(cheering and whooping)
- Ink Art Music been through hell.
Now we finally reopen, positive vibes only.
- I have some news. - Say it!
- Lemeir's opening a tattoo shop.
- I feel like I been grinding harder because like
this is my passion, bro...
- I wouldn't waste my time on somebody that I didn't
feel had that initiative. - I'm going to make
the most of this second chance.
(Armani) You wasn't gonna invite anybody else to this moment?
(KP) Ain't nobody really loyal
besides the people who right here with me.
- With all due respect, I don't need to be here, bro.
- After what you just said, I lost all respect for you.
- I'm not doing this. I quit.
- It just didn't feel right,
so I'm not at IAM anymore. - What...
- Only person left is you, me and Alana.
- ♪♪ I do what I want ♪♪♪♪
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ We going all out Stand tall till we fall out ♪♪
♪♪ We cannot back down ♪♪
(man) Okay! (woman) The monitors
are outside. - Final test!
- ...Is going up. - Final test!
♪♪♪♪
(KP) It's official.
We passed inspection.
And the IAM shop is fully operational.
I'm proud of where we at.
But at the same time, it ain't been easy.
These last few years, it changed me.
The business side of tattooing is (bleep) with me mentally.
Especially when the people I'm supposed to trust
to have my back, they don't feel the same.
I sent out the text. The shop is open.
Nobody responded on that.
- ♪♪ 20 pound respect The street's saying I'm next ♪♪
♪♪ So I want more... ♪♪
- Life got pretty crazy these days.
Having not one but two booming businesses in L. A.
A second baby on the way...
- Aah!
(laughing)
(Lemeir) One near-death experience.
- I can't believe (bleep) happened to you.
- I can't believe (bleep) neither.
That's a lot on my plate right now.
Thinking about starting my own tattoo shop.
That's still a part of me that feel like
I got a lot left to accomplish.
♪♪♪♪
(Nessie) In the tattoo industry,
I've seen my fair share of drama, but I never thought
that I'd be a part of a shop that literally implodes
underneath the weight of somebody else's ego.
And now me and Lemeir seem to be going
our separate ways as artists. - I just don't see
how we can work together.
- So this next path, I guess I'm walking alone.
(Star) I'm just stuck in between
a rock and a hard place dealing with the boys.
- I'm not worried about her. She's trash.
- And then there's staff. - I don't think it's for me.
- I understand where KP and Tim are coming from.
But I think everything could've gone a little differently.
But still I remain dedicated to this
and making the shop a success.
♪♪♪♪
(Maricarmen Lopez) It's good to see you.
How you doing?
♪♪♪♪
♪♪ ...And if you retaliate ♪♪
♪♪ Boy, I swear that I'm coming back for all y'all ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
- Hey, boss man. - What up?
- How you doing, KP?
- I'm here, man. - Whoo, this is
a little bit different, right? - It is, it's cute.
I like it.
- Lemeir... (Lemeir laughs)
You look like you might ask me some bull(bleep).
(Maricarmen laughing)
- So this is a very unusual circumstance because
our original crew is very divided now.
And just last week two of you quit.
Because we stopped filming when the pandemic hit two years ago,
there's quite a bit of unaired footage that played a part
as to why everybody feels the way they feel now.
And you all can provide a unique perspective
as to what went down and why.
We need to understand how we got here.
What do you feel happened?
♪♪♪♪
So KP, being the boss of the shop.
Take me back to the beginning of filming
pre-pandemic. - Season one was tough.
And it's never been a shop in Compton period.
Now we gonna try to film and document this.
But I made it through.
So going into filming pre-pandemic,
it was going smooth in the beginning.
- The beginning of 2020, the shop was in a place
where everybody was super optimistic.
- It definitely felt like we were gonna leave
everything from season one in the past.
- I gave Star a chance to help managing the shop
and the artists. Maybe it might help.
- When I first walked into the shop
I loved what they had going on as a team.
Like, everybody was getting along, you know,
they were on the same page.
♪♪♪♪
(laughter/chatter)
- Star!
- Ohh!
(laughter)
♪♪♪♪
- What's up, man?
I like what you're doing here. - Of course.
You know I'ma get to it.
We did real good today. We got a lot of clients.
You know, we just gotta keep it up.
- It's the plan, right? (laughter)
- Party inside!
♪♪♪♪
- Hey, girl. - What's going on?
- Everybody's booked. And make this money!
Run that (bleep). - Ahh!
- Finally coming together as a whole family, so...
- Right. I'm really proud of you.
Keep up the good work, okay?
- Thanks, babe, appreciate it.
♪♪♪♪
- That (bleep) crazy.
