>> ♪
>> CEASER: I remember that time
when I used to just dream of
having the most popular tattoo
shop in Harlem.
>> [all screaming]
>> I love Black Ink.
>> CEASER: But in some ways, my
dreams turned into a nightmare.
>> [bleep]
>> [indistinct yelling]
>> That's now who you are!
>> CEASER: This past year's been
rough on me.
>> MAN: He's gonna to Riker's
Island.
>> Do you know he's not even my
son?
>> I'm doing a maternity test!
>> I need to stop saying that
I'm gonna be a better person and
actually be a better person.
Achilles, I got a bike for you,
man.
>> Amazing!
>> SKY: The judge sentenced me
to two months in Tent City.
Shut your [bleep] mouth.
>> MAN: [unintelligible]
>> Sorry.
I'm ready to put all this
[bleep] in my past.
What I wanna do is the Brazilian
butt lift.
I'm just trying to be a positive
person and change the way I'm
looked at and perceived.
Ah!
It's time to party!
>> Where you going?
>> I didn't sign up for this.
Ah!
>> I'm just gonna take this and
live it up.
This is what I want to remember
from Black Ink.
>> ALL: [laughing]
>> I moved to New York from Ohio
to pursue my dreams of being
a tattoo artist.
But I never thought in a million
years I would fall in love.
>> Would you marry me?
>> Yes, bae.
>> ♪
>> Dutchess, will you marry me?
>> [cries]
>> CEASER: It's me and Dutchess
against the world.
We need to sit down and have a
pre-nup.
>> I'm not gonna sell myself
short.
I wanna do the tattoo shop in
North Carolina.
>> Hmm-mm.
North Carolina got too many
trees for me.
>> [cries] I'm just asking you
to meet me halfway so I can have
some of the things that make me
happy, too.
Ever since Cease brought up this
whole pre-nup, I'm feeling
fragile.
I don't trust him.
>> He should put his hand right
here.
>> MAN: Ah, yeah!
>> Whoa!
>> You're touching that slut,
bitch ass.
Why would you lie to me?
I cannot allow my success to be
contingent upon another person.
The Dutchess is the
Dutchess...with or without
Cease.
I'm still going to North
Carolina.
And I'm still opening up my
shop.
That is so big.
>> CEASER: Some people get
comfortable being in the
position they in, and that makes
'em stagnant.
I'm closing down Black Ink for a
little while.
>> You're really gonna close the
shop for a [bleep], bro?
>> CEASER: If I've learned
anything from coming from the
streets to getting to where I'm
at today it's that the only way
to get out--are you open for
business yet?
>> What are you doing?
>> CEASER: --is to change.
>> ♪
♪ Do you remember when David
♪ Slayed Goliath?
♪ Or Magic Johnson beating
♪ The Aids virus
♪ Doing it by myself
♪ Independent
♪ But I don't give a --
♪ I'm still with it
♪ Man, you can't stop
>> CEASER: I feel like I was put
on this Earth for greatness.
But sometimes, you can't measure
your greatness by a dollar bill.
Sometimes, you gotta measure
your greatness by love.
>> ♪
>> I closed Black Ink down a
month ago because I couldn't
just watch Dutchess walk out of
my life.
I had to run after her.
For the last month, I've been
down in North Carolina trying to
mend my relationship.
I wanted Dutchess to understand
she's my priority, and I'd never
be unfaithful to her.
The day I met you is probably--
is one of the happiest days of
my life.
>> You're tugging on my heart
strings.
>> CEASER: I know I made the
right decision.
We got ourselves back on track.
And now we're happier than ever.
It wasn't easy leaving
everything behind.
My friends, my shop that I put
my blood, sweat, and tears in.
But seeing the passion in
Dutchess with her shop, it
refueled my passion.
You gotta expand.
You gotta come out of your
comfort zone.
And now that I'm back in New
York, I understand exactly what
I'm supposed to do.
>> ♪ And I deserve to shine
>> CEASER: It's time to reclaim
my kingdom.
Black Ink for life, bitches.
>> ♪ You can't stop us now ♪
>> ♪
>> My whole life, I was destined
to show my greatness.
But my tattoo shop is just the
beginning.
I want people to recognize me as
a true female entrepreneur.
>> [phone ringing]
>> WOMAN ON PHONE: Hello?
>> Hey, Mama.
>> DUTCHESS: I'm on my way to
the shop.
>> DUTCHESS: I'm excited and I'm
nervous at the same time.
I'm back home, and I got peace,
and I got support from my
family.
That's the type of environment I
need right now.
