - ♪♪ I do what I want ♪♪ 41 00:01:38,165 --> 00:01:41,602 - ♪♪ I do what I wanna do ♪♪ 42 00:01:41,668 --> 00:01:43,504 - ♪♪ I do what I wanna ♪♪ 43 00:01:43,570 --> 00:01:46,206 - ♪♪ I do what I want ♪♪ 44 00:01:46,273 --> 00:01:48,275 - ♪♪ Say I'm messing up the game 'cause I wanna rearrange ♪♪ 45 00:01:48,342 --> 00:01:50,511 ♪♪ Everything since I came in the game never change anything ♪♪ 46 00:01:50,577 --> 00:01:51,912 ♪♪ Wanna talk about my reign like ♪♪ 47 00:01:51,979 --> 00:01:53,881 ♪♪ Who gonna stop me? ♪♪ 48 00:01:53,947 --> 00:01:56,083 (clock ticking) 49 00:01:59,052 --> 00:02:00,587 - So today is the day. 50 00:02:00,654 --> 00:02:03,790 While the shop is not officially reopened yet, 51 00:02:03,857 --> 00:02:05,859 we gettin' close to the finish line. 52 00:02:05,926 --> 00:02:07,194 Clock is ticking. 53 00:02:07,261 --> 00:02:09,162 Anybody who ain't here by 10:00 a. m. 54 00:02:09,229 --> 00:02:11,131 said what they had to say. 55 00:02:11,198 --> 00:02:12,533 And whoever do come, 56 00:02:12,599 --> 00:02:15,769 they better check they ego at the door. 57 00:02:15,836 --> 00:02:17,471 (door opens) - What up, man? 58 00:02:17,538 --> 00:02:19,540 - What's happening? - What's happening with you? 59 00:02:19,606 --> 00:02:21,108 - Tryin' to create the vibe. 60 00:02:21,175 --> 00:02:24,878 Man, hopefully this the start to something good. 61 00:02:24,945 --> 00:02:26,213 - Today is the day. 62 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:28,182 (door opens) - Hey, y'all. 63 00:02:28,248 --> 00:02:30,317 - Starry-arry. - How y'all doin'? 64 00:02:30,384 --> 00:02:32,286 - Judgment day. - Judgment day? 65 00:02:32,352 --> 00:02:34,121 - Yes, ma'am. - Ooh-wee. 66 00:02:34,188 --> 00:02:36,323 KP and Tim have a lot to learn about managing, 67 00:02:36,390 --> 00:02:38,425 but these artists could be amazing together 68 00:02:38,492 --> 00:02:40,327 if they just give each other another chance. 69 00:02:40,394 --> 00:02:41,995 I fought hard for this meeting 70 00:02:42,062 --> 00:02:43,397 because I believe in these ladies. 71 00:02:43,463 --> 00:02:45,199 And if they don't show up today, I don't think KP 72 00:02:45,265 --> 00:02:47,000 will ever give them another chance. 73 00:02:47,067 --> 00:02:48,502 (door opens) 74 00:02:50,404 --> 00:02:52,773 - Hey, Polo. - What it do, pimp juice? 75 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:54,508 - What's the deal? - Hello. 76 00:02:54,575 --> 00:02:57,044 - That's Cory. - He a new tattoo artist in the shop. 77 00:02:57,110 --> 00:02:59,012 - I'm ready to learn, man. What's up with it, man? 78 00:02:59,079 --> 00:03:01,915 - I thought it over and I think I wanna bring Polo back 79 00:03:01,982 --> 00:03:03,483 as a shop apprentice. 80 00:03:03,550 --> 00:03:06,720 Before COVID hit, he was a cool addition to the team. 81 00:03:06,787 --> 00:03:09,189 - When I was in prison, I actually learned how to tattoo. 82 00:03:09,256 --> 00:03:11,358 - You did your own? - Yeah, I did my whole arm. 83 00:03:11,425 --> 00:03:14,194 - Man, he got the drive, the ambition, he listen, 84 00:03:14,261 --> 00:03:17,431 and he wanna learn, and we need that energy around. 85 00:03:17,497 --> 00:03:18,432 (door opens) 86 00:03:22,903 --> 00:03:24,471 - Yo. Yeah. 87 00:03:24,538 --> 00:03:26,440 Almost didn't wanna step on the floor. 88 00:03:26,507 --> 00:03:28,208 - Yeah, don't step on the floor, man. 89 00:03:28,275 --> 00:03:30,043 - Whole place looking lit. I love it. 90 00:03:30,110 --> 00:03:31,478 What's up with you, bro? - Nothin'. 91 00:03:31,545 --> 00:03:33,881 - This is my first time being back in the shop 92 00:03:33,947 --> 00:03:35,382 since the lockdown. 93 00:03:35,449 --> 00:03:38,018 And after that conversation with Tim, 94 00:03:38,085 --> 00:03:40,020 my headspace is in a little bit better place, 95 00:03:40,087 --> 00:03:43,123 and everybody else feels like they in a little bit better place. 96 00:03:43,190 --> 00:03:45,259 - I'm here for you. KP here for you. 97 00:03:45,325 --> 00:03:47,528 If this where you wanna be, the doors is open. 98 00:03:47,594 --> 00:03:50,831 - Tattooing brings me a sense of calm like nothing else, 99 00:03:50,898 --> 00:03:53,500 and I'm just glad to be back a part of this mission. 100 00:03:53,567 --> 00:03:56,637 - You met Cory? - Nah, this the first time I seen bro, honestly. 101 00:03:56,703 --> 00:03:58,705 Yo, nice to meet you, bro. - Nice to meet you, my guy. 102 00:03:58,772 --> 00:04:01,575 - Cory is a pro and he's here to mentor everybody. 103 00:04:01,642 --> 00:04:04,011 - Whenever I pull you to the side or give you some pointers, 104 00:04:04,077 --> 00:04:05,412 it's all out of just growth. 105 00:04:05,479 --> 00:04:07,247 It's about how we gonna grow together. 106 00:04:07,314 --> 00:04:10,484 - So this Cory guy is supposed to be 107 00:04:10,551 --> 00:04:13,520 the new Lemeir replacement, I guess. 108 00:04:13,587 --> 00:04:15,756 He seems pretty chill and nobody's yelling, 109 00:04:15,822 --> 00:04:17,958 so I'ma hope for the best. 110 00:04:18,025 --> 00:04:19,326 - Where the rest of these people? 111 00:04:19,393 --> 00:04:21,628 We do not have all day. Time is money. 112 00:04:24,364 --> 00:04:25,832 - Hi! - Hey, girl. 113 00:04:25,899 --> 00:04:27,501 - Yo. - There she go. 114 00:04:27,568 --> 00:04:29,469 - Sit in here, get in here. - Aw, thanks. 115 00:04:29,536 --> 00:04:31,872 I wasn't sure if I was gonna make it to the meeting today, 116 00:04:31,939 --> 00:04:35,142 especially after everything that's happened with KP and Tim, 117 00:04:35,209 --> 00:04:37,344 but Star convinced me to come back 118 00:04:37,411 --> 00:04:39,513 and I feel like the shop has a huge potential. 119 00:04:39,580 --> 00:04:43,150 Being part of IAM, to me, is a huge honor. 120 00:04:43,217 --> 00:04:45,118 You know, ink, art, and music 121 00:04:45,185 --> 00:04:47,454 helped me heal from my childhood, 122 00:04:47,521 --> 00:04:49,356 so of course I wanna be a part of it. 123 00:04:49,423 --> 00:04:52,259 - Is anybody else coming? - Nessie! 124 00:04:52,326 --> 00:04:53,927 - Alana. I don't know where she at. 125 00:04:53,994 --> 00:04:57,130 - Alana is the only person that has reached out consistently. 126 00:04:57,197 --> 00:04:59,766 So Alana, we could deal with her later. 127 00:04:59,833 --> 00:05:02,603 - Barbie? 128 00:05:02,669 --> 00:05:06,406 - She just got let go. - KP fired her. 129 00:05:06,473 --> 00:05:11,144 - Okay, I knew that the guys had issues with Lemeir, but Barbie? 130 00:05:11,211 --> 00:05:12,646 She was their day one. 131 00:05:12,713 --> 00:05:15,782 Like the shop will never be the same without Barbie. 132 00:05:15,849 --> 00:05:18,118 - I just wanted to say I'm thankful that y'all did show up though. 133 00:05:18,185 --> 00:05:21,855 And the fact that y'all here is saying that y'all do wanna at least get it started. 134 00:05:21,922 --> 00:05:24,324 And it's a new day, new time, we trying to put out 135 00:05:24,391 --> 00:05:25,993 some new vibes and energy. 136 00:05:26,059 --> 00:05:29,763 (door opens) - Hey! 137 00:05:29,830 --> 00:05:31,532 (bell dings) 138 00:05:31,598 --> 00:05:33,500 - Yo, yo. - What's up? 139 00:05:33,567 --> 00:05:36,837 Meeting time? (laughing) 140 00:05:36,904 --> 00:05:39,139 I was reluctant to come back to the shop, 141 00:05:39,206 --> 00:05:41,875 because so many times Tim and KP have, like, 142 00:05:41,942 --> 00:05:43,343 disrespected me to my face, 143 00:05:43,410 --> 00:05:45,779 so I don't want to be around people like that. 144 00:05:45,846 --> 00:05:47,781 Then Lemeir tells me that he's not coming back. 145 00:05:47,848 --> 00:05:50,684 But I feel like, at least if I can show up and make peace, 146 00:05:50,751 --> 00:05:53,620 then I'm okay with that no matter which way it goes. 147 00:05:53,687 --> 00:05:57,524 - I wanted to see what artists that I did have already here 148 00:05:57,591 --> 00:06:00,561 before I start over and bring in new people. 149 00:06:00,627 --> 00:06:04,298 - Actually, KP, can I talk to you real quick? 150 00:06:04,364 --> 00:06:05,766 - Step in my office. 151 00:06:05,832 --> 00:06:07,234 Tim, come here. 152 00:06:07,301 --> 00:06:09,136 Everybody else just chill. 153 00:06:16,176 --> 00:06:18,579 - Glad to see you here. (laughing) 154 00:06:18,645 --> 00:06:19,613 - Are you? 155 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:21,715 (laughter) 156 00:06:21,782 --> 00:06:23,851 - I'm a little worried about what's gonna happen with Nessie. 157 00:06:23,917 --> 00:06:26,587 But outside of that, I put all this (bleep) together. 