You did that, bro. Take this (bleep)
a whole nother level. - Thanks.
- We all came in saying we were gonna work together.
We're gonna give back to community and we're gonna
set differences aside and really be the light.
And, like, come together as a team.
- Ink, we need more paint in here.
(Lemeir) That blue looking good on that one over there.
- Hey, KP, I want you to meet my good people's.
- I'm Polo. - Yeah!
- Uh-huh, this is my dawg, known for a long time.
He's fresh out. - How long you was down?
- Like, 13 years.
- 13 years. - You feel me.
Polo, come on, come give back for the community
since you been destroying everything.
So what do you do? - I'm a tattoo artist.
When I was in prison,
I actually learned how to tattoo.
- Oh, you tatting? - You was tatting,
you was tatting with the little pins and (bleep),
poking people and (bleep)? - Yup.
- You did your own? - Yeah, I did my whole arm.
- You thought for 13 years. What's the master plan?
- To stay out of jail. - Stay out of jail?
But what you gonna do to stay out of jail?
- My real passion is my art and tattooing and stuff.
- So you've never worked in a tattoo shop before?
- No, I never did. - I think it will be really
dope to get you into the shop. Stay with KP and, you know,
have a deeper conversation. - Yes, ma'am.
- We should get you--
You just painted the people bushes.
You (bleep) up already.
(laughing)
- I think Polo's a great person.
I like him, I think that he's a hungry artist.
You know, he really does wanna learn and he puts a lot
of passion into getting better as an artist, but...
I remember when we were filming last year,
Ken and I were dating and...
KP was looking for a new artist for the shop.
And so I was trying to plug him, you know,
I was trying to bring him in on it.
♪♪♪♪
What's up, KP? Can I talk to you for a second?
- Yeah.
- So I was just wondering
if we're hiring. - Um...
Yeah, what you got? - He's a dope-ass artist.
I'll show you his page.
- So... where he from?:
- He's from Philly. - How you know him?
- He's my dude. - Oh.
Well, I mean...
We ain't hiring, like, right now, right now.
- Well, let me know, you know what I'm saying?
Think about it. All right. - All right.
(KP) Going into filming pre-pandemic,
me and Nessie, we was pretty copacetic.
Not like season one. Season one was...
It was crazy.
- God knows he ain't got no other boss (bleep)
since we started this bitch. - What?!
Yo, who you talkin' to? - You could've stepped up
a long (bleep) time ago. Who the (bleep) do I look
like I'm talking to (bleep)?! I'm talking to you.
- You got me (bleep) up. You better get out my face.
- I don't give a (bleep).
You Kyla Pratt's boyfriend, that's all you are, (bleep).
That's your title. - Whoo!
Then at the beginning of the season that didn't air,
we was cool, it was cordial, but...
And bring her boyfriend and then now I got relationship,
and they bring that in the shop,
and we ain't even on the same page yet.
That's just... That's way too complicated.
- At that time, me and Ken were in a good place.
Even, like, Lemeir and Dani, like when he came to visit
and stuff, like, we would hang out with them and it would just
be a good time, you know, like, everything just clicked.
- Next time we meet up, we gotta have Bone here.
You know, have our little triple dig going.
Or we bring Dave & Buster's here, have a little
couples challenge. - I don't know about Bone.
Might be a top-two competitor.
- Definitely not. - We would run circles
around all y'all, what are you talking about?
- We can also go bowling. Me and Dani'll kick your ass
at bowling. - I'm not great at bowling.
But I'm down for the challenge. - I'll be damn near
about to go with the ball every time.
- I'll hold it down for both of us.
- But yeah, we could have some card games.
Some Connect Fours. - Couple tattoo competition?
- Oh, no. - No.
(laughter)
- So regardless of how I feel about Ken right now,
that has nothing to do with his talent.
He's still a dope tattoo artist.
But when I brought it up to KP,
he kind of dismissed it or whatever and said, like,
he'll think about it, but then brought in Polo.
- Polo had a lot of similarities
to a lot of people I grew up with.
I know a lot of Polos.
Art changed my life. It could change his, too.
- Oh! - Good morning!
- Hey! - How y'all doing?
- Yo. - Cuz!
- Hello! Bring it in, hello!
Everybody, this is our apprentice.
(Polo) How y'all doing? (Lemeir) What's up, dawg?
How you feeling? - I'm good.
- Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! Wait, what, whoa, whoa.
No disrespect towards you, my man.
But I thought you wasn't hiring, KP.
- Was you trying to give somebody a job?
- I recommended somebody because he said we need some
strong players for Ink Art Music, and I thought oh (bleep),
okay, my dude is a dope-ass tattoo artist.