>> All right, I love you.
>> All right.
The journey to find Pretty and
Ink was not easy.
I had the perfect place.
That is so big.
And I had already paid the
deposit, the first month's rent.
Right before the contractors
come in, the space gets sold.
Now I'm reinventing my entire
idea in a new space.
And my shop still has to open in
eight weeks.
I'm really hoping that
everything's on track so I can
start making some money.
[laughing]
>> MAN: Dutchess!
>> Waz, Waz, Waz.
>> What's going on?
>> You're killing it.
It looks amazing.
Oh, man.
>> WAZ: Don't cry.
[laughs]
>> Yeah, I'm trying not to.
It's beautiful.
This dream has been in the
making for years.
In college, I won a business
plan competition for my idea of
opening a body modification
shop.
Falling in love made me postpone
that dream.
I love Cease, and I appreciate
our relationship.
But I was Dutchess before I got
here.
And I need to do this on my own.
Oh, man.
I feel like spending the night
in here.
>> ♪
>> SKY: ♪ I'm home
♪ I'm coming up
>> Why are you here?
What's up?
[bleep] where the [bleep] you
been?
>> Get out of my seat!
>> CEASER: What's wrong with
y'all?
How you all [bleep] doing?
>> Better now that I'm in Black
Ink.
I didn't ask for no vacation.
>> I know the crew's mad at me
right now.
But they gotta understand I'm
making boss moves.
>> Hey!
>> Hi, guys.
>> CEASER: And they gotta trust
that me closing the shop down
was the right decision.
>> We trippin' with all this
just upping and leaving.
It's not about you no more,
Ceaser.
>> I'm surprised that Ceaser
would actually close the shop.
Everybody knows that's how we
all eat.
I got three children I gotta
take care of.
It's hard to do that when you
ain't making no money.
>> I think you should just let
us know next time you feel like
giving us a break for four
weeks.
Like, damn.
Ceaser picked a fine time to
close the shop.
Like he knows I need this money
for my butt lift, which is very
expensive.
I have to buy new clothes for
this new ass.
And that makes me wanna go sell
drugs.
And I'm on probation, so I
won't.
So where is Dutchess now?
I know she's in North Carolina.
Are you all still together?
>> Me and Dutchess still
together.
>> Okay.
>> I went down there.
We talked everything out.
>> How's the shop coming along?
>> It's coming along good.
That [bleep] come out looking
real nice.
But right now, I really came
back to concentrate on us, on
Black Ink.
I'm separating my business and
my relationship.
>> In my mind, this is a bunch
of bull [bleep].
>> Ted, I need to talk to you.
>> If it was for good reason
that the bills couldn't be paid
or all the tattoo artists broke
their hands, then maybe it's a
reason for the shop to be
closed.
But he closed the shop down for
a [bleep].
>> You looking at me like,
"A'ight, what's the bad news I
gotta tell you?"
>> Because the last time we had
this talk, you closed the shop.
How you think that [bleep] make
me feel?
>> You right.
>> That was a slap in the face.
Like, "Damn, this [bleep] don't
give a [bleep] about me either."
>> This is why we're having this
talk.
Because at the end of the day,
this [bleep] supposed to be a
family business.
If the roles was reversed and I
was Ted...I would be upset with
me, too.
But that's my cousin.
And blood is always thicker than
water.
I feel that...you should pick up
some responsibilities.
You are my second in charge now.
When I gotta go somewhere or
anything, it's coming right to
you.
And if I gotta bust a move down
south real quick, you're in
charge of the shop.
>> I got you.
Everybody knows in the past that
I didn't try to take on too many
responsibilities.
But Cease closing the shop, it
really woke me up.
I've been to jail.
I'd done been broke.
I'm not gonna go down that path
again.
So now that I'm being handed
this opportunity, I'm gonna take
it on to the fullest.
>> It was a good conversation.
I'm gonna tell the rest of the
crew.
>> ♪
>> WAZ: So we gotta do some
finishing touches far as sanding
the walls and everything, put
some shelves up.
You know, building the removable
wall.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> You know, we're already
looking at probably about--about
another 3,000 more dollars.
>> Mm.
This is really one of the
biggest financial risks I've
ever taken.
As far as the construction, the
location, the furniture.
Everything is being done by my
pocket and my pocket alone.
I've spent well over $30,000.
And it's just going up higher
and higher and higher.
Three thousand is...more than
I...anticipated.
I just--uh.
I'm doing this all by myself, so
it's just--it's overwhelming
to a point.
>> Yeah, okay.
>> I need to make some money
fast.
