- What you working on? \h\h\h\h\h- Greatness.
\h- I ain’t lettin’ nary a (bleep) from New York
out-tattoo me, including you.
- This whole situation \h\h\h\hwith Cheyenne,
\h\h\hI gotta fix this (bleep) before I go anywhere further.
\h\h- So what does that mean for us?
\h\h\h\h\h- We on hold till I figure it out--
- We on hold?
- I just think it’s corny \h\h\hthat I done had like
\h\heverybody’s back through mad (bleep).
\h\h\h\h\h\h- Facts. - Give me my credit.
- You want credit for being \h\hthe worst tattoo artist
in the history of Black Ink!
- Are Donna and Alex here?
\h\h\h- I didn’t even see them leave though.
- There’s nobody in there. \h\h\h\h\h\h\hShe’s gone.
\h\h\h\h\h- There’s shootings that are happening in Atlanta.
They’re still on the loose
and they’re targeting \h\h\h\hAsian people.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- I’m scared, and I don’t want to sound scared
because I don’t want Niko \h\h\h\h\h\hto feel that.
Oh, my God.
♪♪
- ♪ Drop, drop ♪
♪♪
- ♪ Life is a test where you can find the best answer ♪
♪ Be it yes, no, \h\hor O or X ♪
♪ Gotta learn from your steps, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hbe better next ♪
\h\h\h\h\h\h♪ It’s a thin line between failure and success ♪
- You can do a cartwheel?
- Oh, hell no.
- I can do a cartwheel.
- Do it! - Ready?
- Ow! Aaah!
(applause)
- See, now if I do it...
Yay!
- Only at Black Ink Atlanta.
- (chuckles) \h- Ladies.
- Hi, y’all. - What’s up?
- I felt really good after Chace Village.
I felt the good positive \hvibrations, you know?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(Ted) Chace Village was very positive
until we spoke to Donna.
\h\h\h\h- Are you saying that the Puma production was a hit?
- No, it ended bad. \hIt ended very bad.
- I heard the screams from across the water.
\h- But, but, but it only ended bad with one person.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- No, I think that Puma production was pretty good.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI caught a fish! - So I will take it as a win.
\h- Thank you! You know what?
\h\h\hI’m gonna call this Puma production a success.
Yeah, Donna may have went \h\h\h\h\h\ha little left,
but in the great words of Silkk the Shocker,
it ain’t my fault.
- Where the (bleep) is, \h\h\hum, these two at?
- (Tatti) You mean "Dalex"? \h- Yeah, they’re not here.
- I know they moved out \h\h\h\h\h\h\hthe house,
but nobody seen Donna since Chace Village? e.
- We saw Alex, but no Donna.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- I don’t know what’s going on with Donna.
Like I hope the girl \h\h\his all right.
\hLike mentally, she okay? - She’s not okay mentally.
\h\h\h- Well, maybe we all need a break
\hfrom all the negativity that’s going on right now.
\h\h- All right, everybody, let’s get back to work, man.
\h\h\h- All right. - Bae, come here.
\h\h\h\h\h- What? - How you feeling?
Everything that’s going on \h\h\hwith the Asian hate,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hyou know, just making sure you good.
♪
- I’m just so worried.
Since the Atlanta shootings \h\h\h\htowards Asian women,
I’ve been crying constantly.
I don’t feel safe being here, \h\h\hespecially with my son.
And I’m trying to be really, \h\hreally strong for Niko,
but it’s hard.
I’m going through it every day literally,
at the apartment building \h\h\hthat I’m staying at.
\h\h\h\h\h\hThis bitch, the other day, she said,
\h\h"You can’t look at me or you can’t talk to me."
\h\hI said, bitch, I’m looking at you and I’m talking to you,
you dumb (bleep)! \h\hShe said, "Oh!
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSo aggressive! I’ma call the cops on you!"
This past year with COVID \h\h\h\h\hhas brought out
a lot of (bleep) hate towards Asian people.
There were a lot of false information going around.
So they were just taking their stress out on us.
It’s (bleep) scary.
\h\h\h\h\h\h- I’m Black, so I’m kinda used to it,
and I never realized how much \h\hAsians go through it too.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Right. - Until I saw Euni crying,
and I said, oh (bleep). \h\h\h\hWe don’t realize
how much every culture \h\hhas been through.