- Oh, so you tried to get your boyfriend a job.
- I'm trying to bring strong players to the team period.
That's what y'all said y'all wanted.
As a team player, I'm trying to bring people in who I feel
like are strong-ass players, and that's the (bleep) it.
I don't care, I don't need to have this conversation.
Y'all wanna hire (bleep) 50 million apprentices, like,
hire somebody who knows how to tattoo already.
- So what, if we're choosing to build people up and we choosing
to run our program how we run our program,
if you wanna run a mother(bleep) program, bitch,
go open your own shop and hire him there.
Y'all (bleep) and getting a mother(bleep) job in this
mother(bleep), so if you got a problem, bitch, check me!
(shouting, bleep)
- KP! - You don't question authority.
He said what the (bleep) he said!
- It has nothing to (bleep) do with you!
I was (bleep)... (shouting)
- But I'm not even talking to her about this.
I asked him the question. He lied.
Thanks for sticking up for me, Lemeir.
I'm out.
(Maricarmen) It seems like you not only
had issues with KP and Star, but with Lemeir as well.
Why do you think Lemeir didn't have your back?
- The fact that Lemeir and KP were on better terms.
I think maybe he just didn't wanna ruffle any feathers.
But I still feel like at the end of the day,
it was a slap in the face.
- Now that caused issues at the shop
because Star got in Nessie's face,
and you pulled Star away from Nessie.
Do you think that's where things started
to take a turn for the team?
- (exhales)
- You arguing with a (bleep) who in his hood!
I'm responsible for y'all (bleep)!
- Nessie. - It's on my watch!
- Relax.
- Alana! - You look like
dancing all day!
- I love Alana's mom.
Don't give her a little liquor, baby,
'cause then she get too fun.
(shrieking)
- We in my city. For y'all to disrespect me
in my face, bro, 'cause you'll get taxed (bleep)
if you was in the 6-0. - What?
- ♪♪ I do what I want ♪♪♪♪
- So, Star got in Nessie's face,
and you pulled Star away from Nessie.
Do you think that's where things started to take a turn
for the team?
- Nah, that definitely...
that wasn't the change, um...
People were cool even after that went down.
I think it all stemmed from that team dinner.
And Star passed out contracts for 50/50 split at the shop.
- ♪♪ I used to be a boss you know boss you know ♪♪
♪♪ In this life it comes with a price you could be... ♪♪♪♪
(laughter)
(woman) - Oh, my God!
(KP) - All right, look, and I check.
So I wanted to get everybody together.
You know, we work and we always trying
to better the shop, the brand and move forward.
- Oh, straight to business. - Yes.
- I love it. - So we came here
on a positive note. So we're gonna keep it that way.
(cheering)
So with that being said...
I have some agreements that I would like all of you
to fill out for me and get them back to me promptly.
We're gonna start working based off of commission.
Where we're gonna be doing 50/50.
So 50 to you and 50 to the shop.
I'ma have you fill out y'all.
- I got chicken on my fingers right now.
♪♪♪♪
- Is the 50/50 negotiable?
- No, not really.
(Maricarmen) - Lemeir, you were KP's most experienced artist.
What was your issue with the 50/50 contract?
- A 50/50 contract normally comes from shops
that are established
and, like, that's something that is built over time.
You know, the focus should be to get artwork out
because once people see the artwork that we do,
this goddamn shop will literally be, like, booked the year out,
you know, if we had the opportunity but...
we killed it with greed.
(Maricarmen) - You work for KP but manage the staff,
which gives you a unique perspective.
Did you agree with contract changes?
- In a perfect world
it would have been negotiable, but...
have to do whatever KP wants.
He wanted 50/50, so that was-- that's what it was.
Going to our first tattoo convention,
it was KP's way or the highway.
- ♪♪ I'm feeling on track the Fed's on my back ♪♪
♪♪ My mind on my money and I.. ♪♪
♪♪ Feeling on track... ♪♪
- Are you excited? (Lemeir) Come on,
you know how I get down.
- ♪♪ I'm feeling on track ♪♪♪♪
- Ink, help me with this real quick?
- What's that? - My banner.
- Oh, look! You about to put Happy Ice shirts out?
Oh, I can't.
- The table look better now, though, don't it?
- Whoa. - Whoo!
- Baby girl! - Really?
- Now it's where they get official.
- Lemeir! Yo!
- Wow! - Now that's funny.
- People need to know who here. Well, damn.
- Star gonna get you. - I like it.
(Star) - What's up?!