158 00:06:26,653 --> 00:06:28,922 I'm the shop manager, so I definitely feel 159 00:06:28,989 --> 00:06:31,658 some type of way that they don't have me inside that meeting right now. 160 00:06:31,725 --> 00:06:34,094 - We done had our differences. I really think 161 00:06:34,161 --> 00:06:38,065 you didn't like me, you know what I'm saying, like even from the jump. 162 00:06:38,131 --> 00:06:40,434 - All I know is, you came in with this, 163 00:06:40,501 --> 00:06:44,204 "I'm better than everybody," and it was like, uh, okay. 164 00:06:44,271 --> 00:06:45,939 - Yeah, if I feel like proud of myself, 165 00:06:46,006 --> 00:06:47,908 I wanna be able to say that and I don't want nobody 166 00:06:47,975 --> 00:06:49,943 to be offended by it. - I couldn't gauge 167 00:06:50,010 --> 00:06:52,679 what your agenda was, you know what I'm sayin'? 168 00:06:52,746 --> 00:06:54,748 - That is the most important one-on-one. 169 00:06:54,815 --> 00:06:57,751 They need that, for sure. - Breathe, Nessie, breathe. 170 00:06:57,818 --> 00:07:00,320 - And because we never had no conversations, 171 00:07:00,387 --> 00:07:03,524 when I hear things out of anger, it's like, damn. 172 00:07:03,590 --> 00:07:06,326 I don't think people understood what it took for me to-- 173 00:07:06,393 --> 00:07:08,762 to even be here to do this. 174 00:07:08,829 --> 00:07:11,565 Of course Nessie has always been Team Lemeir. 175 00:07:11,632 --> 00:07:13,634 They from Philly, so, yeah, I get it. 176 00:07:13,700 --> 00:07:16,770 But she here now. That gotta mean something. 177 00:07:16,837 --> 00:07:18,739 - I feel like we can just put the differences aside. 178 00:07:18,805 --> 00:07:20,741 I am here to be a team player, you know what I'm saying? 179 00:07:20,807 --> 00:07:23,277 Like but I'm big on respect too, and I feel like 180 00:07:23,343 --> 00:07:25,012 that was a lot of the animosity that came. 181 00:07:25,078 --> 00:07:27,714 - Rule number one is respect. - Is respect, I know. 182 00:07:27,781 --> 00:07:30,317 But it wasn't demonstrated, though, on all of our parts. 183 00:07:30,384 --> 00:07:31,685 - I know. - You know what I'm sayin'? 184 00:07:31,752 --> 00:07:34,922 - You need a little bit more respect? 185 00:07:34,988 --> 00:07:37,357 It's done. Long as you feel 186 00:07:37,424 --> 00:07:40,761 family orientated here, it should be all good. 187 00:07:40,827 --> 00:07:42,563 - That's the main thing, you know what I'm sayin'? 188 00:07:42,629 --> 00:07:46,533 I want it to be a family, and it's just conversation. 189 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:47,835 - Yeah. 190 00:07:47,901 --> 00:07:49,937 - I really do feel like today worked out well. 191 00:07:50,003 --> 00:07:52,005 I had some talented people walk in here. 192 00:07:52,072 --> 00:07:54,908 And it feels like they wanna commit to the vision. 193 00:07:54,975 --> 00:07:56,710 I don't know what happened to Alana. 194 00:07:56,777 --> 00:07:58,178 I hope she good. 195 00:07:58,245 --> 00:08:01,815 But right now, this look like it could be the squad. 196 00:08:01,882 --> 00:08:03,083 - Oh, my God! 197 00:08:03,150 --> 00:08:05,919 (overlapping chatter) 198 00:08:05,986 --> 00:08:08,055 We was worried, girl. 199 00:08:08,121 --> 00:08:09,223 - ♪♪ Hey ♪♪ 200 00:08:09,289 --> 00:08:11,358 ♪♪♪♪ 201 00:08:11,425 --> 00:08:13,527 ♪♪ Yuh ♪♪ 202 00:08:13,594 --> 00:08:15,696 ♪♪ Uh-huh ♪♪ 203 00:08:15,762 --> 00:08:18,165 ♪♪ Yuh, I been working late night, late night ♪♪ 204 00:08:18,232 --> 00:08:20,634 ♪♪ Cup of coffee right before I take flight, take flight ♪♪ 205 00:08:20,701 --> 00:08:22,769 ♪♪ Me and you we ain't the same type ♪♪ 206 00:08:22,836 --> 00:08:24,404 - Hey, boo. - How are you? 207 00:08:24,471 --> 00:08:26,673 - Good, how are you? You looking all tan. 208 00:08:26,740 --> 00:08:28,976 - Thank you. This is really cute. 209 00:08:29,042 --> 00:08:31,411 - You been working your ass off. - I've probably worked harder 210 00:08:31,478 --> 00:08:32,713 than I ever worked in my (bleep) life, 211 00:08:32,779 --> 00:08:34,181 and I didn't even think that was possible. 212 00:08:34,248 --> 00:08:36,183 I'm really looking forward to the shop reopening. 213 00:08:36,250 --> 00:08:39,720 Especially since the conversation with Tim and KP actually went well. 214 00:08:39,786 --> 00:08:41,855 But while the shop's still closed, 215 00:08:41,922 --> 00:08:44,758 I'm booking murals, still doing tattoos on the side, 216 00:08:44,825 --> 00:08:47,294 anything I can possibly do to keep the hustle going. 217 00:08:47,361 --> 00:08:48,896 - What's been going on? 218 00:08:48,962 --> 00:08:51,198 - I went to the shop the other day just to see, 219 00:08:51,265 --> 00:08:52,633 you know, what the deal was, 220 00:08:52,699 --> 00:08:54,701 and we actually all had a conversation, 221 00:08:54,768 --> 00:08:58,272 and it was like an actual respectful meeting. 222 00:08:58,338 --> 00:09:00,207 - So are you back working in the shop? 223 00:09:00,274 --> 00:09:02,743 - As of right now, yes. 224 00:09:02,809 --> 00:09:06,246 - But how do you feel actually goin' back into the shop? 225 00:09:06,313 --> 00:09:09,283 - It is a weird dynamic just because 226 00:09:09,349 --> 00:09:11,151 I know Lemeir's not coming back. 227 00:09:11,218 --> 00:09:13,287 - Hmm. I love Nessie, 228 00:09:13,353 --> 00:09:16,990 and I know she's been speaking good about the IAM shop, 229 00:09:17,057 --> 00:09:19,960 but if she knew Lemeir was opening his own shop, 230 00:09:20,027 --> 00:09:21,428 she would jump ship. 231 00:09:21,495 --> 00:09:24,231 But that's not my business to tell. 232 00:09:24,298 --> 00:09:27,968 That's crazy that he would sit down and talk to you, Nessie. 233 00:09:28,035 --> 00:09:30,571 - What do you mean? - He won't even talk to Barbie 234 00:09:30,637 --> 00:09:33,373 and they actually been friends for years. 235 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:35,676 - As you see, I'm not working there anymore, and I'm so fine. 236 00:09:35,742 --> 00:09:37,778 - 'Cause you weren't there that day and I was just like, okay. 237 00:09:37,845 --> 00:09:41,615 - I'm 100% okay with it. I ended up going up there too. 238 00:09:41,682 --> 00:09:43,984 KP was too good to even come outside and talk. 239 00:09:44,051 --> 00:09:45,619 So that's when I was like, I'm done. 240 00:09:45,686 --> 00:09:47,120 I know I did my part. 241 00:09:47,187 --> 00:09:49,590 I really tried to be the bigger person and salvage 242 00:09:49,656 --> 00:09:51,425 what was left of our friendship. 243 00:09:51,491 --> 00:09:52,993 - I've tried and tried and tried 244 00:09:53,060 --> 00:09:55,696 to get KP to come and speak to you. 245 00:09:55,762 --> 00:09:58,799 - He don't gotta come out. I'm out. 246 00:09:58,866 --> 00:10:01,301 Honestly, I'm kind of relieved right now. 247 00:10:01,368 --> 00:10:05,172 Feels good to not to have to go back to that toxic environment. 248 00:10:05,239 --> 00:10:06,640 - So what else is going on? 249 00:10:06,707 --> 00:10:08,408 - We're having a gender reveal 250 00:10:08,475 --> 00:10:10,477 for the new addition to the family. 251 00:10:10,544 --> 00:10:13,981 - I need details, please. - Barbie's been planning everything. 252 00:10:14,047 --> 00:10:16,149 - Okay. - She don't know too much of the details. 253 00:10:16,216 --> 00:10:19,753 I just told her, come. - Oh, I'm so excited. 254 00:10:19,820 --> 00:10:23,323 - Barbie and I have become real close over the past few months. 255 00:10:23,390 --> 00:10:24,491 - If it wasn't for birth control, 256 00:10:24,558 --> 00:10:25,759 we both be sittin' here pregnant. 257 00:10:25,826 --> 00:10:27,794 Sure it ain't twins in there? 258 00:10:27,861 --> 00:10:30,430 - I don't have many friends out here in California, 259 00:10:30,497 --> 00:10:32,132 and now she's like family. 260 00:10:32,199 --> 00:10:34,067 - Well, Barbie, when was you gon' tell me to come? 261 00:10:34,134 --> 00:10:36,403 - That's what we're here for. - Okay, I'm just making sure. 262 00:10:36,470 --> 00:10:39,106 - I got you. - But I gotta let you know, 263 00:10:39,173 --> 00:10:41,808 your ex Ken is gonna be there. 264 00:10:47,347 --> 00:10:49,917 You know that's Lemeir's bro. 265 00:10:49,983 --> 00:10:53,887 Y'all both are family, so y'all both have to be there. 266 00:10:56,323 --> 00:10:58,358 - He did me dirty, yo. He did me wrong. 267 00:10:58,425 --> 00:11:00,360 Like he did me wrong, yeah. 268 00:11:00,427 --> 00:11:02,863 Ken is my ex who I met through Lemeir, 269 00:11:02,930 --> 00:11:05,265 and I really like loved him. 270 00:11:05,332 --> 00:11:06,767 Like... 271 00:11:06,834 --> 00:11:08,135 - I'm a real-life matchmaker. 272 00:11:08,202 --> 00:11:09,703 This is probably like the third relationship 273 00:11:09,770 --> 00:11:11,104 I done started, huh? 274 00:11:11,171 --> 00:11:12,339 - Damn. 275 00:11:12,406 --> 00:11:14,641 March 1st, I'll be here. - What? 276 00:11:14,708 --> 00:11:16,343 You're gonna live here? I'm excited. 