Being with an Asian woman definitely opened my eyes
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hto Asian racism, like with all the stereotypes
of where the virus came from, \h\h\h\hand just to see people
treat her like that \h\h\h\his terrible.
- Even though we go through \h\h\h\h\ha lot of (bleep),
you never hear about it.
We were taught to be quiet \hand just take it inside
and make that into something,
\h\h\h\h\hbut I feel like we shouldn’t be that way.
We need to speak up.
We need to just be vocal \h\h\habout things now.
- Did you see this?
\h\hLook at this comment Donna made on Instagram
\h\habout the shootings at the massage parlors.
- What did she say? - She said that they
(bleep) him off too good.
- You see Donna? \h- That’s wild.
\h\h- What the (bleep) is wrong with her, yo?
- It’s not funny.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAnd you know, she’s seen it so many times.
People will walk up \h\hto a tattoo shop
and ask me for a (bleep) massage and happy endings.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAnd look at her. Throwing the same (bleep) jokes
that these (bleep) be throwing at me.
\h- What happened now? - Look at her comment.
- "They (bleep) him off \h\h\h\h\h\h\htoo good."
- Innocent women were killed!
\h\h- I don’t know what’s going through Donna’s mind right now.
\hYeah, it could be something deeper than what we all think,
\hbut that’s no excuse for hateful behavior.
’Cause that’s some bull(bleep) \h\h\h\h\h\h\hshe just posted.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCome on, you’re friends with Bae.
And that (bleep) just happened.
Have a little heart, \h\h\h\hgoddamn it!
\h\h\h- Man, honestly, like I’m really hurt.
\h- Don’t even pay it no mind. Don’t even let it get to you.
- I’m hurt because she’s-- \h\hshe’s my real friend.
\h\h\h\hLike what the (bleep)? - Obviously not at this point.
- I feel so stupid because every time
\h\h\h\h\hI was going through racist (bleep) in my building,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI’m like, "Donna, Donna, oh my God!"
She was probably laughing at me.
- I didn’t know that-- \h\hthat Asian people
was gettin’ backlash like that.
Do you go through (bleep) \hlike that too right now?
- All the time. \h\h\h- Really?
\h\h\h\h\h- People think like, "Oh, go back to your country,"
is (bleep) new.
I hear that (bleep) every day.
\h\h\h\h\hBitch, go back to your mother(bleep) country!
\hBecause I don’t think you’re Native American.
I really don’t understand racism in my brain
’cause I don’t know how people \h\h\h\hcould think that way.
I’m sick of this. \h\h\h\hI’m hurt.
I’m done. I’m done.
\h\h\h- ♪ Tell me what the world’s come to ♪
♪ When the only one \h\hthat loves you ♪
\h♪ Becomes worst enemy instead of best friend ♪
♪
- Hey, Mother. How you doing?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Hey, darling. I’m great now that I see you.
- Thank you for driving \h\h\h\h\h\h\hout here.
My mother decided \hto pop up on me
\hbecause she know I ain’t doin’ well
since my daughter’s mother made a false accusation
to Child Protective Services.
Last year, my mother was hospitalized with COVID.
\h\h\h\h\h- What? So you all right?
\h- So any time I get to talk to her, it’s like a blessing.
And honestly my mother \h\h\his the only one
\h\h\h\hthat’s gonna keep it 100 with me.
\h\h\hAnd right now, that’s what I need.
- You know, as a mother, you get certain feelings
\h\h\h\h\hfrom the children, the mother have to come out
and kinda press the child \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hto talk.
- There’s a whole bunch \h\h\hof stuff goin’ on.
\h\hIt’s like everything it seem like in my life
\h\h\his up in the air. The thing with Cheyenne,
\h\hher goin’ on Live, saying what she said.
\h\h\h\h\h\hAnd then Suzette, with her saying what she said.
There’s no escaping nothing.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHow do I fix the relationship with Cheyenne?
- The only thing \hI can suggest
is go to get counseling \h\h\h\h\h\h\hwith her.
\h\h\h\h- The thing is, I keep gettin’ pushback from Crystal.
- I’m gonna stop you \h\h\hfor a second.
Cheyenne is now 17 years old.
The mother cannot intervene \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hand say no.
\hCheyenne is the one to make the decision.
Ask her plain and straight, \h"Do you love your father?
\h\h"I love you. Do you love me?
Let us work this out."
How is your relationship \h\h\h\h\hwith Suzette?
\h- I kinda just put everything on hold.
