>> You stayed down there for
free.
>> To help you though.
>> Donna decided she didn't want
to pay...for the room in Miami.
>> [indistinct yelling]
>> I know how it feels to not
have a parent in my life.
And I'm damn sure not trying to
let my kids go through that as
well.
Growing up was a struggle.
My mother choose the whole drug
addicted life over her kids.
I overcame every situation I've
been through because I wanna be
the perfect man that my
daughters can look up to.
>> This is for you.
You've just been served.
>> OS--T: Getting served by
Kathie puts me over the edge.
>> I'm almost done with the
shop.
And I would love for you guys to
come to the grand opening.
I'm really excited, worried,
scared, afraid.
>> What could possibly go wrong?
>> Everything.
This is probably the most
nerve-wracking moment of my
entire life.
>> ♪
♪ If I was you
♪ I would be dying to be
♪ A reflection of the person
♪ That you seein' in me
♪ I was born in the room
♪ But I can see by sea
♪ And [unintelligible]
♪ Achieving my dreams
♪
>> What's up?
How you all doing?
I got down to Charlotte late
last night.
I'm just excited and ecstatic,
because the shop look [bleep]
amazing.
But it's still a lot of work to
do.
Get you all asses up.
Let's get some [bleep] done.
The grand opening party is
tomorrow, and then we're open to
the public the day after.
We gotta get these boxes out.
We gotta get this shop looking
good.
[bleep] looks crazy.
We gotta get the furniture moved
in.
We gotta get the work stations
put up.
The mural has to be finished.
And we still have to clean.
>> Tomorrow gonna be here before
we know it.
>> Teamwork makes the dream
work. Let's go.
>> MAN: Yo, is there wireless
here at all?
I got one that's open.
>> DUTCHESS: Can you get your
lazy ass up and help?
>> MAN: [laughs]
>> DUTCHESS: I put in a lot of
time, energy, and effort picking
the right people to work for my
business.
Angel's been in tattoo industry
for about 20-plus years.
He's kinda like my point person,
because he's always got really,
really good art sense.
We got a lot to do before this
grand opening, and this has got
to look perfect.
>> DUTCHESS: Don't do that.
Don't do that.
Y'all stations look good.
>> We've been on this bitch
since this morning.
>> DUTCHESS: Shawna is another
artist, and she's really like my
little sister.
She's very young, and she's
really growing in the industry.
>> I'm so excited.
I can't wait to start working,
especially in a new place.
>> I wanna see her become a
great tattoo artist, and I
really do think that she has the
potential to do so.
Thank you, Bebe, damn it.
Thank you.
Bebe is my best friend.
We've been friends for years.
And it's really great having her
help around.
Make this [bleep] look nice.
She always got my back.
And I appreciate that.
>> ♪
>> DUTCHESS: Let's start this
shop meeting, y'all.
Today is the first day that I
have everybody together.
So, we need to sit down and make
sure that these mother [bleep]
put in some work.
I am not about to be running
some [bleep] shop.
I want everybody to realize that
we got a [bleep] spotlight right
now.
And that [bleep] can go as quick
as [bleep].
I [bleep] busting my ass
[bleep], work out [bleep].
I'm not about to let my [bleep]
go.
I am running a mother [bleep]
tight ship.
I want them to be scared to
[bleep] up and let them
understand who is the mother
[bleep] sheriff in this bitch.
I'm gonna tell you all right
now, I don't like wasting time.
Everybody has something to do.
And everybody better get to
doing it.
You understand?
>> ♪
>> [unintelligible singing]
>> ♪
>> [knocking at door]
>> What the [bleep]?
>> Okay.
Last time I saw Sky, she
threatened to beat me up over me
not paying for my room in Miami.
And I wanna make things right.
I'm just like hoping I don't
walk away with a black eye.
Let me start by saying, I miss
you.
>> [dog barking]
>> That dog don't even like you
[bleep] talking.
What's up?
>> Um...
[clears throat]
I know we had some money issues.
But I feel like our friendship
is worth more than that.
So...I don't have money.
But I do have...
your favorite drink and--
>> [indistinct chatter]
>> She doesn't have any money,
but she has alcohol.
How can I stay mad at a bitch as
crazy as Donna?
I appreciate that.
It's not money, which I'd
probably take.
>> [laughs]
>> But I was acting like a
little [bleep] though, too, you
know?
On my end, I apologize as well.
Thank you for the peace
officering.
You still a broke-ass bitch--
>> [laughs]
>> What's going on with you
though? Like...
>> I've been busting my ass on
this portfolio.
>> SKY: Really?
>> DONNA: And now it's like I'm
just ready to take that final
step from apprentice to artist,
and like have it just be an
official thing.