So right now, I have no choice
but to go back to New York where
I have a long list of [bleep]
clientele at Black Ink.
I'm all the way in.
>> You all the way in.
>> DUTCHESS: I'm going back to
Black Ink for business.
That does not mean I need to
concern myself with anybody's
bull [bleep].
All of the other little hoopla
that happens there, don't want
no parts of it.
As long as I get my money out of
it, I'll be alright.
I can't walk out.
I can't do nothing but keep
going, so I'm just gonna need a
little bit of time.
>> WAZ: Okay.
>> ♪
>> I got a birthmark that look
like a telephone--
>> Where is your birthmark?
I have one in the same place.
>> Hold on.
Let's clear something out right
now.
>> You see it though?
>> That's not a telephone.
It looks like a heart though.
>> Sit your ass down and be
quiet.
>> SKY: All right.
>> Me and Ted just had a long
conversation.
From now...until the end of
time, Ted is second in charge.
>> ♪
>> Ted's gonna have a parking
spot now.
>> Right.
[laughs]
>> Can I get a raise?
>> See?
I can't [bleep] serious with
y'all, yo.
>> I was trying to remain
serious.
He don't do anything in the
shop.
He sits on his [bleep] and talks
[bleep] and laughs at everyone.
So I just have to see him in his
element first, before I take
this decision seriously.
>> Have fun with that, Ted.
>> Teddy is the new boss.
>> Why do you sound so bitter
saying that?
>> [laughs]
>> ♪
>> OS--T: What's up?
>> Nothing.
>> My son Achilles' mother,
Kathie, she called me to come
out eat dinner with her.
But the thing is, it can go
really good or it can go really
bad.
And you never know what to
expect with Kathie.
>> How are you?
>> I'm all right, I've been
better.
The last few weeks have been
tough, but I've been staying off
drugs, and I've been on the
straight and narrow.
And me and Kathie have been
working on having a good
co-parenting relationship.
It's a challenge, but it's been
good.
>> Um...I brought you here today
because...I've been very
frustrated with the
circumstances that me and
Achilles often find ourselves
in.
It's getting more expensive.
The little that you do do is
appreciated, but it's not
enough.
It's not enough.
>> Kathie and I never really had
a formal agreement in place,
child support.
Normally I give her what I can.
It's somewhere like around $300
or so.
>> I feel like sometimes you
feel like, "Okay, I did good
"this month, so I can chill for
like another two months."
>> You don't remember?
I gave you $300 for his glasses.
Before that, I gave you an extra
$100 that you never--
>> When did you give me--I have
never seen $300.
>> Yeah, you have.
>> Richard does not give me $300
a month.
Like he'll be good for three
months.
He's bad for another four.
He's good for another three
months.
He [bleep] for two.
>> You know that Black Ink was
closed for a month.
Business is just starting to
pick up again.
>> But if it feels like I have
to pull your teeth.
>> No, you don't.
>> There were times that I would
go two or three months without
getting any assistance from you.
And I don't wanna do it for
another ten years.
I just think that the payments
are inconsistent 'cause he's
inconsistent with everything in
his life.
I'm just tired of it.
And so I went to court, and
petitioned for child support.
>> What the [bleep]?
[bleep] [bleep] up.
Kathie wants to get the courts
involved knowing I'm on [bleep]
probation.
One little slipup, and I'm back
to jail.
That's some bull [bleep].
>> Baby, I'm about to throw up.
>> CEASER: I didn't see Dutchess
drink [bleep].
And she definitely didn't eat
[bleep].
So you think about the third
[bleep] option.
I hope she ain't pregnant.
>> MAN: Ow!
Oooh!
Yes!
You're an animal, baby, yeah!
>> What the [bleep]?
I've never seen this many cops
in Black Ink.
>> ♪
>> I went to court and
petitioned for child support.
>> That's some bull [bleep].
I mean, like [bleep] [bleep] up.
>> You need to suck it up and
take care of your son.
>> Kathie must be crazy getting
the courts involved.
I'm a convicted felon now.
Let's say I do happen to mess up
with child support, and then I
get arrested.
Then I'm gonna have to sit out
the rest of my probation in
jail, which is gonna be like
three to five years.
So that would suck.
>> All these years, there's been
like a hope that you'll become
the man that I need you to be
for Achilles.
But you're still not where you
need to be.
>> And where exactly do I need
to be, Kathie?
>> I need you to be at a space
where you're making money enough
to give $500 a month.
>> I have three children to
support from three different
women.
All of them get the same amount
of love.
