(sirens wailing)
\h\h\h\h\h\h(Ceaser) \h\h\h2020 is a year we’ll never forget.
Cheers to 113th.
The closing of my first shop,
\h\h\h\hwhich I built from a dream, sweat, and grind,
really devastated me.
Then COVID made the world stop.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(reporter) We’ve opened up new ICUs,
new intensive care units, \h\h\h\h\hwe’ve opened up
new medical units.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(Ceaser) And it attacked me personally.
Guess who found out he got coronavirus?
Me.
With New York shut down \h\h\h\h\h\hand the crew
all going their separate ways,
I decided to change \h\hmy life around.
- ♪ Blood, sweat and tears \h\h\h\h\h\hgot me here ♪
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(Ceaser) Because despite the pandemic,
\h\h\h\hmy other shops across the country were doing great.
I even opened up new ones,
and bought a house \hdown in Atlanta.
\h\h- ♪ Keep it real, never fake it, y’all ♪
♪ You see a chance to advance \h\h\hthen you make the call ♪
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(Ceaser) And I also found something \h\hI wasn’t looking for.
I found love.
Well, love found me.
\h\h\h\h\h\hI realized, I’m the American dream.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(announcer) Everybody give it up for Ceaser!
- How y’all doing?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(Ceaser) I’ve created an empire \h\h\h\hout of nothing
and created opportunities for \h\h\h\h\hpeople just like me.
\h\h\hAnd also learned with new levels come new devils.
♪
\h\h\h\hAfter reuniting with some of my peoples in LA...
\hDuring these times, you gotta keep people
that’s close to you close.
\h\h...I knew I had to get the family back together.
But this time, I had to do \h\h\hthings differently.
I owe it to all those who chose to take this journey with me.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(cheering) Some are still with me.
\h\h- Take over the world! - I grew up at Black Ink.
- I’ma go with family first \h\h\h\h\h\h\hover anything.
\h\h- Black Ink like, really saved my life.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(Ceaser) And some I lost along the way.
\h\h- (Sky) You’s my brother. - (Kitty) I’m ready to go now.
- (O’Sh*t) Are you still broke? - (Dutchess) Love you, baby.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(Ceaser) But the journey’s not over.
It’s time to get the crew \h\h\h\h\h\hback together
and get back to work.
This is Rome, baby, we gotta \hkeep this (bleep) moving.
(all cheering)
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBlack Ink is "Black in business."
♪♪
- ♪ Alright, hope comes in the morning ♪
♪ And it does and it does and it does ♪
♪ Gonna take my time and claim what's mine again ♪
- This damn pandemic is really, really
starting to take a toll on my Black ass, man.
- Did you, um, get her started on her book report yet?
- I got a lot going on right now.
I'm trying to understand this damn new math
that they got these kids-- - Puma, it's really not that hard.
I YouTubed it, they got it step by step.
It's all about rounding out.
- I'm thinking that I can put "teacher" on my resume now.
- They said we're doing a great job, so...
- Do we get paid? - No, we ain't getting paid.
- ♪ Oh, I know that hope comes in the morning ♪
♪ And it does and it does and it does ♪
♪ Gonna take my time and claim what's mine again ♪
♪ It's alright, yeah, we gonna be all right ♪
- Bae, you need some help? - I got it, I got it.
- Oh, it's cold, bae.
My phone was just vibrating like three times,
can you see what it is? Hurry, please.
- Your ass need to figure out packing lighter.
- ♪ Hope comes in the morning ♪
♪ And it does and it does and it does ♪
(saw whirring)
- Whoo!
- That's how you cut a beam.
Look, look, look. (phone dings)
Hold on, wait, I'm talking. What, you getting a text?
Come on, we're doing something here.
- I know, but hold on.
- ♪ Hope comes in the morning ♪
♪ And it does and it does and it does ♪
♪ Gonna take my time and claim what's mine again ♪
- Yo, what's good, baby? Lemme get a chopped cheese.
You know how I like everything on it.
Appreciate you. (phone dings)
♪♪
- ♪ Been a minute since I wrote a rap ♪
♪ I'm just out here trying to live ♪
♪ While you (bleep) buggin' out ♪
♪ I remember when I had a bunch of help ♪
♪ Till they send me out to thug it out ♪
(Ted) This is one of those ones, man.
After the closing of 113th in the pandemic,
everyone, including myself,
were forced to go into survival mode.
After Cease moved to Atlanta,
I've been managing the day to day
in the New York shops.
I also took a lot of time to follow on my passion
which is producing music.
(phone dings)
Who the (bleep) is this?
(phone dings) - Oh.
- Who is this from?
- It's a group text from Cease.
He said, "Hey yo, I'm back in New York,
"team meeting at the Brooklyn shop
to discuss the future of Black Ink."
- In Brooklyn? Why you gotta go to Brooklyn?
- Why can't this just be a Zoom meeting?
I don't know if everybody's been COVID safe, man.