>> So you're just really ready
to take it to the next level?
>> I just feel like...I need to
show Dutchess my [bleep] and be
like, "Look, this is the [bleep]
I can do."
I feel like now me and Dutchess
are making strides, maybe she
can look at my portfolio and
truly see how talented I am
instead of just riding on me
like she always do.
>> Can you explain you guys'
relationship to me?
Like what is the relationship?
>> Okay, last time we spoke, she
was telling me how she wanted me
to come work with her.
>> Ooh, you know what?
You wanna tattoo in, um, Pretty
In Ink?
You would be a big asset.
>> But do you like see her as
like a big sister like?
>> I mean, I want to.
Like I look up to her, I admire
her.
>> Like are you [bleep] serious?
You just [bleep] her vagina.
You don't usually do that to the
big sis.
That's all I'm saying, dawg.
You're coming across as the
weird guy.
>> As like crazy?
>> Yeah, like, hey, you're the
weird guy.
Whatever, you gonna do what you
gonna do.
You go and take your portfolio
to her.
She having a grand opening in,
um, North Carolina.
>> [laughs] Why not go?
>> Why not?
>> Show the portfolio.
>> SKY: I'm just saying, come
show your portfolio.
You're still gonna look weird,
no matter how you do this.
Whether it's in New York or
North Carolina.
I support Donna going down to
North Carolina, 'cause she's a
crazy little bird.
And cuckoo birds do cuckoo
[bleep].
Bring it to her, do it [bleep],
go down and be like, "Dutchess!
"Look what I got, bitch!
I got my portfolio."
>> Sky's right.
I can go down to North Carolina,
show Dutchess my portfolio.
Then she'll be begging me to
come work there.
I'm happy that this worked out.
I love you.
>> SKY: YOLO.
>> DONNA: YOLO.
>> ♪ I tell the girls
♪ Say they like me
♪ Wanna get up with --
♪ Hit me on the head, yeah ♪
>> That is because of sun
damage.
>> DUTCHESS: It's the day before
the grand opening, and this is
the first thing that people are
going to see.
This is a bad sign.
I'm gonna be bald headed like
Cease before this weekend is
over.
>> ♪
>> Hi, guys, you all chilling?
Everything done?
Everything good?
Everything must be great around
here.
>> DUTCHESS: Do they think I'm
just having a celebration for
the fun of it?
We're [bleep] getting ready to
open in 24 [bleep] hours.
Your ass is not here to chill.
This is not about to be Black
Ink.
Oh, nice for you to join us.
>> I was getting you chips.
>> DUTCHESS: And you got the
cheap brand.
>> MAN: I went to the gas
station.
>> I have the mayor coming to my
grand opening.
I cannot look bad on this day.
I got all of this [bleep] for
the gift bags.
No [bleep] bags.
What am I handing 'em to people
in?
In [bleep] hand?
[bleep] this ain't finished.
The [bleep] couch ain't even
here.
How are we gonna get all of that
[bleep] done in this amount of
time?
I got all these [bleep]
obligations, and it's like ain't
nothing [bleep] happening.
>> You're gonna get it done.
We're gonna get it done.
So what do we need to get done
so we can have it over with?
>> Like seriously.
I have said everything that I,
damn it, need done.
Why--[groans]
>> [door slams]
>> ♪
>> DUTCHESS: It's like a million
freaking things!
Y'all, there's gonna be 150
[bleep] people here tomorrow.
This [bleep] is not going to
[bleep] work.
I'm in my [bleep] hometown.
Everybody gonna be [bleep]
watching, and I'm gonna [bleep]
fail?
This is the biggest event of my
entire life.
For it to not go right, I don't
know what the [bleep] I'm gonna
do.
What the [bleep]?
>> DUTCHESS: I don't think so.
I don't wanna be made a fool of.
Like I got too many [bleep]
[bleep] ups right now.
Maybe it don't need to [bleep]
happen.
I'm about to say [bleep] this
[bleep], Bebe.
>> And now this.
Now the [bleep] mayor is not
gonna be coming.
What the [bleep] else could go
wrong?
Everything that I try to put
into place just seems like it's
falling by the wayside.
I really just--I don't know.
I don't care.
[bleep] [bleep].
[bleep] this [bleep].
I don't wanna do this now.
We'll postpone this [bleep] 'til
we're [bleep] ready.
'Cause right now, we ain't got
our [bleep] together.
>> This shot is to not having
chlamydia.
>> I don't have chlamydia, by
the way.
>> Let's not forget [bleep]
[bleep] Dutchess.
>> [laughing]
>> You are not coming all the
way from Harlem to start this
[bleep].