If she wants extra for Achilles,
I mean like it's gonna take some
from my other children.
>> This tattoo job was good when
it was just Achilles.
But now I wanna make sure, out
of the pool of children that you
have, my son is taken care of.
I'm so frustrated with, [bleep].
There's no more second chances.
Because O [bleep] does not give
a [bleep] about me and Achilles.
I have to do what I have to do.
>> I'm giving everyone
everything that I have.
It's some bull [bleep].
If Kathie's petition to put me
on child support goes through,
I'm just gonna wind up being
another statistic.
>> ♪
>> [siren wails]
>> WOMAN: See, something like
this.
>> It's perfect.
>> And it's like a natural--
>> Uh-huh, yeah.
>> So what are you shooting for?
>> Uh, so...my fiancé's in jail.
And he just got sentenced to six
and a half years.
So I'm gonna take some sexy
pictures for him and hope they
let him have them.
My fiancé Maxwell got arrested,
and now he's in jail in
Tennessee on a charge of
conspiracy to sell crack
cocaine.
>> So how long have you been
engaged?
>> Ha, funny story.
So, uh, we got engaged, and a
week later he got arrested.
>> Well, damn.
>> Before Max got arrested, our
relationship was like probably
the best it had been.
>> Would you marry me?
>> Yes, bae.
And then...they snatched him
away.
It's hard.
[crying]
I hate this.
I just want him to know all the
time that I love him.
Like that it's never a day that
goes by like I don't think about
him or want him to call me.
[crying]
Like that was my best friend,
so...he's not here anymore.
And it's just hurtful.
>> So you're gonna be like that
Ride and Die chick and just wait
for him to get home?
>> Yeah.
>> Good luck.
>> [doorbell rings]
>> Let me get the door.
Ah!
Hola.
>> Hola.
How are you?
When Donna asked me about doing
a shoot for her, I was like,
"You want me to shoot it
considering that we hooked up?"
You know, I mean like I've seen
your ass before, Donna.
Like seriously like.
>> ♪
>> WALT: Ow!
Whoo!
Max is gonna love this.
Yes!
If I was in jail, of course I'd
want my lady to hold me down, so
send me some things, man.
I'm gonna have a lot of time on
my hands, so I might as well put
my hands to use.
You know? [laughs]
>> I'm nervous.
>> Relax.
There's no right or wrong here.
>> ♪
>> WALT: Hold that.
>> The only two reasons that I
was in New York was Maxwell
and Black Ink.
So now the only reason I'm in
New York is Black Ink.
And I don't even know what my
role is there.
>> See, you're getting into it.
That's how you look--I want you
to just flow with it.
>> So I can either do everything
I can and try to make it in New
York...or I can go back to
Cleveland and be okay.
>> WALT: Chin up a little.
>> But I didn't leave home
to go back home.
So I'm like, "No, I gotta stay."
>> ♪ If you wanna come
♪ And be my fantasy say
>> ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
>> [laughing] You're an animal,
baby, yeah!
>> Thank you.
>> ♪
>> CEASER: Hey, honey.
I missed you.
I brought you a little
something.
Since I ain't seen you in a
minute.
Flowers.
This is for you.
It feels like our relationship
is stronger than ever.
I can have my empire, and she
can have her empire, too, in
North Carolina.
Plus, we can be in love and
engaged.
Ain't nothing could stop us.
That is your first hundred
dollar bill for your shop.
So when you hang it up, you
always be thinking 'bout me.
>> But I didn't make it.
It was given to me.
>> So what?
It's a congrats.
>> I appreciate it.
Thank you.
>> You're acting all sad.
>> I feel okay.
I didn't leave New York thinking
that I would never come back.
I just left thinking that I
wouldn't be back 'til my shop
was finished.
And now I'm like, "Damn, I don't
wanna go to Black Ink."
If you have [bleep] five people
that treat you like [bleep]
every [bleep] time you turn
around, you would feel the same
way.
>> Well, if you need any help,
you know I'm always there for
you, right?
>> I appreciate it, but I wanna
do it on my own.
It's like everybody thinks that
all of my success is attributed
to my relationship.
I want to be able to say,
"You see this?
"I did this.
And I did it alone."
>> Baby, I don't want you
thinking you're ever living in
my shadow or anything like that.
>> I don't feel like I'm living
in your shadow.
But I feel like to your people
that's around you and in your
life, they feel like I'm a
leech, or you take care of me,
or I'm not bringing nothing to
this table.
And I bring just as much to this
table as you do.
They never supported me or my
relationship.
They've done nothing but speak
negative about me.