- You know they have not been COVID safe.
- Walt be doing his comedy clubs.
Donna be partying, her and Alex, they be traveling.
- He is funny as hell... - Ceaser's fried.
- Where you been at this whole year?
- For real though. - I didn't even know
we still had jobs.
What do you want?
- I don't know if I really wanna go to this.
Like, I d-- (baby screeches)
- I'll be right back, just give me a moment.
♪♪
- ♪ Undefeated in the lead, you can never... ♪
- Date time! Oh, I'm excited
to be outside 'cause we don't know.
This might not be happening like this next week.
Might be shut down again. - New York is crazy.
- ♪ Undefeated in the lead, you can never... ♪
- Oh my gosh, bae, this whole suitcase is (bleep) swimsuits.
- You got more, girl. - Oh (bleep).
All these swimsuits, all these good times
and now we back in cold-ass New York.
♪♪
- (Tatti) Hey-o! - (woman) Yo?
- Dinner's almost ready, come set the table please.
- (man) Okay. - Gracias.
What else we got? What else we got?
- Get the plates. - You made the dressing?
- Yes.
- Copying my salad dressing recipe?
- ♪ Shake it, shake it, shake it ♪
- Well, since going into quarantine,
I bought a new home that I moved some of my cousins into.
I am so grateful, I am so blessed--
but when you got seven bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms,
that (bleep) adds up quick.
I had to go back to the days
where I did it all to make ends meet.
I'm talking about cutting and coloring hair,
I started personal training.
I actually created a space in my basement
just so that I can take care of my clients at home.
Bring it down, squat it. There you go, keep working.
You know, I had to make it work.
- Salud. (bottles clinking)
(all toasting)
♪♪
(Walt) Here's to a good night.
- Yes, cheers. - Woo-hoo!
- Cheers to being outside. - Yes.
You know we got one more month,
then it's been a year since you've been Mrs. Miller.
- It's been a hell of a year.
We just got married. - Chilling in Hawaii, came back,
then, (bleep), can't go outside.
- I think we went through like, a marriage boot camp.
Like, seriously. - Outta nowhere,
they was like, oh, you love you? - How bad you want it?
- Now you ain't got nothin' to do but to love her.
(Walt) Yeah, married life is good.
But this wasn't your normal first year
as a married couple.
We didn't really get to live out regular lives,
we were forced to be like, around each other 24/7,
trying to stay active, and getting more creative
and date night and stuff like that.
Just making sure we still keep that, you know,
the couples thing, but we have bumped heads a little bit
because that's what people do.
It's been some moments where was I like,
I do not know if I can do this anymore.
- I mean, it was tough in certain parts.
But we made the best of it.
- You know, this is not what they said when
they was like it's gonna be rough.
But luckily I ain't played the sucker route
and run away from everything, you know?
We thugged it out and we good.
Regardless of what the (bleep) is going on in this world,
me and you, girl, I just want you to know that.
- Till the end of time. - This only the beginning.
♪♪
- This is crazy, you have way too much clothes, man.
- Don't start. (laughing)
- I ain't never seen this a day in my life.
When you was gonna wear this?
- You know this is from months of traveling.
- Uh-huh, all I hear is excuse, excuse,
a lotta clothes. - (giggles)
So much has happened in this last year.
Last February I got engaged to Alex in Hawaii.
- Will you marry me? - Stop, this isn't happening!
And then shortly after that, the pandemic hit
and 113th shut down, the world shut down.
But I didn't really so much shut down.
I've been hustling, but I've been definitely
trying to avoid the epicenter of COVID-19, New York City.
So we've been like, everywhere.
Cleveland, Tennessee,
Atlanta, a little bit of Miami.
So we doing all this traveling and stuff,
but we really need to be figuring out
what's going on 'cause the lease is up very soon.
In a minute we gonna be homeless.
So what is the plan? - The plan is
try to find a house ASAP.
We could probably just rent a crib for now
until we find a (bleep).
But definitely not New York.
- I would say oh yeah, let's just pack our bags
and be out, what threw me off is this text from Cease though.
- Ceaser wants to have a team meeting
at the end of this week.
- That's what you wanna do? You wanna go back over there?
Again?
- I mean, listen, it's been really hard,
the pandemic, so I'm ready to go back to work
'cause I'm ready to get a paycheck.
- Sure. - But I've changed so much
during this quarantine, that I go back to work,
and they're gonna expect to see "Crazy Thatti".
Bah-bah-bah-bah-bah-bah!
(overlapping shouting)
You know? And I'm not trying to be that person no more,
I don't wanna be in all that bull(bleep).
This past year has really forced everybody to
spend a lot of time with themselves.
And one thing that I have really learned
is that I can't go back to the way things were before
everything shut down.
For me to go back to Black Ink,
things have to be different.
My resume is too lit to be a receptionist.
- Regardless, you're a boss-ass bitch
and everybody loves you. - And if they don't, we do,
and that's all that matters.