[bleep] [bleep] out.
>> No, I'm not going anywhere.
>> 'Cause you're bugging!
Get [bleep] out!
>> ♪
>> TED: What the [bleep] is this
spot?
Are you sure we're allowed in
this restaurant?
This [bleep] look like a bar
fight waiting to happen.
>> WALT: Um...
>> Hey, how you doing?
>> We're down here in North
Carolina for Dutchess' grand
opening party tomorrow.
Judging from this spot, I'm
feeling like an ink spider in a
bowel of milk right now.
>> I know one thing, I'm happy I
saw some more black people in
the front.
>> Yeah, yeah, I saw a nice
little family over there.
>> TED: Made me feel a little
better.
Black people in the front and in
the back.
>> [laughing]
>> So I'm excited to see the
shop tomorrow.
>> TED: What shop?
>> What shop?
>> TED: Ain't there a shop?
>> WALT: Every question we asked
about this shop, Dutchess is
saying, "No, no, no, no info for
you."
>> Give us news, I'm excited.
>> Okay.
>> WALT: At this point, I'm
guessing there's a tattoo shop
called Pretty In Ink.
I-I-I don't know.
I don't really she's really
gonna invite us down here--
>> It's a little bit too far to
like--for it not to be shop.
>> I still don't understand.
Is Cease moving here?
Is he staying in New York?
>> I thought they were doing
like the six months in, six
months out type thing.
>> How the [bleep] is Cease
gonna stay in North Carolina for
six months and in New York City
for six months and open up a
brand-new shop on 125th Street?
This [bleep] doesn't make sense
to me.
>> I'm going in there with
positive vibes.
>> We always have fun,
regardless.
>> We all talk [bleep] about one
another, but at the end of the
day, let's just support each
other going forward.
All the other [bleep] is out the
window.
Let's take a shot!
>> What is this shot to?
>> This shot is to not having
chlamydia.
>> I don't have chlamydia, by
the way.
>> [laughing]
>> Wait, where the [bleep] did
that come from?
>> She knows where that came
from.
Here's to not having chlamydia.
>> Wait a minute, wait a minute,
wait a minute, O [bleep] is
drinking?
Like I know he got served these
papers from Kathie and all that,
but he's supposed to be on this
whole sober path now, you know
what I'm saying?
What's going on here?
>> [laughs]
>> No, I didn't.
>> Oh my God, six degrees of
chlamydia.
All I'm saying is, if O [bleep]
has chlamydia, maybe Cease has
it, too.
>> [laughing]
>> MELODY: You all are terrible.
>> ♪
>> You know how you gotta have
'em.
You gotta like hold 'em down,
pin 'em, have that arm there.
And just get the stroke going,
you know what I'm saying?
This joint.
>> [laughing]
>> I'm old.
See, we don't--it's not all that
[bleep] and all that [bleep] you
young whippersnappers do.
I'm just bang, bang, bang, bang.
I'm not standing up.
I'm enjoying my [bleep].
>> What are you doing here?
I haven't seen my mother in
about two years.
Growing up, my brother, sister,
and I, we didn't have our
mother, because she's so
addicted to the drugs, the
street life.
>> You won't return my calls, so
I had to come down, see how
you're doing.
>> You still can't show up at
the shop like that though.
>> Well, you need to return my
call.
>> You're making it seem like I
owe you something.
You choose to be a drug addict
over being a mother.
You wasn't there.
You [bleep] up.
You owe me 28 years of my mother
[bleep] life.
>> How much longer do I have to
wait for you to call me?
>> I don't know.
>> I need to talk to you.
>> PUMA: Knowing what I know
about Phoenix, his mom's
relationship, I know exactly
what he's feeling right now.
'Cause I had my mom do the same
exact thing to me, man.
My mom was a drug addict.
She wanted to come back into my
life.
[bleep] hard as [bleep], man.
But I gave the opportunity to my
mother for my daughter.
So I'm hoping that Phoenix takes
it the same kind of way I did.
>> Years gone by, and enough is
enough.
I want my family.
I wanna see my kids.
I wanna see you.
I wanna be part of.
I wanna you all to be part of.
>> I--I don't know.
Everything inside of me is
saying, "Hell the [bleep] no."
Not having a mother in my life
really affect me.
Going through the shelter
system, no place to go, sleeping
on park benches.
Why are you opening up doors
I've done closed a long time
ago?
You're [bleep] [bleep] with my
head right now.
>> We need to sit down and talk.
And I want to talk to you.
>> ♪
>> All right.
We'll--we'll talk though, I
guess.
I'm wasting my time.
She's doing the same [bleep]
over and over again.