\h\h\h\h- We have a habit of putting things on hold.
\h\h\h\h\h- Mm-hmm. - And it’s not easy,
but we still cannot give up.
- This whole Cheyenne situation has affected my relationship
with Suzette very negatively.
And honestly, until I repair my relationship with my daughter
\h\h\h\hI can’t see any of my relationships moving forward.
I really don’t know what \h\h\h\h\hthe hell to do
\h\hwith Suzette and everything.
\h- It’s not easy for either of you.
There’s a lot of things \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\houtside,
but don’t pay attention \h\h\h\hto all of them.
\h\h\h\h\hPay attention to what and who you are.
\h\hLook at me. Don’t lose you.
- Right.
- Everything will \hwork out, baby.
Just pray.
Can I get a hug?
I love you.
- I love you too, Mom.
♪
- ♪ I’m relentless, can you feel this? ♪
\h♪ I’m goin’ all in, it’s time to cash in ♪
♪ I’m relentless ♪
- It’s payday, y’all!
\h\h\hDamn, Spyder! This (bleep) heavy!
- Yo, help her out! \h\h\hHelp her out!
\h\hI’m sorry she let you walk with this by yourself, Tatti.
- It’s all right, \h\h\hI’m strong.
\h\h\h(Puma) Y’all had a good day too, y’all?
- This is kinda lookin’ \h\h\h\h\h\hkinda light.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Let me see. Might be a little too much.
Gimme that 20.
- Spyder, Spyder, Spyder. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWho cares?
\h\h\hWhy you clockin’ everybody pocket, bro?
\h\hJust be happy you got another client for today.
- Well, once again, I seem to be the title holder for today.
\h\h\h\h\h\h- We’ve had this conversation before, Spyder,
so I’m just not even gonna add myself in.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- What? - Since we’re here...
\h\h\h\h- In Atlanta. - ...and we’ve talked \h\h\hseveral times...
\h\h\h\h- Several times. \h\h\h\h- ...about this lead artist situation...
- Over and over. - ...I feel like
a tattoo challenge \h\his a-brewing.
- A tattoo challenge? \h\h\h- It’s brewing.
- Oh, it sounds like \hBlack Ink Battle.
- Sounds good to me.
- Who’s the best \h\hof the best?
\h\hIs it you? Or is it you?
Let these mother(bleep) \h\h\h\h\hbattle it out!
- Oh, (bleep)! It’s the boss!
\h- Ceaser, aren’t you the lead artist, bro?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(Spyder) He’s the lead general!
- First of all, the owner \h\hain’t no player, man.
You know what I mean?
After my mother popped up, \h\h\hshe made me realize
\hI have to think about this whole situation differently.
I cannot let the negative \h\h\h\h\hdictate my life.
Life gotta go on.
\h\h\h\h\hY’all really on this lead artist (bleep)?
In Brooklyn, y’all was talking \h\h\h\h\h\hthat dumb (bleep).
\h\hI was like, yo. Now y’all in Atlanta
still talking this dumb (bleep)?
\h\h\h\h- Your boy came up with his first good idea.
\h\h\h\h- What’s up? - He said a tat-off \h\h\his a-brewing.
\h\h\h\h\h- Let’s have a (bleep) tattoo-off,
and we never talk \habout it again!
- And Ceaser picks the piece!
\h\h- We gon’ do that. You know what I mean?
I’m so tired of hearing about who’s the nicest,
\h\hwho’s the lead artist. A contest for lead artist
for Brooklyn and Atlanta will \hsolve all this (bleep), yo.
It’s time to raise the stakes, \h\h\h\h\hyou know, make them
really go for something besides braggin’ rights.
This is how we gon’ \h\h\hdo it, right?
\h\h\h\hIt’s gon’ be on the best artwork.
The theme will be announced \h\h\hwhen we have it, okay?
\hBecause what if you get a tattoo right on the spot
and you gotta do it? - Ooh, I like that!
- Y’all gotta put up some bread. - Right.
- How much we gotta put in? - The entry fee is a stack.
- Gangster, gangster, gangster. - Oh my-- a rack!
- Now listen. \h\h- A rack!
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- The bread? Whoever wins, get the pot.
(laughter)
\h\h- That’s it. - And the winner
\h\hnot only gets the pot of money,
but they get a nice little golden frame
\h\hwith they picture on top of the pyramid.
- Oh, (bleep), I want that. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI want that!