- I really wanna talk to Ceaser 'cause, you know,
like, them savings is running out...
I've been working here and there at the 125th Street shop.
But my focus is on my comedy now,
my focus is on my photography now,
my focus is on my clothing brand now.
The shop is not in my top three anymore.
I don't know if I'm gonna be able to be
as full time as I was before.
- Mm-hmm. - I'ma have to be spreading my wings,
and it's a good thing that he got shops all over.
So I can manage promotions, all that stuff.
- Yeah, marketing... - It's not gonna require me
to stay in the shop.
- I don't have no problem going back to the shop
for a short period of time, but I just wanna work
to get enough money to add on to what we got
to get our own spot.
- I don't really know if I'm ready to be going back
to just zombie-ing under (bleep) Cease all day.
I'm literally somebody who's been there forever
and did all the dirty work.
But I don't get no acknowledgement.
- Gotta take it.
- Everybody knows how long I've been at Black Ink.
Like, forever. But like, I do have dreams that
are bigger than tattooing.
So during the pandemic, I tried to start
getting my hustle on.
My CBD juices, my CBD infused dinners.
So right now, I just need you to try these sauces.
(laughing) - Girl!
(Donna) I'm getting started on me.
I'll go and listen and I still care about everybody,
but like, that don't mean I gotta work there.
- Somebody broke into 125th.
- Somebody broke into 125th Street?
- Seems like an inside job, bro.
(Ceaser) When you down,
you just remember one day soon, we gonna be back together.
The reason why I called this meeting is...
♪♪
- ♪ Recognition, I'm on a mission ♪
♪ I'm paying dues, I'm in position ♪
(Tatti) I'm not really sure what direction
this conversation's gonna head in,
but there's no way that I can come back to Black Ink
and not continue to level up and grow.
So I know that I'm gonna ask for what I deserve.
♪♪
- ♪ I know this life is right for me ♪
♪ I know the future's bright for me ♪
- I'm ready to let Ceaser know all my demands
and yeah, he's not gonna play with me,
he's about to hear everything today
'cause the world has changed.
Demands are different, Ceaser.
- ♪ Recognition, I'm on a mission ♪
♪ I'm payin' dues, I'm in position ♪
- Donna deserves Cease's full support
in whatever she wants to do.
She's been with him from the beginning,
and she put in all the work.
(bleep), if she wanna lounge around
in the shop like Teddy, let her do it.
- ♪ I'm staying low, it's getting late ♪
♪ You're doing good... ♪
(Alex) Whoa! Look at the shop, yo!
(Tatti) Oh my god, this is so beautiful!
(Ceaser) When you down,
when you lonely,
when you don't know what life got for you next,
you just remember one day soon,
we gonna be back together.
♪♪
After closing the 113th shop
and the opening of the Brooklyn shop,
a lotta things were uncertain.
The pandemic and the senseless violence towards my people
played like a horror movie.
But in my people's reality,
this (bleep) been going on way too long.
Black Ink Brooklyn is different
than all my other shops.
It was designed to show Black excellence.
At the end of the day, I brought back
a Black franchise to the place I started.
Brooklyn, baby.
- ♪ This chapter's called no guts, no glory ♪
♪ 'Cause everybody loves a comeback story ♪
(Ceaser) A lot has happened,
and I don't know how everybody is mentally,
but I'm hoping they ready to take this to the next level
'cause my goal today is to get the family back together.
(automated voice) Front door.
- Why y'all standing around there like that?
What up? - We didn't know we could sit down.
- How you guys doing? Y'all can sit down,
y'all can chill, you know what I mean?
I know the shop just got redone but y'all...
- I know, it looks so (bleep) good in here.
- I felt like y'all was about to jump me, yo.
- We don't know what we walkin' into, boss.
- Y'all like the new shop?
It look better than last time, huh?
- Yeah, this (bleep) hard. - It looks way better
than 125th. - Yeah, yeah.
Yo, listen, y'all... - Front door.
- Walter!
- Well, look who the dog brought in.
- You look like you lost some weight.
(overlapping chatter)
He the only (bleep) I know that came out quarantine
ain't gained not one pound. (laughter)
A'ight, so let's get back to it, right?
First of all, I wanna thank y'all
for responding to my text, and honestly...
Where the (bleep) is Puma?
- Where is Young Bae?
- I don't know what's going on with Bae,
but I spoke to P a little while ago, he said...
- Okay, I guess, um, we'll talk to Puma little bit later.
But getting back to what I said, the reason why I called
this meeting is to thank y'all.
Through all the years that this whole Black Ink thing's
been going... - This is wild.
- ...I couldn't have done it without y'all.
And even though 113th is closed
and is never gonna be opened again...
y'all still got jobs.
Because this is the new flagship shop.
♪♪
Brooklyn really represent the whole struggle.
I started in this hood, this is where my first shop was.
So I just felt it was right.
Ted, what you think?
- I'm not gonna lie, this feels like 13th energy.