[bleep] let's get this [bleep]
over with so I can go 'bout my
day.
>> ♪
>> DUTCHESS: I've allowed a lot
of things, a lot of people to
put my dreams on hold.
Now that I'm one step away from
my grand opening, I can't let
anything stop this from
happening.
It's now or never.
What's happening right now?
Who need me to do what?
There's no way that I'm going to
give up.
Everything has to be perfect
before this [bleep] shop opens.
Last night, I decided
everybody's not gonna sleep.
And we're all gonna make sure
that this [bleep] gets done.
>> ♪
[unintelligible lyrics]
>> There's one hour until the
grand opening, everyone, okay?
>> Let's move all of these cups
and stuff at this end.
>> WOMAN: These don't work.
Take 'em to the office.
Tray right here.
>> ♪
>> Okay, everyone, we have 30
minutes left.
Try to get 'em all up--put 'em
up here if you need to, okay?
>> Thank you, everybody, that's
helping me get this together.
>> ♪
>> Can somebody find where the
[bleep] Cease is at?
I've been so caught up dealing
with everything in this shop, I
don't even know where my fiancé
is.
All right, I--I gotta go.
Call Cease and ask him where the
[bleep] is he at.
Why the hell are you not here?
Where are you?
>> CEASER ON PHONE: I had
[bleep] to do.
I'll be there in like 15
minutes.
>> You better pray you gonna get
here faster than that.
What the [bleep] is going on?
There's gotta be some bull
[bleep].
>> I'm pissed off!
[bleep] given up!
>> I'm not giving up!
Things just happen.
>> Well, then go home, bitch.
'Cause I'll beat your ass.
>> Blend your weave, baby.
>> Well, let's get it then,
bitch.
>> ♪
>> [knocking at door]
>> DONNA: Yep?
It's open!
>> What up there?
I brought my machines for you.
>> [sighs] Savior.
I'm so [bleep] happy you came.
Even though he's at Puma's shop,
Naeem is a good friend of mine.
And he always has my back.
>> So what happened to your
tattoo kit anyway?
>> DONNA: Cease and Dutch had
the shop clean, and my [bleep]
got thrown away.
>> Word.
>> DONNA: I thought Dutchess and
I were making progress in our
relationship.
But I go past Black Ink to pick
up my tattoo equipment, and it's
nowhere to be found.
Walt thinks Dutchess threw my
stuff away while they were
cleaning everything out.
And if that's how it really
happened, she's truly an evil
bitch.
Even if I hated you, I wouldn't
even do that to my enemy.
I would not do that.
>> That's like highly
disrespectful.
You do not [bleep] with a tattoo
artist's equipment.
Tattoo equipment is like an
extension of your soul, like to
[bleep] with that is like super
out of line.
Like, I don't know, man, he's
[bleep] crazy.
>> It's weird to me.
Like...the last time I actually
like saw Dutchess, she's telling
me, "Oh, yeah, get your
"portfolio together and stuff,
"and keep working.
"And I just wanna see you
growing."
Then she go and do some funny
[bleep].
>> I'd say that's mad weird and
confusing like--
>> It's crazy.
It blows my mind.
[bleep] that bitch.
I don't want a job from her
anymore.
I'm gonna take my portfolio down
to North Carolina and claim the
respect I deserve as a tattoo
artist.
I'm just gather everything I got
though, and just go down there.
>> I'd go in there with guns
blazing, like--you're gonna show
her like, "Yo, I'm a badass
"artist.
I'm here to play, basically."
>> Dutchess's trying to take me
down for personal reasons.
And it just makes me wanna go
that much harder just to shut
her the [bleep] up.
I just really want the respect I
deserve.
At the end of the day, that's
it.
>> ♪
>> DUTCHESS: Where the [bleep]
is he at?
I'm sitting in the car.
I'm ready to walk into my grand
opening for the biggest moment
of my life.
And Cease still ain't got here.
What the [bleep] could he be
doing that's more important than
being by my side?
>> CEASER: Uh, man.
What do you want me say, yo?
I had to pick a couple of things
up for Dutch, and I got held up.
I just hope she doesn't [bleep]
blow up like a volcano before I
can--able to show what I got
for her.
>> DUTCHESS: Why are you so
late?
>> CEASER: I had to pick up a
little grand opening gift.
>> [laughs] Hey, there.
>> No.
>> He's so cute, I can't resist.
I guess I gotta forgive him for
being late.
But, you know, still kinda mad,
but, anyway.
>> ♪
>> [crowd cheering]
>> Thank you guys for coming.
Thank you so much.
>> WOMAN: Dutchess!