- ♪♪ Now I want ten for top and then ten for the bottom ♪♪
♪♪ And if you're looking for the class ♪♪
♪♪ And chasing turquois he's got 'em ♪♪
♪♪ Way you shaking got them draws dropping making 'em drool ♪♪
♪♪ And keep on tipping big places to shop and pay for my school ♪♪♪♪
- Hey. - Well, hello.
- Hi. - Hi.
- How are you? - What's the word?
- What's going on? - We got a real setup going.
(Star) - Oh.
(Lemeir) - Just be honest, the setup look good right now.
(laughter)
We're done.
- So how do y'all feel about these banners?
- Bull(bleep).
- He blocked the whole (bleep) on purpose?
- Yeah, they needed them off to the side or nothing.
- Don't disrespect and then block my (bleep)
like you the only one here.
- What we doing?! - This shouldn't be right here.
So we're gonna move it.
♪♪♪♪
- Oh, stop putting my (bleep) back.
(Tim) - It's not about you. Today is a big day.
It's our first convention.
It's about Ink Art Music, period.
- When I pulled up, they were the only two ones here, though.
- That's fine. - So I get why
they put their banners up. - This is the thing, though.
At the end of the day, you came to our booth.
We pay for this booth. - I came to our booth.
- No, bruh, y'all didn't sign no contract.
So there is no ours, to be honest with y'all.
- I was here before. Our (bleep) whatever
you're talking about started. - You here 'cause we allowed you
to be here but you ain't put no money into this booth.
- I'm here because I'm part of this (bleep),
and I helped start this (bleep) from the ground up.
(Star) - I'm not about to argue. Y'all do that.
- Can't we all just get along?
(Lemeir) - Oh, my (bleep) God.
- Guess what? - What, baby?
What's going on?
- Nah...
- Shh...
- Her whole (bleep) world in one moment.
Like, that (bleep) is (bleep) me up right now.
- Yo, this (bleep) is sick, bro.
- First it's Nip and then it's this, it's, like...
Why we gotta lose two LA legends back-to-back like that?
- Bro, that-- that feeling just--
it was something I never felt before, that was crazy.
- For that to happen, how it happened...
with his daughter, me being a father--
a girl, dad, it's devastating.
- You know, today is crazy. It's sad.
We lost a king, but that should be a better reason
for us to go hard at our goals.
Go hard at Ink Art and Music. Hello!
- Mom Armani in the house!
Despite the news that we had gotten about Kobe,
we finished up our day at the convention.
We headed to the bus. Everything was all cool.
(exhales)
- Ahh!
- Ay! Ay! Ay!
(laughter)
(cheering/whooping)
(chatter)
(laughter)
(shriek)
- On the bus, everybody was having a good time,
and then out of nowhere... boom.
It just went left. - Tell me about the boom.
- After we found out that Kobe died,
I think that shift the energy with the team.
I think it shift the energy with everybody,
Personally, I think everybody was just
in a-- a-- a messed-up space. And after some drinks,
people's feelings started to come up.
- Just like Kobe wouldn't be who he is,
if he didn't lay down the law, let (bleep) know it's my team,
I'm shooting, y'all back me up.
That's how kinda how this is, like, he Kobe,
and you gotta accept it.
The way I'm moving is different today.
I'm a child of God, how many times he gonna forgive you?
- Every time. - Exactly.
If we all on the same level, nobody's bigger than nobody.
I got God in me, though. - We ain't God.
- Well, you got a devil working for you,
and I don't know how long that's gonna last.
- We have God. You ain't God.
And I'm definitely not the devil.
- You ain't the devil!
- (bleep) Bring you down too!
(shouting, bleeps)
(shouting)
- No! Don't hold me! - I'm not holding you.
- Okay, let me go! Let me do my (bleep)!
- The (bleep) is (bleep) up.
- Wait, what they call it? Liquid courage?
Whatever the (bleep), that liquor got to her little
brain cells, and Armani start popping it.
I know I'm real small and petite, but she wasn't
gonna do me like that, yeah.
(bleep) don't know how to control theyselves.
- But it wasn't even your argument.
She was responding to something this (bleep) said.
And then it got-- y'all got in each other'sfaces, like...
- Nah-nah-nah. He had a great analogy
on how he's saying (bleep)
the Lakers and I'm Kobe.
I'm building the team for the personality
of Ink Art Music in Compton.
(bleep) if you don't wanna go play
how mother(bleep) Kobe wants
you to play, (bleep), he gon' get your ass traded, (bleep).
- But if you look at the strongest teams with the most
longevity, respected their (bleep) players, bro.
- Have you signed the contract?
- No, I'm not signing a 50/50 contract, my (bleep).
That is crazy, and you know that from an artist's perspective.
You're not stupid. - It's not crazy.