So if it stays like this,
I could (bleep) with Brooklyn.
- But 125th is still open, so why we can't go to 125th?
- I mean with multiple shops, you go where the hell you want.
I'm just letting you know this is the flagship shop
and if your ass don't come here,
I guess you ain't part of the flagship artists.
- Ohh! (overlapping chatter)
♪♪
- What? - I have just a little bit of mixed feelings.
I would love to just talk about
what my position would be coming back.
- Oh God...
- The whole receptionist thing doesn't really suit me.
Maybe we can have a one on one conversation, you know?
- I wanna be lead artist, I'm just saying.
(laughter)
- So what you trying to say, you can smoke Bae?
- Yes, I can smoke Bae.
(Donna) Ooh!
(laughter) - Let me think about this.
- We can talk about it later, just think about it.
- Okay, Donna, and what's your discrepancies?
- Okay, number one... - Num-- hold on, hold on.
How many numbers?
- It's maybe a... three? - Alright, three.
- Maybe three. - Three.
- Number one, that corner right there,
I'll have a little table
and my cooler's gonna go right there.
For my CBD juice, okay?
- What? - The second thing is--
- Wait, hold up, hold up... - Whenever it's time for me
to blossom into the next phase of my life,
I need your full support.
- I don't know what the (bleep) Donna means by blossoming.
Look at your wigs, look at your eyebrows,
you blossom every day. - I don't und--
You know what? Yeah, yeah, uh-huh.
You're absolutely right, yup, I-I'll support your blossoming.
Go ahead, yo. - Yeah, 'cause I'm just saying--
- N-- next thing, Donna. - Number three is just
I don't wanna tattoo anymore.
- So w-- wait, hold on, hold on.
You know we run a tattoo shop, right?
- So all those three things confirmed, right?
- Wait, she doesn't tattoo anymore,
she doesn't have a job here.
I mean, she don't have to be here.
You know what, Donna? Yes. Yes, yes, yes.
I accept your resignation, yes!
Uh, what's next? Anybody else?
- I just need to be able to get off at nights for my shows.
- So what y'all trying to say, you don't need no jobs?
- Definitely need a job, but...
figure out y'all schedules
so I can go perform later, that's it.
- Everybody else good? - Uh, you and me,
we need to talk too, Walt. - Yeah.
- I've known Walt long enough to know that today would've
been a meeting that he was on time for and maybe
looked a little jazzy and he didn't walk in like that.
So I'm catching a vibe that
something is a little bit off with him.
(Ceaser) A'ight y'all, so listen.
Only got one more thing to tell y'all.
I hooked us up with kind of an event
for our first little Brooklyn thing.
We're giving out free tattoos for the essential workers.
These guys was on front line
when this whole (bleep) was going down
saving lives and helping people.
It's the least we could do.
- A'ight. - That's fire.
- With this we get a fresh new start,
we already made a name for ourselves.
All we gotta do is just keep it pushing.
So we gotta get everything together for this next event
for the essential workers, all right?
- I showed up today not knowing what to expect.
Ceaser has done some growth and all,
but I've been here before, and only time will tell.
This essential workers event is exactly what we need
to get this ball rolling.
(Ceaser) So meeting adjourned.
Y'all get ready. Alright, come on, Tatti, let's talk.
- Somebody broke into 125th street.
- This (bleep) is definitely an inside job, yo.
- Who the (bleep) was working that day?
- We're gonna get the tattoo with the heart and EKG.
- I worked for New York City Transit
and over 120 coworkers passed away.
So this means a lot.
- Cease, 125th Street.
The Juice Bar camera from the shop.
Is that who the (bleep) we both think it is?
♪♪
(phone dings)
♪♪
- ♪ Walk in like a boss, where my money at? ♪
♪ I don't show up if they don't run the check ♪
♪ I'm Big Daddy, I can put your son in check ♪
- Hello, how are you? - How you doing?
- How can I help you?
- What's your most expensive cigar?
- The 50th year Padron. - Yeah, that's the one I want.
- So follow me and I'll get it for you.
- ♪ Shooting our shots and they all wet ♪
♪ I'ma change colors like the leaves, it ain't fall yet ♪
(Puma) Oh, man.
(door dings)
Oh, this is nice.
I like this spot, this is cool.
- Yo. Yo, what's up with you?
Why you got a face shield on, bro?
- I'm out here, man, I've gotta make sure that I'm protected.
- What's good, though? - I've been missing you guys,
know what I mean, been in the house
dealing with the life, but at least we're alive,
we're well, we're not sick, we got businesses.
Speaking of, Ceaser hit me up
about the new flagship in Brooklyn.
- Yeah, Brooklyn felt like new energy.
- I can-- I can dig it.
We gonna make it shine in Brooklyn.
But how's 125th, man?
I feel like I haven't seen that (bleep) in a minute.
- Can you take that (bleep) off your face?
I feel like you got a whole windshield on your face,
I can't even see you. - Alright, my bad, my bad.