>> [cheering]
>> Thank you all for coming.
>> CEASER: I'm so proud of her.
She's on top of the mother
[bleep] world.
She finally got what she
deserve.
>> Before I cut this ribbon, I
just wanna say a few things.
I really appreciate all of you
all being here.
I appreciate my fiancé, Cease,
my mom, and my dad.
You all are the reason why
Pretty In Ink is in Charlotte.
This is only the beginning.
So let's get started.
>> ♪
>> [crowd applause]
>> DUTCHESS: I'm really happy
that everything finally came
together.
It's emotionally overwhelming.
Like I wanna cry.
Now the ride is really just
beginning.
>> ♪
>> Oh look at this.
This is looking nice and elegant
in here.
>> How are you?
I'm really impressed by what
Dutchess has pulled off.
She's someone that I really
respect.
And the shop is awesome, like
amazing.
She's so [bleep] badass.
>> SKY: You look so beautiful.
Like a queen that you are.
>> DUTCHESS: What you think of
the shop?
>> It's so gorgeous.
I just love that this was an
idea.
Like I sat in the car with this
bitch and talked to her about
this shop, Pretty In Ink.
And like I'm in it right now.
I'm proud of her.
She deserves it.
As much as the bitch as she is.
>> Yes.
I want that with my other ones.
>> OS--T: Congratulations.
>> Thank you, thank you.
>> I'm very, very proud of you.
>> Thank you.
>> I'm glad that I actually
walked in and seen the shop, and
it wasn't a "got you mother
[bleep]."
You know what I mean?
>> No, this is definitely dope
though.
It's a good space, good
location.
Who's that?
>> CEASER: That's one of her
artists.
>> TED: Oh, interesting.
>> ♪
>> TED: There I am minding my
business, and I just feel the
heat coming from this side.
And it happened to be one of
Dutchess' tattoo artists.
Thank you God.
>> Why not?
>> CEASER: She gonna get
clipped.
>> Why?
>> She's a clipper.
Yo, you be--I'm sure in the
Pretty In Ink handbook, there's
a whole page on not [bleep] Ted.
Please don't get fired, young
lady.
>> Come here.
Hi.
>> What's your name?
>> Shawna.
>> TED: Shawna.
Nice hat.
>> SHAWNA: Oh, thank you.
>> SKY: He wants to get
something on his thigh.
>> SHAWNA: I got you.
>> So how are we gonna get in
contact so I can get this
tattoo?
>> Ted, Ted.
Talk to you later, a'ight.
>> All right, I'm going.
>> Uh-huh.
>> I'll see you in a little
while.
>> No, he won't.
>> Shawna.
I think I like Pretty In Ink.
>> [sighs]
>> ♪
>> WALT: Part is jumping off.
Everybody's enjoying themselves,
drinks are flowing.
But, oooh, [bleep] drinking
again.
Fortunately, Ceaser's too busy
to see that.
>> ♪
>> Hey, hey.
>> CEASER: Yo, cut the music.
I hate to stop y'all fun real
quick, but I wanna let everybody
know that I love y'all.
Now, when we first got engaged,
we was in Paris, and, honestly,
we wasn't around family.
It was just me and her.
And I think now that's very
selfish.
Mrs. Lattimore--
>> [crowd cheering]
>> --will you marry me?
>> [crowd cheering]
>> DUTCHESS: Of course I'll
marry you.
>> [cheering continues]
>> I got a new shop and a new
ring.
What?
>> Oh, that's a different ring.
Bro, when is the wedding?
That's all we know--you already
proposed to her.
Why did you have to give her
another ring?
Like what--what's wrong with
you?
And a puppy.
>> I mean, now mother [bleep]
gonna be like--you might see
that from down south, girl.
>> Oh [bleep].
Cease, you could fool everybody,
but you can't fool me.
If you could just keep buying
rings and just keep getting
engaged, you might not ever have
to get married.
>> [crowd cheering]
>> DUTCHESS: I can't believe we
pulled this [bleep] off.
Everything in my life seems like
it's coming together now.
I couldn't be any happier.
>> I'm done with this sweet
moment.
Let's get back to the partying.
>> Back to the Soul Train line.
>> ♪
>> DUTCHESS: It's time to turn
up now.
I don't wanna see nobody in
here with an empty cup.
>> We lit!
Black Ink Crew!
>> NAEEM: I struggled with
fidelity earlier in our
relationship, and she still
don't trust me.
>> ♪
>> I believe we have a lot to
talk about.
>> PHOENIX: I decided to sit
down and talk to my mom.
But there's nothing she can say
that will have me accept how she
can choose drugs over her kids.
So what's up?
>> I'm missing my family.