277 00:11:16,410 --> 00:11:20,347 - You're excited? - So you don't have to leave now. 278 00:11:20,414 --> 00:11:22,816 But he just kinda like hit a light switch on me, you know. 279 00:11:22,883 --> 00:11:25,752 It was like one day I was everything, and then... 280 00:11:25,819 --> 00:11:28,522 the next day I was nothing. 281 00:11:28,589 --> 00:11:30,123 - You really think it's gonna be a problem? 282 00:11:30,190 --> 00:11:31,692 - We're not gonna be a problem to nobody else, 283 00:11:31,758 --> 00:11:32,993 you know what I'm sayin', but emotionally, 284 00:11:33,060 --> 00:11:34,795 like on the inside, bro, like I don't know, 285 00:11:34,862 --> 00:11:36,196 and I don't want to feel like that again. 286 00:11:36,263 --> 00:11:38,665 - It's unfortunate that y'all didn't work out, 287 00:11:38,732 --> 00:11:41,201 but we all gotta still be friends. 288 00:11:41,268 --> 00:11:45,739 I really don't want her to feel as though we're pushing her away 289 00:11:45,806 --> 00:11:48,175 because we're still friends with Ken. 290 00:11:48,242 --> 00:11:50,310 But at the end of the day, she has to move on. 291 00:11:50,377 --> 00:11:53,580 Like she knew him and Lemeir were close friends. 292 00:11:53,647 --> 00:11:56,817 Like they're damn near brothers. 293 00:11:56,884 --> 00:11:58,952 - It took me a lot to get over that (bleep) in real life. 294 00:11:59,019 --> 00:12:02,256 Like I'm just not really not trying to put myself back 295 00:12:02,322 --> 00:12:03,757 in that like-- eww! 296 00:12:03,824 --> 00:12:05,559 Why am I about to cry? I'm a thug. 297 00:12:05,626 --> 00:12:08,595 - It happens. 298 00:12:08,662 --> 00:12:11,398 - I just don't have the strength to ignore him. 299 00:12:11,465 --> 00:12:13,033 - But are you gonna come? 300 00:12:16,403 --> 00:12:18,772 - I'm gonna come, but I'm just letting you know 301 00:12:18,839 --> 00:12:20,240 that I might not stay. 302 00:12:22,943 --> 00:12:26,346 - I was kept from my biological father my entire life. 303 00:12:26,413 --> 00:12:29,349 He's coming to L. A., so we're gonna have a conversation, 304 00:12:29,416 --> 00:12:32,953 and it's time that I figure out like what really happened. 305 00:12:33,020 --> 00:12:36,323 - Oh, (bleep). Nessie got into a car accident. 306 00:12:36,390 --> 00:12:37,925 - (all) What? - Is she okay? 307 00:12:37,991 --> 00:12:39,593 - Oh, (bleep). 308 00:12:39,660 --> 00:12:41,762 - So when you gon' come show up to work? 309 00:12:41,828 --> 00:12:43,397 - I do show up the (bleep) to work. What? 310 00:12:43,463 --> 00:12:45,732 - Ahh... - Please don't play with me. 311 00:12:45,799 --> 00:12:47,901 - ♪♪ I do what I want ♪♪ 312 00:12:52,239 --> 00:12:53,740 - ♪♪ I do what I want ♪♪ 313 00:12:53,807 --> 00:12:56,210 - ♪♪ No pity, I'm sittin' on a row ♪♪ 314 00:12:56,276 --> 00:13:00,113 ♪♪ And I'm feeling no control and I'm taking on my goal so ♪♪ 315 00:13:01,281 --> 00:13:06,353 (singing bowl tones resonating) 316 00:13:06,420 --> 00:13:08,989 - Relax your fingers, your hands. 317 00:13:09,056 --> 00:13:12,793 Relax your arms. 318 00:13:12,860 --> 00:13:17,698 Completely surrender into this moment right here 319 00:13:17,764 --> 00:13:21,902 and right now. 320 00:13:21,969 --> 00:13:23,570 - Meditation and sound baths 321 00:13:23,637 --> 00:13:26,707 are something that have really changed my life honestly. 322 00:13:26,773 --> 00:13:30,344 Helped me find my clarity, sense of balance, peace. 323 00:13:30,410 --> 00:13:32,513 And after this big meeting, 324 00:13:32,579 --> 00:13:35,315 I just wanted to share that with Nessie and Vudu, 325 00:13:35,382 --> 00:13:38,318 because I know it was hard for them to make their decision 326 00:13:38,385 --> 00:13:41,054 when it comes to working in this shop or not. 327 00:13:41,121 --> 00:13:44,825 I hope the sound baths can get us all on the same frequency. 328 00:13:44,892 --> 00:13:47,227 ♪♪♪♪ 329 00:13:47,294 --> 00:13:49,396 (chimes jingling) 330 00:13:49,463 --> 00:13:51,798 (soft drums beating) 331 00:13:51,865 --> 00:13:57,804 ♪♪♪♪ 332 00:13:57,871 --> 00:14:01,742 - Slowly and carefully push yourself up. 333 00:14:01,808 --> 00:14:04,211 Thank you guys so much for allowing me 334 00:14:04,278 --> 00:14:06,079 to guide you through today's sound bath. 335 00:14:06,146 --> 00:14:07,548 (both) Thank you. 336 00:14:07,614 --> 00:14:09,917 - How you feeling? - That was intense. 337 00:14:09,983 --> 00:14:11,718 - You good? Intense, huh? 338 00:14:11,785 --> 00:14:14,488 - I really needed this because there's been so much going on, 339 00:14:14,555 --> 00:14:16,557 and I think that really just centering myself, 340 00:14:16,623 --> 00:14:19,893 grounding myself will help me kinda get my mind off 341 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:22,796 the idea that I have to see Ken at this gender reveal party. 342 00:14:22,863 --> 00:14:25,098 - I had invited Alana. 343 00:14:25,165 --> 00:14:26,900 She been good? 344 00:14:26,967 --> 00:14:29,269 - At the moment like she's kinda goin' through a lot. 345 00:14:29,336 --> 00:14:30,838 So I don't really know. 346 00:14:30,904 --> 00:14:34,341 I haven't heard from Alana in a few days, and honestly, 347 00:14:34,408 --> 00:14:37,377 we're kinda worried about her since she didn't show up for the shop meeting. 348 00:14:37,444 --> 00:14:39,313 I know she's goin' through a lot of (bleep) right now. 349 00:14:39,379 --> 00:14:43,150 - I was about six month's pregnant. 350 00:14:43,217 --> 00:14:44,918 And it was a stillbirth. 351 00:14:44,985 --> 00:14:48,255 - She probably needs some space, but I'm just gonna pray for her 352 00:14:48,322 --> 00:14:50,457 and hope that everything is okay. 353 00:14:50,524 --> 00:14:54,194 - We all need to do a lot more inner work 354 00:14:54,261 --> 00:14:58,265 before we start trying to put all these plans in motion. 355 00:14:58,332 --> 00:15:00,033 - When we first started being at the shop, 356 00:15:00,100 --> 00:15:02,703 I was hoping that we would have like this family dynamic, 357 00:15:02,769 --> 00:15:04,438 because that's something that I've wanted. 358 00:15:04,505 --> 00:15:06,773 After the pandemic, I realized I had a family 359 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:09,276 that I'd never met and it was my biological father, 360 00:15:09,343 --> 00:15:12,613 because I was kept from him my entire life. 361 00:15:12,679 --> 00:15:16,350 I didn't know that my stepfather wasn't my real father 362 00:15:16,416 --> 00:15:17,718 until I was around ten. 363 00:15:17,784 --> 00:15:19,419 They had done everything in their power 364 00:15:19,486 --> 00:15:20,821 to keep me away from him. 365 00:15:20,888 --> 00:15:23,924 I thought my real father didn't care. 366 00:15:23,991 --> 00:15:27,628 I talked to him on the phone for the first time in eight years. 367 00:15:27,694 --> 00:15:29,796 He's coming to L. A. so we're gonna have 368 00:15:29,863 --> 00:15:32,566 a conversation face-to-face. - Damn. 369 00:15:32,633 --> 00:15:34,835 - You know, I've been lied to my entire life, 370 00:15:34,902 --> 00:15:36,970 and it's time that I like take charge 371 00:15:37,037 --> 00:15:40,207 and figure out like what really happened. 372 00:15:40,274 --> 00:15:42,476 - Takes a lot of courage to do all that. 373 00:15:42,543 --> 00:15:44,912 I'm so proud of Vudu. I know how hard it was 374 00:15:44,978 --> 00:15:47,814 when we went to Seattle and she had to confront her stepdad and her mom. 375 00:15:47,881 --> 00:15:50,284 - It's time to heal. - I'm sorry, I can't. 376 00:15:50,350 --> 00:15:52,653 I'm sorry, I'm sorry. - It's okay. 377 00:15:52,719 --> 00:15:54,454 - I think it shows so much growth, 378 00:15:54,521 --> 00:15:56,523 meeting up with her biological father. 379 00:15:56,590 --> 00:15:58,458 I really hope they have a connection. 380 00:15:58,525 --> 00:16:01,428 - That's big, obviously. I'm glad to hear that. 381 00:16:01,495 --> 00:16:03,630 You know, that makes me happy. - It's been a lot. 382 00:16:03,697 --> 00:16:05,232 It has not been easy. - You didn't cause it. 383 00:16:05,299 --> 00:16:09,236 You didn't create it. You're just experiencing it. 384 00:16:09,303 --> 00:16:14,141 ♪♪♪♪ 385 00:16:14,208 --> 00:16:16,677 - What we teaching today, man? What we teaching? 386 00:16:16,743 --> 00:16:18,345 - We teaching the-- - Today-- 387 00:16:18,412 --> 00:16:21,081 if you get past slapping it. 388 00:16:21,148 --> 00:16:23,517 - One more time. - I wanna get everybody set up 389 00:16:23,584 --> 00:16:25,719 so I can kind of see where everybody's at, 390 00:16:25,786 --> 00:16:28,689 and if and where I can help. 391 00:16:28,755 --> 00:16:30,257 - We still waiting on our paperwork 392 00:16:30,324 --> 00:16:31,992 to officially reopen the shop. 393 00:16:32,059 --> 00:16:36,163 So today is all about skill building and team bonding. 394 00:16:36,230 --> 00:16:39,833 Now Nessie already told me she had a mural that she booked, 395 00:16:39,900 --> 00:16:41,702 but I'm more concerned about Alana. 