- As much as I've missed the whole crew,
I'm not really trying to be around everybody right now,
'cause COVID is still running rampant.
This is very nice and empty and quiet.
Perfect.
- But yeah, (bleep) is good.
Doors are open, (bleep) is flowing,
we got artists, tattoos are being done.
- That's good to know, man. - It's just this little
situation that I'm really worried about.
- What is going on?
- I'm gonna let Cease tell you that.
- Was just about to say, where the hell is Cease at?
- Something came up so he had to bust a move real quick.
We gonna Zoom chat him in a second.
- It's so funny that Ceaser finally gets me to come outside,
and this mother(bleep) kinda low key ghosted me.
- But yeah, in the meantime, I got you something.
This is the most expensive cigar that they have in here.
I didn't wanna smoke it, I figured you might try it.
- Okay. I like how you think.
- (bleep), actually, there he go right there.
- Oh (bleep), word.
- I think he should be pulling up in a second, there we go.
Yo. - Yo, what up, y'all?
- What's going on, man?
- I bought him the most expensive cigar
with the Black Ink card just so you know.
- No (bleep), what you talking about?What card y'all using?
- Huh? - You good?
- Yeah, I'm good, you know, trying to come up with
a game plan just in case they shut the city down, man.
That last one nearly tapped our pockets out,
I don't know about this one, man.
- You ain't never lie, man, know what I'm saying?
Had to dip into funds that I never wanted to touch
just to keep afloat.
Ted was saying something about a situation?
- Yeah.
You know how many shops we done owned
and how many shops we got right now
and I've never had a situation like this.
Somebody broke into 125th.
- Wait, wait, wait.
Somebody broke into 125th Street
with all the cameras and everything else around it?
- Yes.
- And that's just the beginning.
- What did they-- what did they take though?
- Bro, they took all the valuables,
'cause you know we got real gold.
So that's like 2,000 right there.
They went in the register, took 5,000 outta that (bleep),
merchandise, all types of (bleep), bro.
- Out of all the shops that we have,
the one on 125th Street gets robbed?
Like, that (bleep) is damn near impossible.
Like, there's a dead bolt on the lock downstairs,
the shop is on the second floor,
there's tenants in the building, 125th street is so busy.
Like there's no way no stranger just randomly
walked into that shop like that.
- Somebody had to have the key.
And when did this happen, how long ago?
- A little while ago.
- I did my little investigating,
I went to all the side businesses
and asked them if we could see their cameras.
So I gave them the time frames and all that stuff,
I'm just waiting to get the footage back, man,
but it seems like an inside job, bro.
(Puma) Who the (bleep) was working that day?
- So what's up? - You missed my (bleep) birthday.
- I had some things I had to take care of.
- You RSVP'ed - I did, but some (bleep)
came up I had to take care of something.
- You didn't even (bleep) call me on my (bleep) birthday.
I feel like you didn't come
because of the whole money situation.
♪
- ♪ Ain’t nobody \hsitting down ♪
♪ We don’t need no furniture ♪
♪ They say that pressure \h\h\h\hmakes diamonds ♪
♪ And if they hatin’, \h\h\hnever mind ’em ♪
♪ But I don’t really \hfeel no pressure ♪
♪ So tell me why I’m still shy ♪
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(Donna) Oh, look who finally showed up.
- What’s up, what’s up, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hwhat’s up?
- Got me waiting in the cold.
- It’s freezing out here. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Hey.
Walt is a really close friend,
and he knows if he ever needs \h\hanything, he can call me.
\h\hMe and Walt been cool long enough for me to know
that you never really know what you‘re gonna get with Walt.
\hBut I didn’t like how he showed up looking at
the meeting the other night.
\h\hIt was all jokes with him, but I know
\h\hWalt’s jokes aren’t always what they’re cracked up to be.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- What’s up? - Nothing, how you doing?
- Tired, you know?
Just been trying to stay focused,
trying to stay busy. \h\h\h\h\h- Clearly.
You missed my (bleep) birthday.
- I had somethings I had \h\h\hto take care of--
- No, no, no, first of all, \h\h\hlet me talk about it.
\h\hI did some (bleep) I’d never did before.
I did my little CBD dinner, \h\h\h\h\h\hand it was nice.
And then you (bleep) RSVP’ed, \h\h\h\h\h\hthat’s the kicker.
\h\h\h\h\h\hYou RSVP’ed-- - I did, but some (bleep)
came up I had to take care \h\h\h\h\h\hof something.
- I don’t know, I just feel like a birthday happens once a year
\hand through all these years of bull(bleep) with Black Ink,
\hwe still remained very close. - That’s what I’m trying to say.
So don’t take it personal.
- You didn’t even call me \hon my (bleep) birthday.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(Walt) Donna’s just always \h\hin her feelings.
\h\hThat’s what it is, she’s not mad per say,
She’s just, know what I mean, \h\h\h\hshe’s just bothered by
\hI didn’t go to her damn birthday party.