I need you all in my life.
>> Hell, you're coming in, and
making it seem like I owe you
something.
>> No, no, no, no.
You don't owe me anything.
You don't even owe--owe the fact
that you came in here and sit
down with me.
You didn't owe that to me.
>> Exactly.
You can't just walk in, think
[bleep] is sweet, think [bleep]
is peachy, and just dip, when
you choose like [bleep] to get
high for you.
I grew up with her addicted to
drugs.
There's been times where she
would pop up out of nowhere.
Me being a nalïve little kid,
I--excited.
Then she leave and disappear
again.
It's the kind of thing that'll
[bleep] you up forever.
>> You know, we just discuss the
fact that we seen like you and
my grandchildren more.
You all never leave my heart and
my life.
>> No, no, no, no, no.
You [bleep] up, you understand?
My time has gone and passed.
>> Aren't you gonna change this
madness?
>> I'm not playing my kids out
for whatever's in the street.
That's what I do different.
I take all that negative and put
it in a mother [bleep] closet
among [bleep] box and lock that
bitch up.
>> And--and I understand what
you saying.
But the point is what is really
saying to me now?
>> I'm pissed off!
>> Okay, but you--
>> I'm mad, [bleep], that's what
I'm saying.
>> What you--
>> --you gotta be around--
You talking about--
>> Listen, I just wanna go home.
>> Ain't--
>> Listen, I wanna go home.
I wanna go home.
>> You're doing right now what
you do all the time.
>> Okay, fine.
>> [bleep] giving up.
>> I'm not giving up.
>> You've giving up, and you're
running away.
>> I wanna go home.
>> You're giving up, and running
away from your old child.
I'm sitting here telling you how
[bleep] affected me.
>> It hurts my [bleep] heart
that my kids had to go through
[bleep].
If I could change my ways of
back then, as a young mother,
none of that happened then.
Things just happen.
Don't you think I [bleep]
[bleep]--
>> What are you saying?
What you gonna tell me?
What are you gonna tell me
you're gonna [bleep] change and
expect me to believe me?
>> [bleep] damn 52.
Come on, I was in my early 20s,
young mother.
[sobbing]
>> ♪
>> All I can do is say I'm sorry
to all of you all.
If I could take back those years
and change it, Junior, I would.
>> Uh, it's like I'm going
through so much mixed emotions.
I wanna be angry.
But then again, that little boy
in me is like, "Okay, Ma, what's
going on? Hug me."
And reaching out to her.
You know I can't forget the
past.
I can't forgive that.
But still that little child that
want his mother.
That why I be sitting here,
'cause I do miss you.
Despite the anger that I feel
about everything that happened
in the past, every part of me
wants things to change.
Every part of me wish that it
never was like this.
I can't promise my mother
anything right now.
But only time will tell.
Let's hope for the best towards
the future.
We go from there.
Baby steps.
>> I love you.
[sobbing]
>> PHOENIX: You're a cry baby.
>> [laughing]
>> ♪
>> NAEEM: My girlfriend, Alexis,
she don't play.
She's a super athletic, just
like me.
So, I think that's the main
reason why I love that girl
right there.
>> ♪
>> What you mean?
>> You want her closer to me?
I mean, I--
I've been working long hours at
Art 2 Ink.
I'm trying to establish my
clients at the new shop.
And it's really hard to find a
balance.
>> I struggled with fidelity
earlier in our relationship, but
since Alexis and I had our baby,
I've been faithful.
And she still don't trust me.
>> What?
>> [laughs] Okay.
>> I'm serious.
>> My [bleep] damn sister.
>> You bitches so stupid.
>> Get out my mama's face.
Get the [bleep].
>> CEASER: I don't care.
>> ♪
>> DUTCHESS: Let's get these
clients in here.
>> [indistinct chatter]
>> DUTCHESS: It's the first day
that we're open, there's a line
down the sidewalk.
Pretty In Ink is already a
success, and we're just now
getting started.
Walter, Walter.
>> Hey, baby.
What's up?
>> I'm just getting my life
together.
You [unintelligible] my glasses
on.
The hangover that I have, it
feels like--oh my gosh--an
elephant is twerking on my
temples.
I got on these glasses.
I'm looking like Neo from
"Matrix."
I'm tired.
>> MAN: You look like you have a
hangover.
>> Oh my God, [bleep] Patron,
Henney, rum...champagne, beer.
>> CEASER: Oh yeah, we did have
beer.
>> SKY: [laughs]
Last night, we went out after
the grand opening party.
Where's my rum?
Where's my rum, rum?
You get lit in the South.
Cheers to Pretty In Ink.
>> Hey!