If it was crazy... - It is crazy, my (bleep).
I've worked for artists that are (bleep) on a way higher level
that don't even treat people like that.
And you think you're Kobe? - You don't think he Kobe.
- No, I wanna know...
(loud chatter)
- Are you in? In?
- Nessie, Nessie, you arguing. Relax.
We talking, we walking. - We talking about Kobe in L. A.
You arguing with a (bleep) in his hood,
in his town with a shop, (bleep).
I'm responsible for y'all.
I'm responsible!
(loud chatter/bleeps)
- Something to him, (bleep)!
- Something happened to you. Something happened to you.
- You gotta wait till he gets through talking, then you talk.
I just wanna chime in.
I'm not saying that y'all not the Lakers.
But when (bleep) just came at people respectful,
KP could have simply said, "Look, I still want you to be
a part of the team. How can you help us?"
- You getting respect, I'ma give it back 30 times.
- Who was your repping on your shirt?
Happy Ice or Ink Art Music?
- This is who we got.
- Nessie, anybody... - KP, what business do we got?
- Would help have (bleep) for any of us, bro?
- You really on some (bleep) right now.
Because I'ma ask that y'all (bleep).
I ain't no (bleep) liability, bro.
- Let me tell y'all some (bleep).
All this (bleep) paying no million dollars plus in taxes!
I am on a whole nother (bleep) level with y'all, (bleep).
- Talking about your mother(bleep) self!
Talking about your mother(bleep) self.
(shouting)
- You ain't pay for (bleep), bro.
(shouting, bleeps)
(bleeps)...
- Oh my God.
- I could say I don't like mac and cheese.
He'll be like, "Bitches don't like mac and cheese
'cause they ain't from Compton."
I definitely feel like not being from Compton
put us at a disadvantage.
Compton loves mac and cheese!
(horn plays "La Cucaracha")
(bleeps)...
- Y'all ain't even got one of these joints.
Check me out.
- Is he gonna stay?
- ♪♪ I do what I want ♪♪♪♪
(shouting)
Stop playing...
- (bleep), knock heads off, cuz.
- Take care of my family (bleeps).
- On the bus when he was saying all that,
I was, like, oh, you really are jealous.
But we don't talk like that out here.
That's some East Coast (bleep).
Brothers die over colors.
So you talking about how much money you get
more than somebody, like, that's crazy.
Like, so from there, it was, like, oh, you don't
know no better, you don't respect me,
and you think you bigger than the brand
and everything else that's around.
And that (bleep) can change.
- I definitely feel like not being from Compton
put us at a disadvantage.
When KP doesn't embrace us on his own team,
you know what I'm saying, that sets a tone for everybody
else and how they're gonna treat us, like...
I'm here to help you. I'm here to help you grow too.
Like, it's supposed to be a mutual thing, it just wasn't.
♪♪♪♪
- Where's my room?
- We about to be (bleep) up.
Boss women doing their (bleep).
- Amen, Nessie, I love it.
(chatter)
- Yes! - Aw, I just wish KP was here
so y'all could do the little... - Oh, I don't!
- I'ma ride for you to a certain extent, but you not gon' keep
disrespecting me every (bleep) day, bro.
You wanna be Kobe but Kobe did things that made people
feel like he Kobe and we built that up, and we played.
- We're all supposed to be made to feel
like we're a part of a time.
But he always makes us feel like we're, like, under him.
- Bro, I could say I don't like mac and cheese.
He'll be like, "Bitches don't like mac and cheese
"'cause they ain't from Compton.
Compton loves mac and cheese! Ink Art Music mac and cheese."
(bleep) you talking about? (bleep).
- I think that I wanted the team
to be able to come together,
you know, with some good energy,
you know, especially with all the things that had gone on
on the bus that night. So, I tried to get the team
together for Ink's anything but clothes birthday party.
Unfortunately, Tim and KP didn't show up.
But we still had a good time.
♪♪♪♪
- Happy birthday!
(cheering)
Happy birthday (bleep)!
♪♪♪♪
- Ayy!
- Oh my God, my mommy.
My mom is so embarrassing.
- Hey!
- You look like sis but she's older.
- You should be so lucky.
- Oh my God!
Oh my God!
- I love Alana's mom. She is just, like, great.
She's amazingly fun person.
Don't give her a little liquor, baby,
'cause then she get too fun. (laughing)
- Ay-ay-ay!
(laughing)
- Mom! - Bye, bitch!
♪♪♪♪
(cheering)
(chatter)
- What's up, my brother? - What's up?
(bleep).
- Well, it's most important, bro,
have you talked to KP, though?
You ain't talk to him, brother?