She’ll be a’ight.
\h\h\hAlright, I mean, I get it, I did that.
- And at the end of the day,
like, you be having me thinking that you’re not okay.
Like, you came in the shop \h\h\h\h\h\hlooking crazy.
\h\h\hWell, look who the dogs brought in.
- What’s up, what’s up? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h(babbling)
- I’ll just put that out there.
\h\hLike, like got you (bleep) up right now.
- I got a little overwhelmed \h\h\h\h\hin this pandemic.
- Take this (bleep) mask off.
That’s a pet peeve of mine, \h\h\h\h\h\hI’m telling you.
\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah, I mean, this whole pandemic (bleep),
it’s taken a little toll on me.
Responsibility, growing up--
- But who’s it not \htaken a toll on?
I feel like you didn’t come
because of the whole \h\hmoney situation.
And let’s be clear what the money situation is.
You owe me a couple of dollars.
Over quarantine,
\hWalter needed to borrow some money,
but he was supposed \h\hto pay me back.
He did not pay me back. \h\h- I’m definitely not
trying to be hide and seek \h\h\hnow because of that.
You know me. You know where I live, I don’t gotta hide.
- I’m just saying-- - I got you, Donna.
- We need a resolution. \h\h\h\h\h- Okay, okay.
- Maybe you can work it off. \h\h\h\h\h- Work it off how?
\h- I got this CBD juice line, right?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- When? - In all seriousness.
’Cause you do (bleep) \h\h\h\howe me money,
\h\h\hand I do (bleep) need a product shoot.
\h\h\h\h\h- Let’s do it, I don’t give a (bleep).
When do you wanna do something like this?
- My juice we could do ASAP.
I just wanna put this behind us. - We can work that out.
I tried to wait for you \h\h\h\h\hto do a toast,
\h\h\hbut you ain’t wanna toast, so I’ma taste this cognac drink.
- Can we talk about my hair real quick?
\h\h\h\h- Oh boy... - Isn’t it so cute?
\hLook at this little pony. I worked real hard for this
’cause I’m going to pick up Alex from Black Ink Brooklyn
\h\h\hwhen we finish our little meeting.
- Nice, nice, gonna pick \hyour boo boo up like,
"Hey, baby, how was work?"
- But it’s different, like, him being there
and me not being there. - Not being there, yep.
\h\h- You know, I’m still trying to figure out life.
This year was the craziest year for everybody.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yes. \h\h\h\h- And I need some type of change.
Like, it can’t be what it was.
So I’m still trying \hto figure it out.
- I’m happy for y’all though, \h\h\h\hI’m happy y’all trying
\h\hto figure out your good routine and all.
So now you gonna \h\hpick him up.
- Gonna pick up my shorty.
- "Hey, (bleep), \h\hI’m outside.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHurry up, don’t have me waiting long."
- No, I’ma call him
ten minutes away like \h\h\h\h\hI’m outside.
(laughter)
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(Walt) I appreciate you, Donna.
♪
\h\h\h\h(Ted) I’m just waiting to get the footage back, man.
\hBut it seems like an inside job, bro.
\h\h- Who the (bleep) was working that day?
- Walter.
(Puma) \hNah.
- Seems like an inside job, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hthere’s no way
\h\h\hyou’re breaking into that door on 125th Street.
\h\h\h\hThe only person to point the finger at would be a Walter.
\h- God damnit, Walt’s been part
of the family from \h\hthe beginning.
This doesn’t make sense.
It doesn’t make sense.
But what would make him do something like that?
Like, is he drinking again \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hlike that?
- I’ll be honest with you, \h\h\hI’m starting to think
it’s more than alcohol, bro.
- So he didn’t lock the door,
and that just happens \h\h\h\hto be the day
that somebody robs the spot.
What the (bleep)?
- The more I evaluate \h\h\h\hthe situation,
the more betrayed I feel.
\h\hEven though I’m waiting on evidence to condemn Walt,
all fingers point to him.
\h\h\h\hAnd that really pisses me off right now.
We all been in situations \h\h\hwhen we needed help,
but this is betrayal.
This is biting the hand \h\h\h\hthat feeds you.
But why (bleep) Walt, yo?
- Alright, get the footage \h\hfrom the other places
’cause we don’t wanna automatically assume.
- But if we do find out \h\h\hit was him, right,
do we abandon him, \hdo we figure out
if he needs some type of help?
Do we put hands on him? \h\h\h\h\hWhat do we do?
- ♪ This is your chance, \h\hyou better take it ♪
♪ Let go of your fear and you can make it ♪
♪ One shot ♪
- Buck, I need you to like, \h\h\h\hsanitize everything.
\h\h\h\h\h- A’ight, come on. - There you go, you got it.
Krystal and Rok, I have these little gift bags.
\hTake your little shirt, you know how to fold, Rok?
- Uh, kinda.
- I feel so good today. \h\h\h\h\h\hSimply put,
the essential workers \h\h\h\hdeserve this.