396 00:16:41,768 --> 00:16:43,504 She used to hit me up all the time, 397 00:16:43,570 --> 00:16:45,739 but now it's been crickets. 398 00:16:45,806 --> 00:16:48,542 I don't know if she on the fence about the shop or not 399 00:16:48,609 --> 00:16:50,744 or if it's really something serious. 400 00:16:50,811 --> 00:16:52,813 What everybody up to this weekend? 401 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:55,549 - Not much. - Ink knows this already, 402 00:16:55,616 --> 00:16:58,986 but my biological father is coming to visit. 403 00:16:59,052 --> 00:17:01,421 - Oh, yeah? - So it'll be interesting, yeah. 404 00:17:01,488 --> 00:17:03,757 I haven't seen him in, um, eight years. 405 00:17:03,824 --> 00:17:07,227 - I don't know my father at all. Like he can walk through this door and I would not know. 406 00:17:07,294 --> 00:17:09,763 - Not know what he look like? - I always had the idea 407 00:17:09,830 --> 00:17:11,765 of like my son meeting his granddad. 408 00:17:11,832 --> 00:17:13,433 And that's-- that's structure. That's something that, 409 00:17:13,500 --> 00:17:15,836 a lot of Black people, we don't have. 410 00:17:15,903 --> 00:17:18,405 I respect Vudu so much, but I don't think I could ever 411 00:17:18,472 --> 00:17:20,107 give my father a second chance. 412 00:17:20,174 --> 00:17:23,110 I mean, I went to prison and prison became my father. 413 00:17:23,177 --> 00:17:25,045 That's where I learned how to become a man. 414 00:17:25,112 --> 00:17:28,048 I did 12 years, 4 months, and 21 days, 415 00:17:28,115 --> 00:17:31,118 and I still found a way to be there for my son. 416 00:17:31,185 --> 00:17:34,788 - You know, with my pops, he been in L. A. this whole time, 417 00:17:34,855 --> 00:17:37,224 but he just ain't been in my life. 418 00:17:37,291 --> 00:17:40,594 Maybe back then it wasn't much he could do for me at the time, 419 00:17:40,661 --> 00:17:43,130 and it was probably better that he separated, because now, 420 00:17:43,197 --> 00:17:45,232 we starting to build a better relationship. 421 00:17:45,299 --> 00:17:48,068 - I know people who didn't have they dad, but they lose 'em, 422 00:17:48,135 --> 00:17:50,571 and then they're like, damn, I wish I would've talked to him, 423 00:17:50,637 --> 00:17:52,606 and you might pull some gems from that. 424 00:17:52,673 --> 00:17:55,475 You never know. - I don't have any like expectations, 425 00:17:55,542 --> 00:17:57,578 but I am curious. - No, that's dope. 426 00:17:57,644 --> 00:18:00,280 And that's why like my son out here in town, so... 427 00:18:00,347 --> 00:18:02,816 Now I have them conversations with him that it's like-- 428 00:18:02,883 --> 00:18:04,318 that I wanted my pops to have with me 429 00:18:04,384 --> 00:18:07,054 that I didn't know I needed. We gon' go hit the gym. 430 00:18:07,120 --> 00:18:09,756 Go run up a little mountain. If he ain't too busy. 431 00:18:09,823 --> 00:18:11,892 - Being a dad, you know what you'd do for your kid. 432 00:18:11,959 --> 00:18:15,295 Me being a dad and a granddad, I love my grandkid. 433 00:18:15,362 --> 00:18:18,232 I teach him about animals, and hand-feeding the deers 434 00:18:18,298 --> 00:18:20,934 at the park 'cause we have this big park that we go to and-- 435 00:18:21,001 --> 00:18:22,469 - Where you from? - Virginia. 436 00:18:22,536 --> 00:18:23,804 - (bleep). - In the woods. 437 00:18:23,871 --> 00:18:26,640 - It ain't no deer in Compton. (laughter) 438 00:18:26,707 --> 00:18:29,843 You finna be feeding the dogs and the ducks. 439 00:18:29,910 --> 00:18:31,111 All we got! 440 00:18:31,178 --> 00:18:34,114 - ♪♪ Praise be to the true creator ♪♪ 441 00:18:34,181 --> 00:18:37,384 ♪♪ Women is the one who made y'all ♪♪ 442 00:18:37,451 --> 00:18:39,152 - Yeah, there you go. 443 00:18:39,219 --> 00:18:41,822 - What do you think? - I think it looks amazing. 444 00:18:41,889 --> 00:18:43,657 - Help! This is heavy! 445 00:18:43,724 --> 00:18:46,026 Help! - Hey! Finally! 446 00:18:46,093 --> 00:18:48,061 It's finally here, y'all. Today is the day 447 00:18:48,128 --> 00:18:50,163 of Danielle and Lemeir's gender reveal day. 448 00:18:50,230 --> 00:18:53,433 I personally have been planning for weeks. 449 00:18:53,500 --> 00:18:56,637 ♪♪♪♪ 450 00:18:56,703 --> 00:18:58,572 Did you really bite the doughnut? 451 00:18:58,639 --> 00:18:59,940 That was not-- - Oh, my God! 452 00:19:00,007 --> 00:19:02,409 - You cannot eat the doughnut cake. 453 00:19:02,476 --> 00:19:04,778 If Lemeir's tattoo shop doesn't pan out, 454 00:19:04,845 --> 00:19:07,080 I think I'd be a kick-ass party planner. 455 00:19:07,147 --> 00:19:08,715 Bashes by Barbie. 456 00:19:08,782 --> 00:19:10,884 Whew! Perfect. 457 00:19:10,951 --> 00:19:12,953 Hi, guys. - Where I can sit? 458 00:19:13,020 --> 00:19:14,888 - Anywhere over here is perfectly fine. 459 00:19:14,955 --> 00:19:16,957 - Hey, what it is? - Ink, so glad you made it. 460 00:19:17,024 --> 00:19:19,193 Guys, if you want, we can all start eating now. 461 00:19:19,259 --> 00:19:22,129 There's barbecue, everything. - Hey, how's it going? 462 00:19:22,196 --> 00:19:23,597 - Hello. 463 00:19:23,664 --> 00:19:25,232 So I told everyone that's coming from the shop 464 00:19:25,299 --> 00:19:28,402 that I used to work at that I don't want to discuss 465 00:19:28,468 --> 00:19:31,705 anything about the shop or the people that are still there. 466 00:19:31,772 --> 00:19:33,006 It's just negative energy 467 00:19:33,073 --> 00:19:35,309 that Danielle and Lemeir do not need today. 468 00:19:35,375 --> 00:19:37,644 - Hey! - Yo! 469 00:19:37,711 --> 00:19:39,913 What up? - Hi, bro! 470 00:19:39,980 --> 00:19:42,482 - What's up? - What's up, my guy? 471 00:19:42,549 --> 00:19:44,551 - Hey, everybody. 472 00:19:44,618 --> 00:19:46,420 - Oh, my guy, hey. - My guy. 473 00:19:46,486 --> 00:19:47,487 - Hey. - Hi. 474 00:19:47,554 --> 00:19:48,889 - Everything looks so nice. 475 00:19:48,956 --> 00:19:50,257 - Oh, yeah. - Oh, my God. 476 00:19:50,324 --> 00:19:51,792 This is so cute. 477 00:19:51,859 --> 00:19:54,194 I wasn't expecting Barbie to go all out, 478 00:19:54,261 --> 00:19:57,231 but I am so happy that we have her as a friend. 479 00:19:57,297 --> 00:19:59,800 Like honestly I couldn't be more grateful. 480 00:19:59,867 --> 00:20:03,403 - Hi, everybody. How y'all doin'? 481 00:20:03,470 --> 00:20:07,441 - I said we was wearing white. Why you got on black? 482 00:20:07,508 --> 00:20:09,643 - 'Cause the... "What will it bee?" 483 00:20:09,710 --> 00:20:11,945 - Oh, she a bumblebee. - What, you forgot? 484 00:20:12,012 --> 00:20:14,515 - You the bumblebee? - Yes. 485 00:20:14,581 --> 00:20:18,886 - Lemeir's mom came to stay with us after the pandemic died down. 486 00:20:18,952 --> 00:20:23,924 And although we love her help, she can be a bit much. 487 00:20:23,991 --> 00:20:27,194 - She team girl, team boy. What was you again? 488 00:20:27,261 --> 00:20:29,263 - I can't say 'cause I already know. 489 00:20:29,329 --> 00:20:31,031 - Oh, you know? - I put everything together. 490 00:20:31,098 --> 00:20:33,767 I gotta know. - Ah, duh, Lemeir. 491 00:20:33,834 --> 00:20:36,470 - Congratulations. I'm so happy for you. 492 00:20:36,537 --> 00:20:37,938 - Thank you. - We miss you at the shop. 493 00:20:38,005 --> 00:20:39,873 Sucks you're not there. - Are y'all really open? 494 00:20:39,940 --> 00:20:42,809 - Not yet. - Oh, (bleep). 495 00:20:42,876 --> 00:20:44,545 Nessie got into a car accident. 496 00:20:44,611 --> 00:20:46,980 - (all) What? - Oh, my God. 497 00:20:47,047 --> 00:20:49,416 Is she okay? - Oh, (bleep). 498 00:20:49,483 --> 00:20:51,919 - Oh, my God. 499 00:20:51,985 --> 00:20:53,720 - So you thought about what school you wanna go to? 500 00:20:53,787 --> 00:20:56,823 - Pac-12. - Your GPA's good? 501 00:20:56,890 --> 00:21:00,894 - I just don't want you to get distracted like I did. 502 00:21:00,961 --> 00:21:03,964 - If there is something that you want to ask me... 503 00:21:04,031 --> 00:21:06,567 - My stepfather, he told me something about 504 00:21:06,633 --> 00:21:09,236 you molesting me as a baby. 505 00:21:09,303 --> 00:21:10,437 - (bleep). 506 00:21:10,504 --> 00:21:12,673 - ♪♪ I do what I want ♪♪ 507 00:21:17,044 --> 00:21:18,745 - ♪♪ I do what I want ♪♪ 508 00:21:18,812 --> 00:21:21,081 ♪♪♪♪ 509 00:21:21,148 --> 00:21:22,616 - Nessie got into a car accident. 