I want that frame! \h\h\h\h\h\h- Ooh!
- The level of (bleep) \h\h\hthat I will talk
if my picture was in the gold frame?
I will talk golden (bleep) \h\hto them all day long.
- And we will get \h\ha guest judge.
- Who’s participating?
\h\h\h- Everybody who’s talking that (bleep) about lead artist.
\h\h\h\h\h- That’s what I’m talkin’ ’bout, Ceas.
\h\h\h\hI know I got my thousand dollars ready,
so I can come kill this competition.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI’m ready. - (bleep) shook right now!
- Let’s get ready to rumble! \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yo!
Listen, honey, a lot of things \hhave been weird between us,
but at the end of the day, \h\h\hI don’t want to keep
\h\hour (bleep) on the shelf because of what’s happening.
- Are you gon’ man up \hand do what’s needed
\h\h\h\h\hto get us on the right track?
- Black Ink Battle! - Don’t get nervous.
- Cut the tension with a knife.
\h\h\h- I’m halfway through this tattoo and the time’s almost up.
\h\h\hI don’t even know if I’m ’bout to make it.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Time! Bae, do you feel like
we sometimes may be insensitive to like your culture or to you?
- ♪ Tell me what you want from me ♪
♪ Tell me what you want from me ♪
♪ Is it good company, yeah? ♪
♪ Please don't front with me, yeah ♪
- Wait. Okay. - All right.
My mother's right. I can't put one part of my life
on hold for another.
Open your eyes.
- What is all of this?
- Do something special for you, baby.
My relationship with Cheyenne, it ain't doin' good right now.
But that doesn't mean I'm supposed to destroy another relationship.
So tonight, I'm doin' something special for Suzette,
try to win her back.
You like it? - It's beautiful.
But where is this coming from?
Like we been in the house.
There's been a lot of weird energy.
We ain't been talking, so it's like--
- Wait, before you say anything,
let me light these candles for you.
- Oh, my God. What is going on with you?
- With the whole Cheyenne situation, me and you like--
I just didn't know what to do.
Cheyenne is the most important woman in my life.
But at the end of the day, I don't want to keep her (bleep)
on the shelf because of what's happening.
We shouldn't be on hold anymore.
- How do I know that you can control your baby mother
and your daughter to where me and mines
is not constantly being disrespected?
This whole situation has not been
a healthy environment for my kids.
If we're gonna move forward, I have to be confident
that he's gonna be a man and stick up for me and my kids too.
Your actions spoke volumes.
Are you gon' man up and do what's needed
to get us on the right track?
- Honest to God, if it was anybody else,
I'd have just walked away.
It's just that I felt that we supposed to be together.
That's all I really want.
- Yeah, you right. 'Cause I feel the same way.
Moving forward, the best solution
would just be me stay out of their business
and let him deal with that toxic environment,
because I love this man.
- So...
we can agree that we're officially back together.
We can pop a bottle to it.
- Mm-hmm. (cork pops)
- I'm happy that Suzette is willing to give it another try.
Suzette makes me happy,
and I'm not gonna make my BM destroy this.
- 'Cause I wanna be off the shelf.
Not 'cause you're taking me off the shelf.
Let's make that clear.
- Cheers to that.
(humming)
- ♪ You can do it you can do it, you can do it ♪
♪ Eyes on the prize get to it ♪
♪ And the people say... ♪♪
(Rok) About to start the day!
(Spyder) That's what you're gonna drink?
- Breakfast of champions.
- Mm-mm, that's the breakfast of bums.
(laughs)
My weight-loss journey started off with me just thinking
about my girls and my wife.
And I wanted to be around a little longer.
I started like, uh, around 400, four-and-change.
I lost 150 pounds.
- Let me see how you making this smoothie, man.
- Let's see it.
This looks super ripe.
- These is looking bad.
I know you're not trying to make fun of me
for drinking a soda when you're mixing
a rotten banana in your drink.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, you're putting almond milk--
- Of course. I don't use cow milk.
- Ugh.
(blender whirring)
- Now, this right here
is the breakfast of champions.
And a smoothie a day?
I keep these cornballs away.
♪♪
(Puma) Spyder, Krystal, and Rok,
are y'all ready for the competition?
- I was ready since I woke up this morning.
(Krystal) I was born ready.
- Battle Royale.
- Okay, okay.
So today we're having a Black Ink competition
for lead artist.