- It's just a lot of heat in the area, you know what I'm saying?
- People got put they egos aside and really focus
on the bigger picture and that's trying
to build up something for Compton.
If I could just get you guys to come together
on some type of happy medium where y'all can respect
each other and understand each other's ideas,
it will grow bigger than what it is.
But y'all egos got to be put aside.
- I really wasn't (bleep) with Lemeir after that convention.
There wasn't nothing he can tell me or nothing.
He said too much, and then Armani came out.
She tried to mediate it, but she had no clue
what was really going on.
♪♪♪♪
Bring it in, cuz, let's get down.
Where we at?
What's up, cuz?
- You a king of yours, and you a king of yours.
We could all come together as a brand, bro, and build (bleep).
We could come together.
- They ain't talking to me like that.
You in my city, trying to be in my shop.
I'm already telling (bleep), a million (bleep),
"Aw, no, he cool, he's selling the ice cream."
Nah, he ain't no threat. (bleep) always hitting me up
about y'all my (bleep). So for y'all to disrespect me
in my face, bro, what are y'all doing?
Y'all ain't be saving my life.
I really feel like I'm saving lives.
'Cause you'll get taxed, (bleep),
if you was in the 6-0 (bleep).
Y'all ain't seen it because of me.
- What are you talking about?
Taxing me like I don't have to pay somebody to
sell whatever I'm selling.
For him to say that to me,
means that people are coming to him
'cause y'all having conversations about me.
That's, once again, it's a jealousy thing.
And I'm not worried about none of that (bleep).
- You in Compton. I'm from Compton.
People seeing you talking crazy,
standing up to me, Tim or looking like
you got some type of issue.
Of course they gonna hit us up.
You doing all this (bleep), you don't protect me?
Nah, (bleep) that (bleep). We don't (bleep) with him.
- Like, straight up, you too focused
on the hood (bleep), bro.
- Oh my God. - Y'all just coming
at (bleep) sideways all the time and then expect
everybody to shut the (bleep) up.
You can't say (bleep) back to me 'cause you in Compton (bleep).
I'm from Compton (bleep). If y'all think
I'm not gonna say nothing just 'cause I'm in Compton
and y'all from Compton, that's not happening, bro.
- That's the enemy and (bleep) ain't stupid enough to say
nothing in my face. - I ain't... what?
- You're in my city! Don't feel yourself
on my (bleep), bro. - Oh my God.
- I'm struggling mentally.
Like, right now, I feel like I'm just a mom.
- You're a super mom. - I don't feel like a super mom.
- ♪♪ I do what I want ♪♪♪♪
♪♪♪♪
- You had a lot of things going on
while we were seeing the issues at the shop.
With Happy Ice, there was a lot going on.
And I wasn't as hands on as I should have been.
With a beautiful person like Danielle that's having my child,
you get what I'm saying? I'd literally miss whole days
with Summer, like, when I wake up and leave, she's asleep.
And then when I get back, she'll be asleep.
And with Dani going through postpartum depression,
I didn't feel good.
♪♪♪♪
- Summer, Summer!
What's happening, Mama?
What's up?
What you thinking about?
Like you over here in deep thought.
- I'm struggling mentally.
I'm always home with the baby.
Like, I don't get a break.
Like, right now, I feel like I'm just a mom.
- Aw, stop crying.
- I don't feel like a super mom.
- But you are.
You're holding it down. You're doing everything.
You know, I lost my father to the streets, like...
like, he got life in jail as a young kid.
And I always wanted to make sure that I was there for my kids.
So it hurt not being there, and it hurt
hearing Dani talk about it.
I know you got my back, so I gotta make sure I got yours.
So try to communicate these things to me.
(Summer crying)
Aww, okay, okay.
Whatever you gotta do to not get to that point,
we gonna do it. Give me a kiss.
♪♪♪♪
I love you.
Me and Dani, we worked out a tough time
by just communicating with each other, that's it.
And with KP and Tim, I feel like
the issues that was-- that we had
could be resolved the same way,
if we just communicated clearly.
I've never had a moment with them where it just, like,
oh, we got real beef now.
Let's be men. Let's figure this out.
♪♪♪♪
This (bleep) crazy.
Don't they say it never rains in Southern California?
Who lie?
We've got to invest into a bigger patio.
Look at this (bleep).
(horn plays "La Cucaracha")
(bleeps, laughing)
- Ha-ha! You ain't got these joint.
Check me out. - I need one of them.
- Is he gonna stay? - Is he gonna stay?
- What's up, bros? - (bleep).
- You know what I'm saying?
I know we had our situation between all of us.