510 00:21:22,683 --> 00:21:24,785 - (all) What? - Is she okay? 511 00:21:24,852 --> 00:21:27,187 - And she sent me pictures of the car. 512 00:21:27,254 --> 00:21:28,722 - Oh, (bleep). - Oh, my God. 513 00:21:28,789 --> 00:21:30,490 - Oh, yeah, that's totaled out. 514 00:21:30,557 --> 00:21:33,026 - (bleep). - Oh, my God. 515 00:21:33,093 --> 00:21:35,162 - That's bad. 516 00:21:35,229 --> 00:21:38,565 - Call her, see if she hurt. 517 00:21:38,632 --> 00:21:40,834 (phone line trilling) - Whoa. 518 00:21:40,901 --> 00:21:43,370 - Hello? - Hey, boo, you okay? 519 00:21:43,437 --> 00:21:45,105 - You good, yo? - Yeah, I'm okay. 520 00:21:45,172 --> 00:21:47,841 - Did anybody get hurt? - No, thank God. 521 00:21:47,908 --> 00:21:49,977 - Well, look, I'm just happy to hear that you're okay, yo. 522 00:21:50,043 --> 00:21:52,246 - I wish I could be there. - All right, yeah, 523 00:21:52,312 --> 00:21:54,481 we gon' check in on you later. - All right, sis. 524 00:21:54,548 --> 00:21:55,983 - Okay. - All right, bye. 525 00:21:56,049 --> 00:21:57,251 - See ya. 526 00:21:57,317 --> 00:21:59,319 - I'm just glad my girl Nessie is okay. 527 00:21:59,386 --> 00:22:01,221 Even though Nessie didn't wanna see her ex, 528 00:22:01,288 --> 00:22:04,591 I'm pretty sure she would've rather seen him than wreck her car. 529 00:22:04,658 --> 00:22:06,493 - Yo, gang. - My guy. 530 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:07,694 - What's up, yo? - What up? 531 00:22:07,761 --> 00:22:09,329 - What's up, sis? - What's up? 532 00:22:09,396 --> 00:22:10,631 - What's poppin'? - Nothin'. 533 00:22:10,697 --> 00:22:12,232 - My guy. - Finally made it. 534 00:22:12,299 --> 00:22:13,400 - What's up, bro? 535 00:22:13,467 --> 00:22:15,035 Ken-- that's one of my real homies 536 00:22:15,102 --> 00:22:16,203 from back in Philly. 537 00:22:16,270 --> 00:22:17,838 He a dope-ass tattoo artist, 538 00:22:17,905 --> 00:22:19,540 and he used to date Nessie. 539 00:22:19,606 --> 00:22:21,875 That didn't work out, but she my sis, 540 00:22:21,942 --> 00:22:25,879 this my real bro, so ain't none of that gonna ever change. 541 00:22:25,946 --> 00:22:28,315 - Are you guys ready to figure out what you're having? 542 00:22:28,382 --> 00:22:30,617 - I'm ready right now, yeah. - Okay, let's go. 543 00:22:30,684 --> 00:22:32,419 I need everybody to come out front. 544 00:22:32,486 --> 00:22:35,923 - Come on, fam. It's the big moment. 545 00:22:35,989 --> 00:22:38,425 (overlapping chatter) 546 00:22:38,492 --> 00:22:40,561 - Finally can stop holding the secret. 547 00:22:40,627 --> 00:22:42,863 All right, so everybody, on the count of three. 548 00:22:42,930 --> 00:22:44,298 One... - Aah! 549 00:22:44,364 --> 00:22:45,766 - Two... - Aah! 550 00:22:45,832 --> 00:22:47,267 - Three! 551 00:22:47,334 --> 00:22:50,571 (cheering and screaming) 552 00:22:50,637 --> 00:22:53,941 ♪♪♪♪ 553 00:22:54,007 --> 00:22:55,909 (laughter) 554 00:22:55,976 --> 00:22:59,613 - Whoo! Princess number two! 555 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:02,783 - I swore I was having a boy, like... 556 00:23:02,850 --> 00:23:05,452 But I can't wait to meet my baby girl. 557 00:23:05,519 --> 00:23:08,689 - I wanna thank everybody for being a part of this. 558 00:23:08,755 --> 00:23:10,757 But something else that I wanna announce. 559 00:23:10,824 --> 00:23:13,460 I've been thinking about it, and today, 560 00:23:13,527 --> 00:23:15,195 I wanted to put it out here. 561 00:23:15,262 --> 00:23:18,665 I'm actually thinking about starting my own tattoo shop. 562 00:23:18,732 --> 00:23:19,766 - Yes! 563 00:23:19,833 --> 00:23:22,436 (cheering and applause) Yes! Yes! 564 00:23:22,503 --> 00:23:24,671 - That's my baby! 565 00:23:24,738 --> 00:23:26,340 - Couldn't hold that one in. - That (bleep) gon' be public. 566 00:23:26,406 --> 00:23:27,841 - And also just wanted to let it be known 567 00:23:27,908 --> 00:23:30,143 that Ken will be my partner in doing this. 568 00:23:30,210 --> 00:23:31,512 I'm hype as hell 'cause I'm bringing 569 00:23:31,578 --> 00:23:33,347 my boy Ken in to run things. 570 00:23:33,413 --> 00:23:34,915 We worked together back in Philly, 571 00:23:34,982 --> 00:23:37,451 and I've watched him do some fire-ass tats. 572 00:23:37,518 --> 00:23:39,453 He specializes in black and gray. 573 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:41,522 And I really believe in him as a tattoo artist. 574 00:23:41,588 --> 00:23:44,925 - It's a no-brainer. Let's get to work. 575 00:23:44,992 --> 00:23:47,094 - I love Lemeir, I support everything that he does, 576 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:50,297 and I want him to be successful, but at the same time, 577 00:23:50,364 --> 00:23:52,399 I definitely feel for Nessie. 578 00:23:52,466 --> 00:23:55,269 She's gonna (bleep) flip her lid. 579 00:23:55,335 --> 00:23:57,237 - So, bro, you ready to get tatted? 580 00:23:57,304 --> 00:23:59,373 - You 'bout to get tatted right now? - I guess so. 581 00:23:59,439 --> 00:24:01,208 - I'm 'bout to tat the gender on him. 582 00:24:01,275 --> 00:24:03,076 - Get my girl dad hearts on me, man. 583 00:24:03,143 --> 00:24:05,345 - You know he's scared of the needle, man. 584 00:24:05,412 --> 00:24:07,548 Take it easy on him. 585 00:24:07,614 --> 00:24:10,284 You know, I'm happy for Lemeir and all that, 586 00:24:10,350 --> 00:24:13,253 but you didn't wanna tell me this 587 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:16,523 before I recommitted to IAM? 588 00:24:16,590 --> 00:24:18,025 Is we competition now? 589 00:24:18,091 --> 00:24:19,993 - Appreciate you, man. We gon' be in contact too. 590 00:24:20,060 --> 00:24:22,095 - Take it easy, man. Yeah, we'll tap in. 591 00:24:22,162 --> 00:24:23,463 - All right, bro. 592 00:24:23,530 --> 00:24:25,866 - ♪♪ I ain't never gonna lose to you ♪♪ 593 00:24:25,933 --> 00:24:28,435 ♪♪ Ain't got nothin' else to prove to you, whoa ♪♪ 594 00:24:28,502 --> 00:24:31,004 ♪♪ Gotta know, gotta know, gotta know now ♪♪ 595 00:24:31,071 --> 00:24:34,274 ♪♪ What are the dogs gonna do to you? ♪♪ 596 00:24:34,341 --> 00:24:35,709 - Two girls, bro. 597 00:24:35,776 --> 00:24:38,745 My two hearts overseeing the family tree. 598 00:24:38,812 --> 00:24:40,781 - It was a pleasure, my dude. 599 00:24:40,848 --> 00:24:43,684 - ♪♪ Three, two, one, go ♪♪ 600 00:24:43,750 --> 00:24:46,587 ♪♪ Push it faster, push it stronger ♪♪ 601 00:24:46,653 --> 00:24:49,356 ♪♪ I'm gonna count you down ♪♪ 602 00:24:49,423 --> 00:24:51,191 ♪♪ You're gonna take the crown ♪♪ 603 00:24:51,258 --> 00:24:54,027 ♪♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey ♪♪ 604 00:24:54,094 --> 00:24:55,329 ♪♪ Here we go ♪♪ 605 00:24:55,395 --> 00:24:56,997 - Oh! 606 00:24:57,064 --> 00:24:58,599 I used to like that distraction. 607 00:24:58,665 --> 00:25:00,834 - Make sure your mechanics stay the same at all time. 608 00:25:00,901 --> 00:25:03,437 - My son, Dunna, live in Sac with his mom. 609 00:25:03,504 --> 00:25:05,806 So he don't get to come down and visit as much. 610 00:25:05,873 --> 00:25:09,009 I mean, we done watch him playing Pop Warner football 611 00:25:09,076 --> 00:25:11,645 to now being a rising star in high school. 612 00:25:11,712 --> 00:25:15,682 I played football, and Pops did too, and we coach. 613 00:25:15,749 --> 00:25:18,852 So we take advantage of every opportunity we can 614 00:25:18,919 --> 00:25:21,688 to pass down any knowledge we have to Dunna. 615 00:25:21,755 --> 00:25:23,857 - So you thought about what school you wanna go to? 616 00:25:23,924 --> 00:25:26,426 - PAC-12. - Oregon, SC. 617 00:25:26,493 --> 00:25:28,595 - Your GPA is good? 618 00:25:28,662 --> 00:25:29,997 Let's say you didn't play football. 619 00:25:30,063 --> 00:25:31,865 What would you do? 'Cause most people who go 620 00:25:31,932 --> 00:25:34,501 to college and play football, they didn't go to the League. 621 00:25:34,568 --> 00:25:37,404 - I had dreams to play football and, of course, 622 00:25:37,471 --> 00:25:39,573 that didn't happen. I just don't want you 623 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:41,875 to get distracted like I did. 624 00:25:41,942 --> 00:25:46,013 At Dunna age, I had a whole vision for my future. 625 00:25:46,079 --> 00:25:48,815 Then I threw it all away doing something dumb. 626 00:25:48,882 --> 00:25:51,151 Trying to sell drugs and hitting licks. 627 00:25:51,218 --> 00:25:53,487 And I lost my whole football scholarship. 628 00:25:53,554 --> 00:25:55,856 Now I just wanna show him, 629 00:25:55,923 --> 00:25:57,824 stuff still could work out in your favor 630 00:25:57,891 --> 00:26:00,627 if you keep putting in the work, and you don't give up. 631 00:26:00,694 --> 00:26:02,095 And that's why I'm working so hard 632 00:26:02,162 --> 00:26:03,864 to reopen this shop in Compton. 633 00:26:03,931 --> 00:26:05,465 Regardless of what you wanna do, 634 00:26:05,532 --> 00:26:08,735 I just wanna be here to see you grow, you know what I'm saying? 635 00:26:08,802 --> 00:26:10,304 And become your own man. - I just want you to know 636 00:26:10,370 --> 00:26:14,107 I'm grateful for y'all and y'all coming to all the way 637 00:26:14,174 --> 00:26:17,244 to Sac and all that for the games and traveling. 