How would you feel?
Would that make you think that
everybody's your [bleep] friend?
I don't got time to be thinking
about that [bleep].
What I'm thinking about is
what's good in my life right
now.
And that's Pretty and Ink.
Baby...I'm not good.
I gotta--
>> Mm.
>> I'm about to throw up.
>> Go to the bathroom.
Oh [bleep] [bleep].
>> DUTCHESS: Oh my God, this is
bad.
[vomiting]
>> Yeah?
>> You all right?
>> DUTCHESS: Yeah.
>> Open the door.
>> CEASER: When did you start
throwing up like that?
>> Oh my God.
The only time I've ever seen a
female throw up is from alcohol
or food or being pregnant.
Now, I didn't see Dutchess drink
[bleep].
And she definitely didn't eat
[bleep].
So you think about the third
[bleep] option I'm thinking
about right now.
>> DUTCHESS: Oh God.
[vomiting]
>> I tried to give you a chance,
and you [bleep] up.
>> [crying] I've always trying
to prove myself to him.
>> You think you're pregnant?
>> I don't know.
The moment I get back,
everything's out of control.
>> ♪
>> I'm excited that the shop is
back open.
This is how I make my living.
And if Kathie wants to put me on
child support payments, then I'm
gonna need money.
All right.
You're all done for today.
I see the troubles that other
people go through.
Like Ceaser, he's on child
support, and things are
miserable.
I don't wanna have to go through
the same [bleep].
>> Let me call you back.
What up?
>> [bleep].
So...the other day I went out
with Kathie, and she told me
that she wants to put me on
child support now.
>> For what?
>> She feels like I ain't--I'm
not doing enough.
>> Like are you doing everything
you could?
>> I mean, like there's always
room for improvement.
I mean, that's just life.
But I mean like I'm definitely
doing exactly what I should be
doing.
>> I'm gonna tell you this.
That child support ain't--I
wouldn't recommend you go down
that road.
My baby mother got me on that
[bleep].
Just because she wanna be
spiteful, she done call [bleep]
health department on me.
She done call [bleep] child
services on me.
Like...my baby mother's Crystal,
and she's [bleep] crazy.
>> You don't have no home.
And you live off the bitches.
>> You're stalking me.
>> You're the poster boy for
deadbeats.
>> I try to be nice and cordial
with her, she served me court
papers.
[bleep].
Even when I'm a bastard to her,
she serve me court paper.
That [bleep] cost me a lot of
money.
Put it like this.
I spent over 20 racks on lawyer
fees just to stay out of jail
for child support.
You have to deal with this
[bleep] until your kid turn 21.
>> I already went through enough
court [bleep] to have to go
start a whole 'nother legal
process with some different bull
[bleep].
>> So what you thinking about
doing?
>> I'm trying to make sure that
I get Kathie on my--on my good
graces.
>> There's no way you could get
her back like, "We are cool,
chill out?"
You thought about that?
Like being like a little friend
with benefits maybe like.
>> No, she--
>> Just slip it in a couple of
times, you might be good.
Kathie's still in love with
[bleep].
I'm telling you.
A few pumps is better than
giving up a few Gs any day.
>> I ain't going down that road.
I already know where it ends.
The last time that we did it, I
didn't even want to.
She just jumped on me, and I was
half sleep and drunk.
I wouldn't touch her with a
ten-foot stick.
>> I don't think you wanna be in
that situation.
Try to fix that [bleep].
If not, prepare for a miserable
couple more years, bro.
>> ♪
>> I want--oh [bleep], I didn't
know you was here already.
[laughs]
>> Yeah, man, I snuck in like
you know I'm a ninja.
>> [laughs]
>> [buzzer sounds]
>> Yo, what's going on, chicky
thing?
>> Hey, guys.
>> What up, dawg?
>> Um, let me just get straight
to the point.
>> You quittin'.
>> DONNA: No, not at all.
>> TEDDY: What happened?
>> Um...I have a client today.
>> [laughs]
>> A client to do what?
>> Tattoo.
>> [laughing]
>> Dutchess is supposed to be
mentoring me.
But she went to go do whatever
she was doing in North Carolina,
and I never heard from her
again.
Maybe I have a better chance of
getting Teddy to let me tattoo
since he's the manager now.
And we do have a history, so now
he kind of owes me.
>> You spoke to Cease about
this?
>> Nope, you.
I'm coming to you, because you
can make decisions now.
>> And you got the juice now.
>> DONNA: You got the juice.
So this is the halfway finished
version.
>> That's a big-ass piece.