But us trying to argue and go at each other all the time, man,
we ain't doing nothing but doing exactly what we trying
to get away from, you get what I'm saying?
But here, you know, y'all call the shots, you feel me, so...
I'm really just here to let y'all know, like, whatever y'all
trying to do, I'm behind y'all, you feel me?
- That's-- That's what I wanted to hear.
- I mean, everything you say correct, but the thing is
we haven't felt that. Right now is the first time
we feeling anything like that. I just feel like
we gotta do this again, it's just a pattern,
and we gonna kiss and make up and all that,
it just won't make sense. You feel me?
So we good. - Good, bro.
- No misunderstandings, no nothing?
- We good. Move forward, bro,
and we ain't gon' get back to this place no more.
It's time to get this (bleep) bread.
- He gave me his word that he's gonna make it right.
So I moved forward.
- We back at a place where we kinda like all have come
to agreements and we're trying to work things out.
The 50/50 contract issue, that just fizzled out.
Everything seemed to be cool, to be honest with you.
- It was better, it was definitely better.
After KP and Lemeir made their peace,
it sort of eased the tension for everybody at the shop.
You know, like, everything just clicked.
- Why?! - It's all right.
(shrieking)
- Tell a secret!
- All right, you gotta say a secret now or what?
- It's I-- I'm... She's pregnant, you guys.
- I think you are too. - Spill the (bleep) beans.
- I'm three months.
- What?! - What?!
(screaming)
(screaming drowns out)
- Oh my God! - I knew it.
- Seems like it's starting to get harder to hide it now.
(laughter)
- Kind of hard to hide it.
- When Barbie announced her pregnancy,
it felt like everybody in the shop was happy.
It was a good vibe, like, you felt it.
You felt the good energy in the room.
That's a beautiful moment for anybody.
I wish we had more moments like that.
It was just, like, very few and far between, so...
- Why do you think that is?
- Just a lot of ego, that's all.
- Tell me about that.
- The (bleep) is this?
We're going to Mexico!
(whooping/cheering)
- What happened to the Mexico trip?
- Uh, man, I mean, shoot. What happened to everything?
- ♪♪ I do what I want ♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ Oh comes in the morning ♪♪
♪♪ Yes it does, yes it does, yes it does ♪♪♪♪
(man) - Camera, mark. KP interview continues.
- So how did things go
after Lemeir's apology?
- We always talked
about winning championships
with a team that played as a team.
I thought might as well start working towards
building this team and...
planned a team-bonding experience,
hoping for the best.
♪♪♪♪
- Wow, this is awesome.
- It's taco Tuesday.
Hey!
- Hey! - ¿Hola, como esta?
- What's in the piñata? - All kinds of stuff
is in the piñata.
- I got first. - One, two, three.
- Yo! (bleep).
(laughter)
- I'm dizzy, Armani! - Right here, go.
(laughter, chatter)
- Yo-oh-ho!
(laughter)
- Ahh! Ahh! Ahh!
- Oh, (bleep)! - Oh, wait, come on!
(shrieking)
(laughter)
- Ohh!
- I'm gonna-- where are the Snickers at?
- What the (bleep) is this?
- What-- what's that? - "Hola, tacos!
"Pack your bikinis and your Speedos.
Grab your tattoos and your tequila."
We're going to Mexico!
(cheering)
♪♪♪♪
- Tequila! Tequila! Tequila!
- We going to Mexico. - Mexico!
- We're gonna do the Mayan traditional way
where we tap in... tap, tap, tap.
You know what I'm saying? That old-school fashion.
Original gangsta (bleep).
- I felt like it was gonna be a good moment for us as a team.
It felt like we was slightly coming together
to reach this goal. - So I was surprised that KP
set up a trip just because we don't have the best history
with group trips. But I'm happy that he's still
trying to get us to all do things collectively.
- We going to Mexico, baby! - Mexico, Mexico!
- What happened to the Mexico trip?
- Uh, man, I mean, shoot.
What happened to everything?
COVID hit.
- (bleep) what the (bleep)?!
- Where did you come from looking like that?
- Man, y'all ain't tapped in.
- Aww, this... - Wow, Lysol.
(coughs)
- All right, well, you killed the virus now.
- Everybody get the (bleep) out.
- So if things were good right before the pandemic,
how did we get to this place of division
when you began filming this season?
- The reunion that was aired was all...
Just throwing shots, like...
Y'all come in to disrespect me? Like, nah.
- Who should be running the shop?
- I personally think Lemeir
does have a little bit more experience.
- Vudu, what do you say? - I'd have to say
Lemeir as well. - I think it would
be smarter if I ran the shop.
- You don't know what I've been through.
And so at the reunion, I wasn't expecting people to bash me.