638 00:26:17,311 --> 00:26:20,614 - That's what family for. That's richness, man. 639 00:26:20,681 --> 00:26:22,449 There's three generations right here. 640 00:26:22,516 --> 00:26:25,085 You are the best version of us. 641 00:26:25,152 --> 00:26:27,988 And then you gonna pass that on hopefully one day. 642 00:26:28,055 --> 00:26:29,823 - I support you, Pops support you. 643 00:26:29,890 --> 00:26:33,961 I want you to keep doing what you doing, I'm proud of you. 644 00:26:35,929 --> 00:26:40,467 ♪♪♪♪ 645 00:26:47,241 --> 00:26:49,877 - I was feeling pretty blessed when I woke up this morning. 646 00:26:49,943 --> 00:26:52,079 Excited to go have some coffee with Vudu. 647 00:26:52,145 --> 00:26:53,313 - How are you feeling? - I'm okay. 648 00:26:53,380 --> 00:26:55,516 - About the accident? 649 00:26:55,582 --> 00:26:57,050 - I'm just glad nobody got hurt. 650 00:26:57,117 --> 00:26:58,685 - Well, something's definitely looking out for you. 651 00:26:58,752 --> 00:27:00,587 - For sure. But then Vudu 652 00:27:00,654 --> 00:27:02,055 just drops this bomb on me. 653 00:27:02,122 --> 00:27:03,891 - Lemeir's starting his own shop. 654 00:27:03,957 --> 00:27:06,560 - That's dope. - And Ken... 655 00:27:06,627 --> 00:27:08,562 is gonna be his business partner. 656 00:27:08,629 --> 00:27:10,831 - (sighs) All right. 657 00:27:10,898 --> 00:27:13,233 I'm really happy to be working from home today because 658 00:27:13,300 --> 00:27:15,736 the shop is still figuring out it's reopening paperwork. 659 00:27:15,802 --> 00:27:19,373 I just got that crazy news, and that hit me kinda hard. 660 00:27:19,439 --> 00:27:21,909 And so having a client here, it's giving me a chance 661 00:27:21,975 --> 00:27:25,512 to just really focus on my art and that's it. 662 00:27:25,579 --> 00:27:27,548 - Hey, bro. - Yo, what's up? How you been? 663 00:27:27,614 --> 00:27:29,082 - Good, how are you? - Good. 664 00:27:29,149 --> 00:27:30,751 - I've known Jeremy for nine years. 665 00:27:30,817 --> 00:27:32,853 And today, it's really special because 666 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:34,821 I get to tattoo one of his favorite little people 667 00:27:34,888 --> 00:27:37,991 on him, and you already know my portrait game is crazy. 668 00:27:38,058 --> 00:27:39,993 We should do this picture of him. 669 00:27:40,060 --> 00:27:41,628 Because it's just so cute, and I like 670 00:27:41,695 --> 00:27:43,564 the candid look, you know? - Yes. 671 00:27:43,630 --> 00:27:45,599 - Let me get this printed up for you. 672 00:27:45,666 --> 00:27:47,868 I'll be right back, okay? - A'ight, cool. 673 00:27:47,935 --> 00:27:49,837 ♪♪♪♪ 674 00:27:49,903 --> 00:27:52,105 - ♪♪I've been blessed up ♪♪ 675 00:27:52,172 --> 00:27:53,740 ♪♪ I've been broke down ♪♪ 676 00:27:53,807 --> 00:27:55,642 ♪♪ Gotta catch up ♪♪ 677 00:27:55,709 --> 00:27:56,877 ♪♪ Gotta shine now ♪♪ 678 00:27:56,944 --> 00:27:58,579 - I go hard for my friends. 679 00:27:58,645 --> 00:28:01,415 So it hurts when people don't consider you. 680 00:28:01,481 --> 00:28:04,117 And then I find out Lemeir's opening his own shop. 681 00:28:04,184 --> 00:28:06,920 He hasn't really talked to me much since me and Ken broke up. 682 00:28:06,987 --> 00:28:10,691 And now I find out, like, this huge news from Vudu? 683 00:28:10,757 --> 00:28:12,559 - ♪♪ Now your worth looking real low like on clearance ♪♪ 684 00:28:12,626 --> 00:28:14,428 ♪♪ Got you giving up, whoa, where the perseverance? ♪♪ 685 00:28:14,494 --> 00:28:16,430 ♪♪ Gotta stick to it even with the interference ♪♪ 686 00:28:16,496 --> 00:28:18,265 ♪♪ Gotta stay prayed up, yeah, I'm talkin' 'bout the Spirit ♪♪ 687 00:28:18,332 --> 00:28:19,600 ♪♪ Ooh yeah, aye ♪♪ 688 00:28:19,666 --> 00:28:21,101 ♪♪ That's a stunt now, uh (yeah) ♪♪ 689 00:28:21,168 --> 00:28:22,603 ♪♪ I ain't gotta flex, no stunt now ♪♪ 690 00:28:22,669 --> 00:28:23,937 - Look, I know that Ken is your bro and all, 691 00:28:24,004 --> 00:28:26,273 but I consider you more like family to me. 692 00:28:26,340 --> 00:28:28,442 But then again, he picked Ken as his business partner, 693 00:28:28,509 --> 00:28:30,978 knowing we don't get along, so maybe that was just 694 00:28:31,044 --> 00:28:33,046 proof that he wasn't considering me at all. 695 00:28:33,113 --> 00:28:35,282 - ♪♪ Gotta catch up (yeah) ♪♪ 696 00:28:35,349 --> 00:28:36,850 ♪♪ Gotta shine now (okay) ♪♪ 697 00:28:36,917 --> 00:28:38,519 ♪♪ 'Cause I've been blessed up ♪♪ 698 00:28:38,585 --> 00:28:39,686 ♪♪ I've been broke down ♪♪ 699 00:28:39,753 --> 00:28:41,288 - But I'ma keep pushing. 700 00:28:41,355 --> 00:28:44,658 I'm Nessie Blaze, bitch, ain't no man gonna hold me down. 701 00:28:44,725 --> 00:28:46,860 - This is perfect. 702 00:28:46,927 --> 00:28:48,362 - I am never the one to play with. 703 00:28:48,428 --> 00:28:50,130 - Tim, don't even... - You're not gonna do nothing. 704 00:28:50,197 --> 00:28:51,265 - I swear to God I will. 705 00:28:51,331 --> 00:28:52,666 - She's not gonna do nothing. 706 00:28:54,868 --> 00:28:56,770 - ♪♪ I do what I want ♪♪ 707 00:28:56,837 --> 00:29:00,207 - ♪♪ I've been blessed up ♪♪ 708 00:29:00,274 --> 00:29:01,708 - ♪♪ I do what I want ♪♪ 709 00:29:03,076 --> 00:29:07,014 ♪♪♪♪ 710 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:09,950 - ♪♪ I ain't never gonna let 'em see me down ♪♪ 711 00:29:10,017 --> 00:29:13,253 ♪♪ Promise I won't let 'em bring me down ♪♪ 712 00:29:16,290 --> 00:29:19,259 - Today, I am meeting my biological father 713 00:29:19,326 --> 00:29:21,528 for the first time as an adult. 714 00:29:21,595 --> 00:29:23,063 Our first time meeting, I was really scared 715 00:29:23,130 --> 00:29:25,666 because of all the horrible, disgusting things that 716 00:29:25,732 --> 00:29:28,569 my mother and her husband said about him. 717 00:29:28,635 --> 00:29:30,704 And I wanna talk to him and finally 718 00:29:30,771 --> 00:29:32,873 get those answers that I've always wanted. 719 00:29:35,008 --> 00:29:37,277 - Hi, Dad. - Oh, my God. 720 00:29:37,344 --> 00:29:39,613 (both laugh) 721 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:42,115 - Hi. 722 00:29:42,182 --> 00:29:45,285 ♪♪♪♪ 723 00:29:47,321 --> 00:29:50,057 Mm, oh, it's been forever. - Yeah. 724 00:29:50,123 --> 00:29:52,392 Are you okay? - Yeah, how are you? 725 00:29:52,459 --> 00:29:54,328 - I'm glad to be here. 726 00:29:54,394 --> 00:29:55,929 - Thank you, me too. 727 00:29:55,996 --> 00:29:58,699 It's so weird talking to my dad face-to-face. 728 00:29:58,765 --> 00:30:00,467 We've connected over the phone. You know, we talked 729 00:30:00,534 --> 00:30:04,304 about his job, his wife, his kids. 730 00:30:04,371 --> 00:30:06,773 He seems like he has a normal life. 731 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:11,411 First time I ever saw you was probably around eight. 732 00:30:11,478 --> 00:30:13,680 And my mother tells me to go in the house. 733 00:30:13,747 --> 00:30:15,415 I go in the house, and then she comes into me, 734 00:30:15,482 --> 00:30:17,084 she's, like, "Do you know who that was?" 735 00:30:17,150 --> 00:30:18,852 I was, like, "No." She just said, 736 00:30:18,919 --> 00:30:20,354 "That's your dad" and then walked away, 737 00:30:20,420 --> 00:30:22,789 like, there was no conversation about it. 738 00:30:22,856 --> 00:30:25,492 - Your mother kept you away from me. 739 00:30:25,559 --> 00:30:28,395 And I knew eventually I was gon' see you. 740 00:30:28,462 --> 00:30:30,230 I was gon' be a part of your life, 741 00:30:30,297 --> 00:30:34,868 you know, whether it was now or later. 742 00:30:34,935 --> 00:30:38,372 I mean, if there's something that you wanted, ask me. 743 00:30:38,438 --> 00:30:42,142 I'll be more than happy to tell you. 744 00:30:42,209 --> 00:30:44,511 - My stepfather, he told me that 745 00:30:44,578 --> 00:30:49,416 you didn't want to be a part of my life and that... 746 00:30:49,483 --> 00:30:51,652 Something about you molesting me when I was a baby. 747 00:30:55,355 --> 00:30:57,257 - (bleep). 748 00:30:59,426 --> 00:31:02,062 That's wrong because I wasn't there. 749 00:31:02,129 --> 00:31:04,364 As soon as you was born, 750 00:31:04,431 --> 00:31:07,301 your stepfather, he was dating your mom. 751 00:31:07,367 --> 00:31:08,502 And when I went to go see you, 752 00:31:08,569 --> 00:31:09,803 they wouldn't gonna let it happen. 753 00:31:09,870 --> 00:31:12,773 And then after that, I didn't see you. 754 00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:14,241 - Wow. - And... 755 00:31:14,308 --> 00:31:17,644 That was it. - Yeah. 756 00:31:17,711 --> 00:31:19,880 Like, I actually really did believe 757 00:31:19,947 --> 00:31:22,516 all these awful things that they said about you. 758 00:31:25,786 --> 00:31:28,055 I've already sort of felt that the things I was told 759 00:31:28,121 --> 00:31:31,692 about my biological father was completely false. 