>> I had one hell of a night.
I spent $60, and I [bleep] every
stripper in the club.
Sixty dollars, [bleep], damn, I
like North Carolina.
I had a blast.
>> ♪
>> [indistinct chatter]
>> MELODY: Oh, you all got that
VIP station back here.
>> You see Ceaser's room?
>> This is not my room, Ted.
>> He gotta put employee on the
wall.
>> Who gotta put employee on the
wall?
>> Look at Cease in his little
corner working his little butt
off.
You're gonna get Employee of the
Month at Pretty In Ink.
[laughs]
>> You see he be trying, right?
He's trying it, right?
Oh don't worry, I'll be back
home in Harlem in a few days.
And we're gonna see who's the
boss and who's the employee,
Ted?
>> You 'bout to get mommy a
tattoo and all that?
>> She done had a few.
>> SKY: [laughs]
>> DUTCHESS: Did you all enjoy
yourself?
>> I had a blast.
This city definitely showed us
love.
It's good to have the whole crew
together.
But last time I saw Donna, she
said that she was gonna show up
to the shop with her portfolio.
And I don't see her.
>> Thank you for having me.
>> I guess she changed her mind
or something.
>> Will you all let me know you
got back safe, please?
>> SKY: All right.
All right, have a good one,
y'all.
>> ♪
>> When I'm in North Carolina,
it just feels like home.
It feels like I'm where I'm
supposed to be.
>> ♪ It's a dream
♪ And I'm lost
♪ On this road without you
♪
>> I'm just glad that I could
share this with my family.
I could share this with my
friends.
And that's what makes having
Pretty In Ink in Charlotte so
dope.
Now we good.
>> ♪
>> I came down to North Carolina
to get some respect.
[bleep] a job.
I've never once been treated
seriously as an artist.
The only thing people care about
is who I've slept with.
I'm here with my kickass
portfolio to shove it in their
faces.
>> ♪
>> What the [bleep] is Donna
doing here?
>> ♪
>> What brings you here?
>> Hello, hello.
>> What the [bleep] are you
doing in North Carolina, Donna?
I thought we left your ass in
Harlem.
The only thing she brings is
[bleep] drama and STDs.
>> So I'll get straight to it.
I built my portfolio, and flew
down here to show you.
[clears throat]
>> ♪
>> CEASER: I told Donna to work
on her portfolio weeks ago.
Did she really fly all the way
down here to show this [bleep]
ass work?
>> [clears throat]
>> DUTCHESS: Your shading is not
accurate.
Your lettering--
>> What's wrong with my
lettering?
>> DUTCHESS: Your [bleep] still
ain't spaced out correctly.
>> Okay, so go to my other
pages.
>> None of that stuff is even.
>> DONNA: Just as I expected,
Dutchess is ripping my portfolio
apart.
She's just like, "Let me tear
"this bitch down, just 'cause I
can."
And also, why did you all throw
my stuff away?
>> Whose stuff are you talking
about?
>> My tattoo supplies.
>> Why would your tattoo
supplies be in the shop?
>> Because they were.
>> ♪
>> Bitch, please, get a grip on
your life.
You come down here, you're
basically begging for a [bleep]
job.
Now you wanna accuse me of
throwing away your tattoo
equipment.
What the [bleep] is this girl's
problem?
>> I have to go, rebuy new
things.
Like that [bleep] [bleep] up.
>> Are you coming for a job
interview or--
>> No, I just came to show you
all my portfolio.
I'm not coming here asking for a
job.
>> Why do I need to see your
portfolio?
Just because you [bleep]
harassed me and [bleep] my
[bleep] does not mean that
you're gonna get [bleep] hired.
You did a terrible job, bitch.
It's still trash.
>> DONNA: Give me my portfolio.
At the end of the day, if you
want to have a conversation with
me--
>> CEASER: Hold on.
How are you raising your voice
in somebody else's
establishment?
Nah, you are tripping now.
>> I'm trying to have a
conversation, and I don't.
>> Donna, get out.
You buggin' out.
>> DUTCHESS: I have a tattoo to
do, pl--exit my shop.
I will talk to you about
business--I'll talk to you about
business.
If you wanna talk about personal
[bleep], I didn't throw away
your stuff.
Cease said to clean out the
[bleep] shop.
Them girls came and asked me,
"What is this?"
I said, "I don't know [bleep]
"who it is.
"If I don't who [bleep] it is,
throw the [bleep] [bleep] away."
>> DONNA: Wow. For once in her
[bleep] life, Dutchess
told the truth.
It's a [bleep] miracle.
But I still wanna beat the
brakes off that bitch.
>> Don't touch me.
Do not touch me.