>> Yes.
>> TEDDY: Where the [bleep] are
you doing that at?
>> DONNA: Right here.
And it's gonna wrap around her
little body like this.
>> ♪
>> TEDDY: Listen, I'm gonna be
completely honest with you.
I think this is a little out of
your league.
>> Since you're doubting me, let
me prove you wrong and let me do
the tattoo.
>> Cease is never here.
Dutchess obviously not here.
So we definitely need a new
tattoo artist at the shop.
And instead of finding somebody
new, why not give Donna a
chance?
I'm gonna let you do this
tattoo.
>> Oh my gosh, yeah.
Thank you, Teddy, I'm gonna rock
this [bleep] tattoo.
>> And you have all your own
needles, your own everything?
>> Yeah, I gotta pick up my
machine from Brooklyn, but I was
just trying to get the blessing
before I did all of that
actually.
>> Your head is not screwed on
right.
Like you booked a client, got
the balls to ask me to do the
tattoo.
And you don't have your tattoo
equipment?
Like how did you come here with
everything except the machines?
>> ♪
>> SKY: Let's go somewhere like
Pennsylvania or the Poconos and
get lost in the woods?
>> No.
If you go camping and a bear
attacks you, are you gonna be
mad?
>> First of all, a bear's not
gonna attack us.
>> You don't know what the
[bleep] happen in the woods!
>> I know mad survival skills,
first of all.
If we was even in water, I bet
you if a shark came to attack
you, if I did this, it wouldn't
[bleep] attack you.
>> [laughing]
>> What [bleep] shark in a
stupor.
>> We're taking your laptop.
>> [laughing]
>> ♪
>> Hi.
>> How're you doing?
>> I'm good.
I'm here to see Donna today.
>> Donna?
>> Yes.
>> She went to, um, get the rest
of her equipment--
>> Okay.
>> --for the tat or whatever,
yeah, you can hang out with us,
if you want.
>> Got you.
>> I'm happy for Donna.
You know what I mean?
She's trying to show initiative.
Trying to show she's serious and
all that.
But at the same time, why don't
you have your [bleep] together?
This is what you want to do
though, right?
>> Confident about getting
tattooed by Donna?
>> Yes, I am.
>> TEDDY: Okay.
>> Definitely am.
[laughs]
>> ♪
>> [honking horn]
>> Arg!
Go!
All I wanna do is get back to
the shop and do this [bleep]
tattoo.
But instead, I've been stuck in
traffic for two hours.
And I'm about to flip the
[bleep] out.
Move!
>> [phone ringing]
>> Yes.
Yes, Teddy?
>> TEDDY: Where the [bleep] is
you at?
>> Um, I'm on my way back.
I've been driving for mad
[bleep] long.
And I'm still stuck in this
[bleep] traffic!
>> TEDDY: You know your client
been sitting here for two hours.
>> My client is fine.
She's fine.
She's sitting.
>> TEDDY: How long do you think
it's gonna take you to get here?
>> I'll be there in 40 minutes,
tops.
>> TEDDY: Another 40 minutes?
You might as well--don't even
worry about doing this tattoo.
>> Um, Teddy, what do you mean
don't worry about?
I'm on my way back already.
>> My first lesson learned as a
manager is that when it comes to
business, no favors.
Separate that [bleep].
I'm gonna tell her to go home.
>> [dial tone]
>> What?
This [bleep] just hung up on me.
What the [bleep]?
[sighs]
>> I'm like a runaway train
right now.
Absolutely nothing gonna stop my
progress.
>> [indistinct chatter]
>> What the [bleep]?
>> ♪
>> Hey, Mr. Manager.
You looking all productive and
[bleep].
>> Stop calling me that.
>> I just can't wait to see
how...you are when Donna gets
in.
>> I told Donna's client to
leave, because she was sitting
here for two hours.
It's a bad look on you.
It's a bad look on me.
And it's definitely a bad look
on the shop.
>> [buzzer sounds]
>> Look who it is.
>> What happened?
>> ♪
>> You knew you had to do this
tattoo today, right?
>> Ugh, yeah.
>> And you have your person
sitting here for three hours?
>> ♪
>> If you have an appointment,
you should be ready--you should
be ready for your appointment.
>> And appointments understand
that [bleep] happens.
>> Donna, I'm not--
>> You're gonna say let me do
the tattoo, then let me do the
tattoo.
>> I tried to give you a chance,
and you [bleep] it up.
>> Mad is a [bleep]
understatement.
Honestly, I feel victimized
about the whole thing.
Like everybody at Black Ink is
looking for me to [bleep] up.