760 00:31:31,758 --> 00:31:35,395 And I can feel that he's very sincere, and he's deeply 761 00:31:35,462 --> 00:31:39,132 hurt by these accusations. And I believe him. 762 00:31:39,199 --> 00:31:42,069 I was pretty angry. There were times 763 00:31:42,135 --> 00:31:45,706 I wondered, like, why didn't you, like, save me, basically? 764 00:31:45,772 --> 00:31:49,743 - I didn't know exactly what was going on. 765 00:31:49,810 --> 00:31:52,679 I probably seen your mom maybe three times if that. 766 00:31:52,746 --> 00:31:56,683 She didn't speak to me. Physically, I wasn't there. 767 00:31:56,750 --> 00:32:00,854 But I was always asking and trying to find out 768 00:32:00,921 --> 00:32:03,457 where's my Daisy? You know, where's Daisy? 769 00:32:03,524 --> 00:32:04,858 Where is Daisy? How is she doing? 770 00:32:04,925 --> 00:32:06,827 - I haven't been called that in forever. 771 00:32:06,894 --> 00:32:09,930 Hearing my dad call me Daisy is like a floodgate 772 00:32:09,997 --> 00:32:12,666 to all the memories I've suppressed as a child. 773 00:32:12,733 --> 00:32:15,068 As horrible as the pandemic was, 774 00:32:15,135 --> 00:32:19,006 it finally pushed me to pursue a relationship with my father. 775 00:32:19,072 --> 00:32:22,276 And, hopefully, have the love that I've always 776 00:32:22,342 --> 00:32:24,344 searched for my entire life. 777 00:32:24,411 --> 00:32:27,514 I'm... sorry. 778 00:32:27,581 --> 00:32:31,518 - The best thing for you to do, really, is to 779 00:32:31,585 --> 00:32:34,288 just forgive it and go. 780 00:32:36,557 --> 00:32:38,425 - In a way, I'm sad because I feel like 781 00:32:38,492 --> 00:32:41,428 there's so much, like, missed time. 782 00:32:41,495 --> 00:32:43,363 - It's okay, sweetheart. 783 00:32:44,731 --> 00:32:48,869 You got family. - Thank you. 784 00:32:48,936 --> 00:32:51,672 - I'm glad that I could be here for you. 785 00:32:51,738 --> 00:32:53,173 - You're not gon' tell me that this is regular. 786 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:54,808 That's how it was before 'cause it's not. 787 00:32:54,875 --> 00:32:57,644 You picked sides, bro. - It's not my obligation 788 00:32:57,711 --> 00:32:59,346 to take care of you. It's my obligation 789 00:32:59,413 --> 00:33:00,714 to take care of me. 790 00:33:02,249 --> 00:33:03,750 - ♪♪ I do what I want ♪♪ 791 00:33:10,858 --> 00:33:12,526 - ♪♪ I do what I want ♪♪ - ♪♪ Whois that new class? I can't help myself ♪♪ 792 00:33:12,593 --> 00:33:14,328 ♪♪ I'm my own man ♪♪ 793 00:33:14,394 --> 00:33:18,532 ♪♪ I want that fresh platinum, that gold chain ♪♪ 794 00:33:18,599 --> 00:33:19,833 - Hope they food fire. 795 00:33:19,900 --> 00:33:21,702 I am starving. 796 00:33:21,768 --> 00:33:23,604 I ain't ate breakfast, I ain't ate nothing. 797 00:33:23,670 --> 00:33:25,072 - Yo, yo, yo! 798 00:33:25,138 --> 00:33:28,742 - Yo! Keith Sweat and his boy. 799 00:33:28,809 --> 00:33:31,378 (chatter) 800 00:33:31,445 --> 00:33:33,680 - Goddamn. 801 00:33:33,747 --> 00:33:35,415 - The team been vibing all week. 802 00:33:35,482 --> 00:33:38,151 And I wanna bless 'em with a nice little family meal 803 00:33:38,218 --> 00:33:39,720 to keep the spirit up. 804 00:33:39,786 --> 00:33:40,921 - Hey, yo. - Hey, guys. 805 00:33:40,988 --> 00:33:43,790 - Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. 806 00:33:43,857 --> 00:33:46,093 - We one step closer to reopening. 807 00:33:46,159 --> 00:33:48,829 And I know the team gon' be excited to hear this. 808 00:33:48,896 --> 00:33:51,431 - Hey, hey, hey, all rise, all rise. 809 00:33:51,498 --> 00:33:53,066 (all exclaiming) 810 00:33:53,133 --> 00:33:54,568 Yeah, yeah, yeah, what's up, my family? 811 00:33:54,635 --> 00:33:56,970 My good people? - I knew we was missing somebody. 812 00:33:57,037 --> 00:33:59,373 - It's not a team meal without Armani. 813 00:33:59,439 --> 00:34:01,508 I know she technically don't work at IAM, 814 00:34:01,575 --> 00:34:03,810 but she is one of my biggest supporters. 815 00:34:03,877 --> 00:34:05,612 And our unofficial caterer. 816 00:34:05,679 --> 00:34:08,682 Today, we gonna have one big family dinner. 817 00:34:08,749 --> 00:34:11,919 Got y'all here, hopefully, we could all be a family 818 00:34:11,985 --> 00:34:13,387 and be a part of something 819 00:34:13,453 --> 00:34:15,055 that's never, ever happened before. 820 00:34:15,122 --> 00:34:16,924 You know what I'm saying? - Are you in a good 821 00:34:16,990 --> 00:34:18,559 mother(bleep) mood today! 822 00:34:18,625 --> 00:34:21,361 (laughter) 823 00:34:21,428 --> 00:34:22,729 - Hold up, where the paperwork? 824 00:34:25,933 --> 00:34:27,534 All the paperwork, man. 825 00:34:27,601 --> 00:34:29,870 - It's official fishal. 826 00:34:29,937 --> 00:34:31,672 - Congrats, bro. 827 00:34:31,738 --> 00:34:32,840 (cheering) 828 00:34:32,906 --> 00:34:35,442 - Now it's... (indistinct) 829 00:34:35,509 --> 00:34:37,177 - First and only. 830 00:34:37,244 --> 00:34:39,346 We finally got our business license renewed. 831 00:34:39,413 --> 00:34:41,381 Thank God. Tim and Pops 832 00:34:41,448 --> 00:34:43,417 have been putting in work with the city, 833 00:34:43,483 --> 00:34:45,252 jumping through all kind of hoops. 834 00:34:45,319 --> 00:34:48,322 Now we got one thing left. The health inspection. 835 00:34:48,388 --> 00:34:49,990 If everything go right with that, 836 00:34:50,057 --> 00:34:51,892 then we'll be open in a couple weeks. 837 00:34:51,959 --> 00:34:55,362 When I walked out, they said we are still the first 838 00:34:55,429 --> 00:34:58,498 and only legal tattoo shop in the city of Compton. 839 00:34:58,565 --> 00:35:00,667 - Wait, we the first-ever tattoo shop in Compton? 840 00:35:05,138 --> 00:35:07,341 - Legally. - Okay. 841 00:35:07,407 --> 00:35:09,610 - Somebody need to wake up and smell the coffee. 842 00:35:09,676 --> 00:35:12,646 Being the first has always been an IAM mission. 843 00:35:12,713 --> 00:35:15,449 Star trying to treat this like her secondary job. 844 00:35:15,516 --> 00:35:17,284 - I got some business to handle, but I'm glad 845 00:35:17,351 --> 00:35:19,386 this feels like a family around here, y'all. 846 00:35:19,453 --> 00:35:21,455 Don't look at my ass when I walk away. 847 00:35:21,522 --> 00:35:24,124 - Outside of Star putting these quote/unquote 848 00:35:24,191 --> 00:35:26,527 "team meetings" together, she just hasn't been 849 00:35:26,593 --> 00:35:28,629 as helpful as we would like her to have been 850 00:35:28,695 --> 00:35:30,864 on the management side of things. 851 00:35:30,931 --> 00:35:33,233 That ain't gonna work around here. 852 00:35:33,300 --> 00:35:34,935 You gotta definitely set the bar, and they going 853 00:35:35,002 --> 00:35:36,503 off of what we do. - Fact. 854 00:35:36,570 --> 00:35:40,107 - So whatever y'all doing, they looking at it as that's 855 00:35:40,174 --> 00:35:42,442 the representation of Ink Art Music. 856 00:35:42,509 --> 00:35:44,411 - I don't want y'all coming to work crying and (bleep). 857 00:35:44,478 --> 00:35:45,913 - Yeah, you come to work and cry. 858 00:35:45,979 --> 00:35:48,448 - Nah, wait until your ass is off. - No, it's cool. 859 00:35:48,515 --> 00:35:50,484 Family is first, bro. - No, it ain't 860 00:35:50,551 --> 00:35:52,186 'cause I don't need my customers-- 861 00:35:52,252 --> 00:35:54,188 - Wait, so when you gon' come and show up to work? 862 00:35:55,556 --> 00:35:56,790 - I do show up the (bleep) to work. 863 00:35:56,857 --> 00:35:58,158 What? - Nah... 864 00:35:58,225 --> 00:36:02,229 I'm talking about without the show. 865 00:36:02,296 --> 00:36:04,198 - Prior to this meeting, I had no idea 866 00:36:04,264 --> 00:36:06,366 that they got their business license. 867 00:36:06,433 --> 00:36:08,468 They've been excluding me from meetings. 868 00:36:08,535 --> 00:36:10,170 And now you have the audacity to tell me 869 00:36:10,237 --> 00:36:12,506 that I haven't been showing up to work? 870 00:36:12,573 --> 00:36:14,374 If it wasn't for me smoothing things over, 871 00:36:14,441 --> 00:36:16,109 no one would be here today. 872 00:36:16,176 --> 00:36:18,212 - So like I was saying, I'm trying show y'all 873 00:36:18,278 --> 00:36:20,581 how we gon' do this as a team. 874 00:36:20,647 --> 00:36:21,748 - Baby. 875 00:36:21,815 --> 00:36:24,618 ♪♪♪♪ 876 00:36:24,685 --> 00:36:26,186 Don't play with me. 877 00:36:26,253 --> 00:36:29,790 I'm ready with the bull(bleep), so please don't play with me. 878 00:36:29,857 --> 00:36:31,158 I am never the one to play with. 879 00:36:31,225 --> 00:36:33,160 - Ain't gonna do nothing. 880 00:36:33,227 --> 00:36:34,928 - I am that bitch! 881 00:36:34,995 --> 00:36:39,032 Come find me outside this show! - Star, it's okay, stop, Star. 882 00:36:39,099 --> 00:36:40,567 - I swear to God I will. 883 00:36:40,634 --> 00:36:42,936 - Tim, don't even... - She's not gonna do nothing. 884 00:36:43,003 --> 00:36:44,304 She's not gonna do nothing. 