They have kept us alive, \h\h\h\h\hkept us safe.
Welcome!
Grab a seat and I’ll \hbe right with you.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI think the essential workers event
is a perfect opportunity for me
to show Ceaser how serious \h\h\hI am about this job.
My resume speaks for itself.
- Tatti, get to the point, \h\h\h\h\h\hwhat you want?
\h\h\h\h- How about this essential workers event?
\h\h\h\hI’ma show you what I’m trying to bring to the table.
\h\h- I’ll let you run it. - So it’s super important
that I kill this.
Hello!
Uh, what is that? \hWho’s that for?
\h\h- Donna. - For Donna?
Okay, you can just put it down.
So I got a delivery here \h\h\h\h\h\h\hfor Donna,
and there’s still no Donna.
I get it that she doesn’t \h\h\h\hwork here anymore,
but this is an important event \h\h\h\h\h\hand your delivery
showing up before you do \h\his not a good look.
\h- What is this? - I have no idea.
\h- Pop it open. See what’s good?
- Isn’t that illegal?
- Whoo, it’s a fridge.
- Oh (bleep)!
- Donna bought us a fridge.
- Ohh! - Hey!
(overlapping chatter)
- How are you guys? Hello.
- Donna, thank you \hfor the fridge.
- Oh, is this my fridge?
- Yeah, is there something in it?
\h\h\h\h\h- It’s my C-- it’s for my CBD juices.
- Ceaser already said yes, right?
\h\h\h- Uhh... - Yes, he did.
He said yes like three times.
My cooler’s gonna \h\hgo right there
for my CBD juice, okay? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- What?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Okay, good. - Listen, whose side are you on?
You supposed to be on my side.
- You were supposed to be here two hours ago,
so I can’t be on your side \h\huntil you get set up.
\h\h\h- Somebody help me. - Alright, so you’re gonna
be seeing Krystal today.
And this is Swiss. \hNicole’s gonna--
- Let me take my man-- \h\h\h\h\h\h(laughter)
\h\h- Alright, so Xavier, you’re gonna come with me.
\h\h- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you too.
- Thank you, Big Mama. \h\h\h\h- This is Rok,
\h\h\hRok’s gonna be taking care of you.
\h- What’s your name? I never got your name.
\h\h\h- Roger. - I’m Krystal.
\h\h\h\h\h\hNice to meet you. - So I’m gonna get the tattoo
\h\hwith heart and the EKG ’cause my heart is in it.
- You like the placement \h\h\h\hand everything?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yes. - You ready for this magic?
- Alright, so let’s \h\h\h\hget started.
♪
- ♪ Let’s talk about unity ♪
♪
\h\h\h\h\h\h♪ U-N-I-T-Y, let’s talk about love ♪
\h\h(Roger) I work for New York City Transit
and we was outside providing \h\h\h\hservice to make sure
\hthe doctors and nurses were able to get to the hospitals.
And over 120 coworkers \h\h\h\h\hpassed away,
so this means a lot.
\h- ♪ Whole world at a standstill ♪
♪ We’re fighting for justice ♪
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(Krystal) The pandemic was pretty tough.
\h\hI lost a few people. I lost my ex boyfriend,
he had liver failure credited \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\htowards COVID.
And I also lost my cousin, \h\h\h\hcommitted suicide.
It was a bit emotional for me, \hI had to find myself again.
\h\h\h\h\hI’m happy to be able to give back to the community.
They made it all possible \h\h\h\h\hduring all this
and they put their lives \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hat risk.
\h- ♪ Cry for the mothers that cry for my brothers ♪
♪ Gone too soon ♪
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(Tami) My goddaughter was a nurse
and she lost her life \h\h\h\hduring COVID.
\h\h\h\h\h(Xavier) I work with bodies
and transporting them \h\h\h\h\h\hto trucks.
(Nicole) Our clinical staff \h\h\h\hwent through a lot.
We lost a lot of staff members.
\h\hTo watch all the things that they had to go through,
it’s like you gotta be strong \hso that they can be strong.
\h(bells ringing) (people cheering)
- ♪ Whoa-oh-oh ♪
♪ U-N-I-T-Y ♪
♪ Oh oh oh ♪
- Alright, think we did it. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h- We’re done.
\h\h\h\h- Thank you for everything you did, man.
- We appreciate people \h\h\h\h\h\hlike you.
- Check it out.
\h\h- Wow. - Like it?
- Yes, I love it. \h\h\h\h\h- Yeah.
\hThat’s what did it. - This is clean, man.
\h\h\hBeautiful work. - That’s for you, man.
- Thanks, thanks for \h\hrecognizing me.
Every time I look at this, \hI’m just gonna remember
my fallen soldiers in transit.
I really appreciate it.
- What the hell is this?
\h\h\h\h\h- That’s Super CBD. - That’s Super CBD over there.
- When did we okay this (bleep)?