Like every opportunity that's
given to me is with a grain of
salt.
And it's like always threatened
to be taken away.
[crying]
>> SKY: You all right?
>> No, I'm really mad though.
Like this [bleep] is so
annoying.
>> This is a grooming process.
Today's not the day.
But you really want to do this.
>> I can.
That's what I'm frustrated is.
Like and it's like I'm always
[bleep] trying to prove myself
to them.
I moved here to work at Black
Ink.
But I've been here for two
[bleep] years, and have yet to
even tattoo at Black Ink.
Why is it that I have to go
through so many lengths to
tattoo here?
>> You need to get out of here
and get your mind right.
>> [sighs] I'm like stuck in a
[bleep] frustrating limbo at
Black Ink.
How's anyone gonna see I'm
talented, and they never give me
a real chance?
[sniffs]
>> ♪
>> CEASER: Have you gone by the
shop yet?
>> No.
>> Why not?
>> I don't wanna be around a
bunch of people that's always
coming for me only because I'm
your woman.
I know I'm back in New York to
try to get some work done, but I
dread having to go back to that
shop.
I mean, who wants to deal with
all the bull [bleep] and drama?
>> You need to toughen up.
>> [grunts]
>> You're acting real moody
lately.
I know Dutchess' hesitant to
face the firing squad at Black
Ink, but I also know she's
motivated by her shop.
So she should have snapped out
of it by now.
Dutch...
You think you're pregnant?
>> I don't know.
I'm gonna take a pregnancy test.
>> So what if you are?
>> I don't know.
I know we don't need no baby
right now.
But I know I ain't having no
[bleep] abortion.
So...if I am, I guess I'm gonna
have a baby.
>> CEASER: As soon as you said,
if I'm pregnant, I'm doing this
and I'm doing that.
It's like you having a baby,
it's not us having a baby.
It's like you making a decision,
I just gotta sit there and be
like, "Okay."
It's part of me that's scared
about having another kid,
because the situation I went
with my first baby mother.
Like you have to sit there and
actually be in a partnership
with someone else.
And if this is the way Dutchess
is gonna make decisions without
consulting with me.
This is a bad sign.
What you need to answer is if
you're pregnant or not, and then
we figure--figure
out from there.
>> I'm gonna take this pregnancy
test.
I wanna be pregnant at some
point, but not right now.
Like my business is just about
to be started.
A pregnancy is gonna be a lot
for me to deal with.
>> ♪ Decisions to make
♪ Never been up for debate
♪ It don't matter if she late
>> This would be a complete
change in my life.
I just don't want that to be the
thing that tells me I have to
let go of Pretty and Ink.
>> ♪
>> Where's Ceaser at?
>> OS--T: What the [bleep]?
>> CEASER: I'm not a criminal.
Unless you gotta get a tattoo,
you shouldn't even be [bleep]
talking to me.
[sighs]
>> ♪
>> I'm gonna take this pregnancy
test.
>> If Dutchess get pregnant
right now, it's gonna slow up a
lot of things.
Right now, we got two businesses
in two different states.
Where does a kid fit at this
present time?
How are we gonna sit here and
build an empire being full-time
parents?
Somebody's gonna
have to sacrifice.
And who's willing to make that
sacrifice.
>> DUTCHESS: Baby.
I'm not.
>> Yeah, I like that.
>> [laughing]
>> Thank God.
Oooh.
Oh, nothing, we cool.
Calm, collected.
Thank God.
>> Why you say it like that?
>> Because we [bleep] to do.
>> ♪
>> ♪ I got drive
♪ And I'm breaking
♪ Every limit, law
♪ Never timid soft
♪ Players in here
♪ Just for taking off
>> CEASER: I'm so relieved
Dutchess is not pregnant,
because I'm driven to succeed
right now.
I plan to make Black Ink the
biggest, the baddest urban
tattoo shop on the East Coast.
>> ♪ My hair crazy
♪ Still big pouring
♪ And it's my life
♪ I did it my way
♪ And that's it, that's all
♪ I told y'all I was gonna do
♪ All of this is here
♪ For my family
♪ And all I've been through
♪ But the hardest focus
♪ On a Grammy
>> Absolutely nothing's gonna
stop my progress.
I'm like a runaway train right
now.
And all I can see is money at
the end of this railroad.
>> ♪
>> [indistinct police scanner]
>> What the [bleep]?
I've never seen this many cops
in Black Ink.
>> What the [bleep]?
There ain't [bleep] for the
police to talk to me about.
I'm not a criminal.