885 00:36:46,206 --> 00:36:48,876 (shouting) 886 00:36:48,942 --> 00:36:50,143 - Yes, the (bleep) I will! 887 00:36:50,210 --> 00:36:51,879 (shouting) 888 00:36:51,945 --> 00:36:53,614 - Star! Star! 889 00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:56,550 - She's staff manager. If she thinks she gon' act like 890 00:36:56,617 --> 00:36:59,386 this in front of our people, that's unprofessional. 891 00:36:59,453 --> 00:37:02,623 She better check herself 'fore she (bleep) wreck herself. 892 00:37:02,689 --> 00:37:04,324 - What is she mad at, though? I'm so confused right now. 893 00:37:04,391 --> 00:37:07,060 - Dude, she got all this zero to hundred really quick. 894 00:37:07,127 --> 00:37:10,631 ♪♪♪♪ 895 00:37:10,697 --> 00:37:14,034 - What happened? - Yo, that was crazy. 896 00:37:14,101 --> 00:37:15,669 - The moment ruined. 897 00:37:15,736 --> 00:37:17,471 - What the (bleep)? 898 00:37:17,538 --> 00:37:19,473 - ♪♪ I do what I want ♪♪ 899 00:37:25,679 --> 00:37:27,147 - ♪♪ I do what I want ♪♪ - ♪♪ Oh, oh, please ♪♪ 900 00:37:27,214 --> 00:37:29,016 - ♪♪ I am the realist what else would you call it? 901 00:37:29,082 --> 00:37:30,584 ♪♪ And be in these feelings is from being honest ♪♪ 902 00:37:30,651 --> 00:37:32,386 ♪♪ I've been no chillin' just weighing these options ♪♪ 903 00:37:32,452 --> 00:37:34,955 ♪♪ You know that I finish whatever I started ♪♪ 904 00:37:35,022 --> 00:37:37,057 - ...cricket, cuz. - I made it. 905 00:37:37,124 --> 00:37:38,792 - You know what I'm saying? 906 00:37:38,859 --> 00:37:40,928 Get you a little car wash after this. 907 00:37:40,994 --> 00:37:42,896 - I don't want to talk about none of that right now. 908 00:37:42,963 --> 00:37:44,798 I finally get a text from Lemeir. 909 00:37:44,865 --> 00:37:46,433 When I needed you to be there for me, 910 00:37:46,500 --> 00:37:48,302 you didn't check on me at all. And now you're just reaching out 911 00:37:48,368 --> 00:37:51,038 after I get this heavy news that you're opening up 912 00:37:51,104 --> 00:37:53,674 a shop with Ken? I've been holding back 913 00:37:53,740 --> 00:37:55,142 all these emotions and how I really feel 914 00:37:55,209 --> 00:37:57,578 because he hasn't reached out to me for so long. 915 00:37:57,644 --> 00:37:58,846 - Well, I called you to check in. 916 00:37:58,912 --> 00:38:00,347 But I also wanted to let you know 917 00:38:00,414 --> 00:38:03,283 I'm thinking about going for the shop now. 918 00:38:03,350 --> 00:38:06,420 Ken partnered up with me to get that thing going 919 00:38:06,486 --> 00:38:08,388 and, like, starting it up. 920 00:38:10,791 --> 00:38:12,092 - I just feel like you coulda reached out 921 00:38:12,159 --> 00:38:13,927 and told me about the shop, like, even... 922 00:38:13,994 --> 00:38:15,562 - I do kinda like wish we coulda been in more 923 00:38:15,629 --> 00:38:17,264 communication along the way. 924 00:38:17,331 --> 00:38:19,366 - Since me and Ken got together, bro, 925 00:38:19,433 --> 00:38:23,370 our whole friendship been, like, on not what it was on before. 926 00:38:23,437 --> 00:38:25,105 - I hear what you saying. 927 00:38:25,172 --> 00:38:26,907 When y'all was going through that, 928 00:38:26,974 --> 00:38:30,878 Ken actually was coming to me for, like, advice. 929 00:38:30,944 --> 00:38:33,647 Because I'm really his only outlet out here. 930 00:38:33,714 --> 00:38:35,215 - Oh, my God! 931 00:38:35,282 --> 00:38:37,618 Bro, don't stand in front of me and tell me you wish 932 00:38:37,684 --> 00:38:39,553 we coulda communicated more. That's bull(bleep). 933 00:38:39,620 --> 00:38:43,390 I reached out plenty of times, but now it all makes sense. 934 00:38:43,457 --> 00:38:46,793 Because you were too busy... dealing with Ken. 935 00:38:48,495 --> 00:38:50,697 - The thing is I didn't wanna get in the middle of y'all (bleep). 936 00:38:50,764 --> 00:38:53,100 - But as a friend, if you gon' call me family, like, even not 937 00:38:53,166 --> 00:38:54,501 wanting to be involved and being, like, 938 00:38:54,568 --> 00:38:57,571 yo, but are you okay? Like, concern at all? 939 00:38:57,638 --> 00:38:59,139 - I didn't wanna get involved with y'all (bleep). 940 00:38:59,206 --> 00:39:00,908 - But you was involved on his end, though. 941 00:39:00,974 --> 00:39:03,010 - No, he reached out to me. 942 00:39:05,245 --> 00:39:06,680 - You're not gonna tell me that this is regular. 943 00:39:06,747 --> 00:39:09,116 That's how it was before 'cause it's not, like don't-- 944 00:39:09,183 --> 00:39:10,617 At least give me that. - I'm telling you. 945 00:39:10,684 --> 00:39:12,519 I didn't pick a side. And to be honest with you, Nessie, 946 00:39:12,586 --> 00:39:14,288 if I didn't (bleep) with you, I wouldn't 947 00:39:14,354 --> 00:39:16,089 be here talking to you right now. 948 00:39:16,156 --> 00:39:18,225 Oh, wow! I definitely wasn't expecting 949 00:39:18,292 --> 00:39:19,793 all this from Nessie right now. 950 00:39:19,860 --> 00:39:22,863 I didn't want y'all to get together in the first place. 951 00:39:22,930 --> 00:39:24,731 But they decided they wanted to be together. 952 00:39:24,798 --> 00:39:26,400 If your heart got hurt, that's because 953 00:39:26,466 --> 00:39:28,402 you put yourself in that position. 954 00:39:28,468 --> 00:39:30,103 - You picked sides, bro. 955 00:39:30,170 --> 00:39:31,872 That (bleep) hurt especially when I bring it to you, 956 00:39:31,939 --> 00:39:33,440 and then you still invalidate me. 957 00:39:33,507 --> 00:39:35,242 I already been invalidated over and over and over again 958 00:39:35,309 --> 00:39:37,678 by a man I love, you know what I'm saying? 959 00:39:37,744 --> 00:39:40,380 I had a hard time unloving him, you know what I'm saying? 960 00:39:40,447 --> 00:39:41,748 Like... 961 00:39:41,815 --> 00:39:43,250 I'm just so sick of standing in front of people 962 00:39:43,317 --> 00:39:45,452 and them telling me, like, that blue is black 963 00:39:45,519 --> 00:39:47,521 and black is blue, and it's not, bro. 964 00:39:48,755 --> 00:39:50,023 - I hear what you saying. 965 00:39:50,090 --> 00:39:51,558 But hear what I'm saying too. 966 00:39:51,625 --> 00:39:53,794 It's not my obligation to take care of you. 967 00:39:53,861 --> 00:39:55,495 It's my obligation to take care of me. 968 00:39:57,297 --> 00:39:59,132 - Come on, bro, don't do that, yo. 969 00:39:59,199 --> 00:40:01,134 Don't do that, like... I just feel like 970 00:40:01,201 --> 00:40:02,903 we was in my head, you know what I'm saying? 971 00:40:02,970 --> 00:40:05,138 That might have been my bad. Like, I created like a, 972 00:40:05,205 --> 00:40:06,673 you know what I'm saying? He was like my bro, 973 00:40:06,740 --> 00:40:09,409 for real, for real, you know? Um... 974 00:40:11,912 --> 00:40:14,948 ♪♪♪♪ 975 00:40:17,017 --> 00:40:19,052 Realistically, it seems like me and Lemeir's 976 00:40:19,119 --> 00:40:21,255 friendship is coming to an end. You're not checking on me. 977 00:40:21,321 --> 00:40:24,258 You're not including me in, like, future business plans. 978 00:40:24,324 --> 00:40:26,326 And now you're just gonna leave me hanging, and you're only 979 00:40:26,393 --> 00:40:29,296 worried about yourself and whatever you can do for Ken? 980 00:40:29,363 --> 00:40:32,199 Like, I just don't see where it can go from here. 981 00:40:34,334 --> 00:40:37,204 I just can't do this right now. I need to process all this. 982 00:40:37,271 --> 00:40:39,206 'Cause I feel like I'm just, like, talking in circles. 983 00:40:39,273 --> 00:40:41,008 We not getting nowhere. And nothing's being 984 00:40:41,074 --> 00:40:43,443 reciprocated right now. I'm just gonna go. 985 00:40:43,510 --> 00:40:46,280 ♪♪♪♪ 986 00:40:53,587 --> 00:40:55,489 - I remember when the doctor first walked in and told us he didn't make it. 987 00:40:55,556 --> 00:40:56,924 - You're not fine, and it scares me. 988 00:40:56,990 --> 00:40:58,692 - I'm happy, I'm good, I'm not in jail. 989 00:40:58,759 --> 00:41:01,962 Be happy I'm not in jail. - Okay, that's it, I'm done. 990 00:41:02,029 --> 00:41:05,566 (cheering) 991 00:41:05,632 --> 00:41:07,968 - Since your man can't be here tonight. 992 00:41:08,035 --> 00:41:09,369 - (shrieking) 993 00:41:09,436 --> 00:41:11,138 (knocking on door) 994 00:41:11,205 --> 00:41:12,472 (loud scream) 995 00:41:15,843 --> 00:41:18,512 - What the hell? - We need to hold for a second. 996 00:41:18,579 --> 00:41:20,714 The assistant city manager said 997 00:41:20,781 --> 00:41:23,417 there is a no tattoo shop ordinance 998 00:41:23,483 --> 00:41:25,719 in the city of Compton. 999 00:41:25,786 --> 00:41:27,888 - What? That is crazy. 1000 00:41:27,955 --> 00:41:29,423 - You talking to us now, but it's, like, 1001 00:41:29,489 --> 00:41:31,658 damn, this (bleep) might be too late. 1002 00:41:37,364 --> 00:41:40,300 ♪♪♪♪ 1003 00:42:03,223 --> 00:42:05,492 - ♪♪ MTV ♪♪