I would never approve Donna
to sell CBD juices.
\h\hI’m surprised she even spelled it (bleep) right.
♪♪
- Yo, yo, yo, yo. - Oh, the cavalry has arrived.
- What's going on? What's up, what's up, what's up?
- Let me actually check your temperature.
- Due to all these COVID regulations and restrictions,
we have to split the team up into two shifts,
so we got the AM and we got the PM.
- I don't know what happened with Walt,
but I really gotta head out.
I gotta deal with some family issue right now.
- That's crazy, I got you. Buck, you ready?
- Yeah, I'm ready. - Alright, let's cook.
♪♪
- Yo! What up, y'all?
(overlapping chatter)
- The general is in the building.
(all cheering) Let's go! Let's go!
(laughter)
- Where the (bleep) is Tatti?
- Oh yeah, she had some (bleep) going on.
She was waiting for Walt-- - It was a family emergency.
- Uh, she said Walt was supposed to be here.
- And he's not. - But mind you, I'm here,
so you know I always hold it down.
- How's everything else going?
- Oh, it's perfect. - Today went good.
- Second shift waiting in the waiting room.
- What the hell is this?
♪♪
- That's Super CBD. - Super CBD over there.
- What? - So we can go, right?
- When did we okay this (bleep)?
(overlapping chatter)
- I would never, ever in a million years
approve Donna to sell CBD juices.
I'm surprised she even spelled the (bleep) right, yo.
(Donna) If y'all wanna tag #SuperCBDs.
That's what it is on Instagram, #SuperCBDs.
Thank you, have a good night, guys.
- I'll just go to the front, hold the front down
since there's no manager.
Heard that, Cease?
(indistinct muttering)
- How you doing? How you feeling, you good?
(overlapping chatter)
On your arm right here?
- Hey, how you doing? - Good, and you?
- I'm good. Are you a doctor
or a bus worker, are you any of those?
- No, I'm a nanny. I just work for families
with special need kids
so they can go on the front line and work.
And also I've lost a cousin, April 2020.
So I just wanted to get this tattoo to just honor his memory.
- What you was thinking about getting?
- The tattoo with the heart that says "Black Lives Matter."
- That's dope.
♪♪
(phone dings)
(Ted) Um, Cease? - What?
What?
- This (bleep) right here?
Yo, bro, this is 125th street.
The Juice Bar camera from the shop.
- They ain't even test the other doors,
they went straight to that door.
That walk and everything, we know that walk, bro.
♪
\h\h\h\h(Ted) 125th street.
The Juice Bar camera \h\h\hfrom the shop.
- They ain’t even test \h\h\hthe other doors,
they went straight \h\hto that door.
That walk and everything, \hwe know that walk, bro.
After seeing this footage,
\h\h\h\h\hit looks like my suspicions is right.
Even though I can’t see \h\hthat person’s face,
his whole mannerism, the way he’s moving,
that’s Walter, yo.
- Front door.
- What’s good, fellas?
Sorry I’m late, y’all.
What’s going on?
- Let me holla at you \h\h\hreal quick, bro.
- Yeah, definitely.
♪
That look like you \h\h\hto you, bro?
\h- Me? - Yeah.
- No, that’s not me.
First and foremost, man, \h\h\hI just really just
wanna be honest with you.
I never had the chance \hto talk to you yet.
- What’s good, man? \h\h\h\hTalk to me.
\h\h\h\h- The whole bull(bleep) with the whole register (bleep),
man, I definitely had something to do with that.
\hI tried to like, fix it up later on
when I got the bread \h\hto put it back.
(bleep) ain’t been easy for me, I’m not making no excuses.
(Ted) We all live by the same code.
Stealing is what you don't do.
- Yo, why would he go out like that?
- I feel like 'cause of COVID,
New York is gonna shut down real soon.
I decided to bring the whole team down to Atlanta.
(all cheering) - We going to Hot-lanta?
- We got a private jet, y'all!
We've all come a long way.
(Donna) Oh my god, it's beautiful.
- Livin' like a million bucks.
(Ceaser) Welcome to Atlanta.
(Tatti) How did this happen?
- I finally found my queen.
- We make a year on Monday, y'all.
- Welcome. - This is nice.
- Alright, alright, alright!
- How y'all like it, how y'all like it?
- You done did it again.
- Every time I turn on my goddamn TV screen
I see another Black man in America getting shot, choked.
I need to talk to a therapist.
2020 was just a (bleep)show with stress.
I'm much more down than what people know.
(reporter) Eight people shot dead in Atlanta area
massage parlors including six Asian women.
- I'm scared, I'm speechless.
- You always have problems. - You never give me my credit.
- You want credit for being the worst tattoo artist
in the history of Black Ink?
Things can go left quick.
- I got ten years in this (bleep), how many you two got?
- You can learn some (bleep) from my apprentice.
- It's disrespectful. - Get out my face, bro.
(overlapping screaming)
- At what point is it like, enough?
♪♪