Don't touch--don't touch me.
Don't touch me.
>> [indistinct yelling]
>> CEASER: Get the [bleep] out!
>> ♪
>> You are not coming all the
way from Harlem to start this
[bleep].
[bleep] [bleep] out.
Don't nobody ask you to come
here.
Get the [bleep] out.
>> No, I'm not going anywhere.
>> CEASER: This [bleep] fired,
yo.
>> You can't fire me.
You can't fire me.
I never worked at your shop.
I'm not working at your shop.
You can't fire me.
>> You right.
Now get the [bleep] out.
I should have fired that [bleep]
a long time ago.
She's a waste of a bad weave.
>> You all sad.
You all sad.
>> I don't care!
>> But don't [bleep]--
Let me see your ring.
I'm glad you finally found it.
>> Buggin'!
Get the [bleep] out!
>> It's okay, Dutchess.
You gotta come back to Harlem.
>> DUTCHESS: [bleep] thieving
ass worried about somebody
throwing away some [bleep],
Chinatown [bleep] tat--tattoo
supplies.
>> What?
You bitches so stupid.
Get a real friend, you ho.
>> I don't know who the [bleep]
Donna think she is, trying
[bleep] be disrespectful,
dragging her trashy ass all
through here.
This bitch is out of control.
>> As long as you're outside--
>> This bitch is so whack.
>> This is not the day to do
that, Donna.
>> DONNA: But now on the
sidewalk.
>> You knew she was gonna hire
you when you came down here--
>> DONNA: I didn't come here to
get hired.
>> Then why would you bring your
portfolio down here?
You're not gonna disrespect her
like that.
>> DONNA: I got that.
I don't need her.
>> That's what you not gonna do.
>> Well, go home then, bitch.
>> DONNA: I'm staying right
here.
>> Go home, go home.
I ain't Dutchess, I'll beat your
ass.
>> DONNA: Blend your weave,
baby.
Blend your weave, baby.
My [bleep] blended.
>> You ain't got a job, bitch.
You ain't got no job, bitch.
>> Like, girl, just 'cause I'm
so mad and I can't get to
Dutchess, I will smack the
[bleep] out of you.
Blend your weave, baby.
>> Well, let's get it then,
bitch!
>> Getting ready to jump on that
girl.
>> My [bleep] sister.
>> MAN: No, no, no.
>> DUTCHESS: No, [bleep] that.
No, [bleep] that!
Move!
I'm serious.
>> WOMAN: Calm down.
>> Get out my Mama's face!
Get the [bleep] off of me!
>> [indistinct yelling]
>> I don't care.
>> You don't got a job, bitch.
You ain't got no job, bitch.
>> Well, good luck with this
[bleep].
None of these bitches gonna
touch me.
>> DUTCHESS: Let me go!
I know what I gotta do!
Let me go!
I know what to do!
>> [indistinct yelling]
>> She gone.
>> DUTCHESS: Bitch, you could
never be a part of Pretty In Ink
or Black Ink.
All you are good at is [bleep]
[bleep] and laying on your back.
>> DONNA: Man, ooh, ooh.
[bleep] go back in there.
I do not regret coming down
here.
But I definitely regret not
knocking that bitch out.
But I know you gotta come back
to Harlem.
And I will wait for you.
>> CRYSTAL: Calm down.
>> Calm down, calm down.
>> That's what's up.
We know who own Harlem.
>> DONNA: I'm about to sue their
ass.
Take their ass to Judge Judy.
Whack ass bitch.
>> How you doing?
I got my tits and ass done.
And now that I'm semi-healed,
ready to show some tits [bleep].
Do you work out?
>> Yeah, I take steroids.
>> Next!
>> Do you think it is wise for
us to get married?
>> Where'd this come from?
>> I'm sitting here pushing that
you have a better relationship--
>> How are you gonna sit here
and say that [bleep]?
If Dutchess is trying to
sabotage this wedding, she's on
the right track.
What you want me to do?
Break up with you?
>> There was a little bit of
blood in my urine.
>> This is a real deal.
When we see blood, we really
have to determine whether you
have any cancer or anything like
that.
>> If I have cancer, I don't
know what I'm gonna do.
>> You're about to have surgery
and whatnot.
>> I almost died.
This is not a joke.
>> If my mother passed, I really
don't have no more parents.
>> Hi, guys.
>> Oh God.
>> Every time he mentions his
baby mother to me, it's like a
[bleep] alarm going off.
Maxwell, my fiancé, calls me
today.
And he keeps saying this bitch
name like over and over.
>> We have phone sex probably
like every day.
>> I'm trying my hardest not to
beat this bitch ass.