I'm a business owner.
Unless you gotta get a tattoo,
you shouldn't even [bleep]
talking to me.
>> ♪
>> [indistinct police scanner]
>> CEASER: Are you serious?
>> CEASER: Hell no.
>> This is the last thing I
expect Ceaser to get arrested
for.
This gotta be a mistake.
>> CEASER: Yo, that [bleep] is
paid.
[bleep] comes out of my check.
You know this is bull [bleep].
You all know that, right?
I pay my [bleep] child support.
I don't have no problems with
the [bleep] government.
Come on, I gotta at least finish
this tat.
You all really gonna arrest me
like this?
>> I gotta put my hands behind
my back? I can't--
>> OFFICER: No.
>> How you gonna sit there and
treat me like the common
criminal over [bleep] child
support?
[bleep], man.
Twenty [bleep] cops deep to
serve a [bleep] bench warrant!
This [bleep] is bull [bleep] to
me, yo.
>> ♪ I can feel
♪ The floor shaking
♪ And the glass begin to break
♪ The air is getting thinner
>> CEASER: Mother [bleep] this
is some bull [bleep], yo.
And you all brought the whole
[bleep] precinct for some child
support [bleep].
>> ♪ Drop of a pin
>> MAN: Dutch, you gotta go to
the shop.
>> What the [bleep] happened?
>> MAN: Just get to the shop.
>> I don't even got my clothes
on.
>> ♪ So strike me down
♪ Take me away
♪ Text her to it's time to pay
>> I get to the shop, and he's
handcuffed.
And there's mad police out here.
What the [bleep] are they
locking him up for?
>> ♪ [unintelligible]
>> I actually left the lifestyle
I lived so I can never have to
sit in the back of a police car.
>> ♪ Face what I deserve
>> DUTCHESS: Seeing Cease get
arrested is just...making me
remember why I didn't want to
come up.
I didn't want to be here with
the drama, with the bull
[bleep].
And the moment I get back,
everything's out of control.
>> ♪ Face what I deserve
♪ Here comes judgment day ♪
>> Ah!
>> What the [bleep]?
>> Let it snow, baby!
>> Oh my...God!
>> New generations of Black
Ink's gonna be crazy, bro.
>> What up, Dutch?
Oh, [bleep].
I thought that was Dutchess.
This bitch is Dutchess with
green eyes and moist lips.
>> I wanna be the most badass
tattoo artist in the world.
I'm down to jump on this [bleep]
carnival.
>> Hey!
Slap some ass.
Yeah!
[unintelligible].
>> This could definitely turn
into a dangerous situation.
>> ♪
>> In a few weeks, Pretty and
Ink is going to be open.
Everything has to be perfect.
I have said everything that I
need done.
No!
We ain't got our [bleep]
together.
>> Opening Arts and Ink is like
my redemption.
Yeah!
>> Yeah!
>> It took a lot of begging to
get my wife to come back to New
York.
A lot is at stake.
I want to take over not just
Harlem, baby, but the ci-tay!
>> MAN: Yo, Cease, Puma got a
new tattoo shop.
>> CEASER: What?
[bleep] trying to stab my back
every [bleep] time I turn
around!
This is a declaration of war.
>> Are you [bleep] bugging, yo?
>> Man, we're [bleep].
>> DUTCHESS: Cease disrespected
our relationship.
And he lied to me.
So I'm gonna show everyone the
Dutchess that they're not used
to.
>> Like is she trying to [bleep]
me.
>> WOMAN: Uh, oh, God.
>> Donna took advantage of me.
>> You just totally crossed the
line.
Game on, bitch.
Now I'm the slut bitch.
>> Tell me the truth.
Did you [bleep] Dutchess or not?
>> Are you [bleep] buggin' to
me?
>> Tell me what will fix this
for you?
>> Nothing will fix it.
>> MAN: Hey, Puma!
>> [gunshots]
>> What the [bleep], bro?
>> PUMA: Somebody tried to shoot
at me today.
>> You could have lost your
child's life.
Just close the damn shop!
>> To build something stronger,
you gotta destroy everything
that was there.
>> Get the [bleep] out of my
face.
Get the [bleep]--
>> [indistinct yelling]
>> Are you [bleep] kidding me?
>> Are you seriously firing me?
>> [indistinct yelling]
>> I believed in you!
[bleep] [bleep] can't get the
same [bleep] respect!
>> No, I--
>> [bleep] [bleep]!
>> Still your past always
bringing you back.
>> That's what you're gonna do?
>> It's survival of the fittest
in this [bleep] world.