It was a slap in the face.
Lemeir and Nessie, they agenda is different from mine.
They energy... just drained me.
And Vudu and Barbie too.
Which is why I didn't put up with their bull(bleep)
when we was filming this season.
Like, you're still dealing with my brand, my name.
And you gotta respect it. - Sitting here now
after reopening the shop, where do you see yourself
going from here? - We start over.
We're gonna hold auditions like "American Idol,"
look for some talent, and hopefully I'll find
some people that's true to the vision.
- With everything that's now currently going on at the shop
and Lemeir, Vudu, Nessie and Barbie not being there,
do you think things are gonna get better or not?
- I hope that we can grow and...
become a big happy family and...
Well, what family do we have
when the three best people left?
- I'm disappointed that the shop
will never be what it could have been.
There's no leadership in that shop
that really is going to dedicate the time
and energy that the artists need to get where they need to go.
So, I feel sorry for the people there.
In all honesty, I would say I still wish KP the best.
We just from two different worlds.
We got two different mindsets and it didn't mix.
- What is in the future for you?
- Um, as far as the tattoo shop,
um, starting something with my brother, Ken,
and bringing on Barbie also.
I want it to be where all artists, brown or whatever,
like, but definitely for our culture can have a place where
they feel like they can come and learn and have a home.
- If you were in front of KP right now,
what would you tell him? - I would probably tell him
you didn't add any value to me.
It just wasn't what it was supposed to be.
I feel like his ego...
it pushed everybody away.
- What about Lemeir?
Do you think that your issues with him
could be worked out one day?
- I don't know how it's gonna play out,
but they literally hate me because I defend you, you know?
Like, that's the core reason
that they feel the way they feel.
And then this season he accuses me of being disloyal?
After everything, yo?
- They not (bleep) me because I'm defending you.
Why the (bleep) y'all (bleep) with him?
Right now, I just don't see
how we can work together.
- I don't really know what's about to happen next, you know?
I don't really know where to even go.
I'm just completely open to, like, whatever possibilities
can happen, I just don't wanna be back there.
- Thank you for sitting down and talking to us.
- It's been quite a journey.
- Cut. - We are done.
- Just because the IAM shop wasn't a good fit for me
doesn't mean I'm dead in the water.
I hit up my homegirl, and I'm gonna go talk to her
and see if this is the best opportunity for me.
- ♪♪ I do what I want ♪♪♪♪
♪♪♪♪
- I can't be a part of this. I quit.
(Lemeir) - I gotta put the business first right now.
- Are you serious?
I don't really know what's about to happen next.
I'm just completely open to possibilities.
- ♪♪ Girl you gotta tell the crowd this is how you feel ♪♪
♪♪ You gotta let 'em know you unstoppable ♪♪
♪♪ You gotta tell the world this is how you feel ♪♪
♪♪ You gotta let 'em know you unstoppable ♪♪
♪♪ You unstoppable, you unstoppable ♪♪
♪♪ You gotta tell the world you unstoppable ♪♪
♪♪ That you unstoppable ♪♪
- Just because the IAM shop wasn't a good fit for me
and me and Lemeir are going our separate ways,
doesn't mean I'm, like, dead in the water.
I'm a bomb-ass artist, and I just know my worth.
There's plenty of opportunities out there,
and I'm gonna find the perfect one for me.
- ♪♪ Don't you dare get in my path ♪♪
♪♪ 'Cause I go first and you go last ♪♪♪♪
- I hit up my homegirl
and she owns her own shop out here, and I'm gonna go talk
to her and see if this is the best opportunity for me.
And if this isn't the next stop, then that's cool.
'Cause I'm grinding, and I'm not gonna stop until I find it.
♪♪♪♪
- Hey, girl.
Guess who's back?
- I cannot go back to the struggle, yo.
- I've been through everything you're going through.
One of our artists just quit. We have a booth available.
- Okay.
- Damn near killing myself dealing
with Happy Ice and College Boy and...
Then on top of that, the whole shop stuff with Barbie and Ken.
Do I open another business and put attention on that?
- I'm feeling like it's not the right time.
(Nessie) - Today I'm trying out to see
if I can be a guest artists over at Enigma.
- Let me see.
- I didn't force you to have a child with me.
I didn't force you to ask me to marry you.
So why go this far if you wanna continue
to cheat with the next nothing-ass bitch?
- When it's (bleep) with the ops (bleep) feel a way, (bleep).
- Period. - I am here for your shop.
- We don't need you to manage Ink Art Music.
- You think I need you? (laughing)
- Bye. - (laughing)
- Bye, bye.
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ MTV ♪♪♪♪