And everybody looks like they got the fire
in they goddamn belly.
- What up, y'all? How you guys doing today?
What's up?!
- Yeah! - Competitors!
- Come to the front, competitors.
- The day has arrived, the day of the competition.
These mother(bleep) looking nervous,
I ain't gonna lie.
So, competition we was talking about
is going down today.
- Black Ink Battle!
(intense music)
- The theme of this competition is...
- Cover-ups.
- And y'all guys have to do it in two hours.
(intense music)
- Damn, two hours is a short-ass time.
You gotta put into account that you gotta design that tattoo,
you gotta apply that tattoo.
So I really have to use my time wisely.
- And you know, since the former lead artist is here,
she can defend her crown...
- It's just not fair.
- So you don't want to be part of the competition?
- I just don't want to take everybody's money like that.
With everything that's been going on,
emotionally, I'm not really into participating right now.
Plus, I do it... (scoffs)
I'm the (bleep) winner, and everybody knows that.
- Yo ass is gonna be a bystander, whatever.
- (laughs) - Uh, bring the clients in!
(applause)
- Let's give 'em a round of applause!
- I want to thank y'all for coming in
and, uh, helping us in this lovely competition.
Ladies, distribute out the volunteers, please.
Nobody knows what's gonna happen.
They don't know if I don't get in a certain rank,
am I getting fired?
They just aiming for the number-one spot
to be safe.
And that's how I like it.
I have confidence in all y'all.
But there can only be one lead artist.
(intense music)
So the competition starts now.
- Game on! - Go, go!
- You got two hours!
And ticking, y'all.
Two hours.
- So what you trying to get?
- I'm open. What ideas you have for this (bleep)?
- I'm Brooklyn's finest cover-up master
specialist extraordinaire.
- These guys keep talking so much (bleep),
I want to shut them up.
- Better make New York look good.
Y'all better not get smoked in this competition.
- Holy (bleep)!
You got like the biggest one.
People tend not to take me serious.
And right now, I just want to show off my skills,
especially with that bull(bleep) with Ink Daddy.
- You not even booked. Your appointment counts.
- What you talking about? It don't matter!
I really want to shut him up once and for all.
You set me up. - No, I didn't.
- Yes, you did. - This is total--
this is totally you 'cause you like to freestyle.
You just gotta get creative, boy.
- Just lay back.
- What kinda of ideas you had in mind?
- I'm open.
- I'm gonna do a cherry blossom
and then the thick part of the branch is gonna cover it.
- I'm thinking of like, doing like a dope-ass
mandala something.
- What kinda things are you into?
- My name is Robin.
- Oh, yeah? We can def do a robin.
I'm about to outshine every man out here.
Yes, yes!
- Here we go.
- I'm so excited to beat y'all.
Oh, my God. Whoo.
- I mean, I do more talking than tattooing.
- I'm good. - Two hours.
(intense music)
- There's only $5,000 on the line.
Don't get nervous.
- What's nerves? What's that?
- I like the (bleep) confidence, goddamn it.
- What you covering? - Trying to figure it out.
- You know how to do feathers?
Like, like that. Coming down like... whoop.
- Oh, I see what you meant.
- Just a-- just a idea.
- Luckily, I got Bae here with a couple ideas.
So now I can start tattooing
'cause I'm running behind on time
and I'm kinda getting nervous.
(intense music)
- A'ight, all right, how everybody doing?
(Spyder) Yo, yo, yo.
- It's getting quiet.
Cut the tension with a knife.
- I'm gonna go check out my, uh, competition real quick.
- This the big (bleep) talker.
- Hey, look, if I pull this off, this glorious.
- Oh, girl, if you don't-- You're wasting time.
- Yeah, it's doing ink by Spyder things, (bleep).
- (laughs) - That (bleep)'s already gone, B.
- It's done.
(intense music)
- You coloring? - Yeah, we use blue, orange.
Most people, they try to cover up a tattoo with black
because that's what is programmed into their minds.
But black eventually turns to gray.
So, to cover up that black, you can cover it up with blue
or with purple.
Try to think outside the box.
- Y'all got a half hour left.
I swear to God, if y'all embarrass me,
I'm gonna fire your ass.
- All right, Atlanta team, y'all gonna make Mama proud?
- We knew Atlanta got it before we even started.
- Okay.
- All right, machines down. I'm finished.
- Yo, somebody not gonna even finish.
- I'm halfway through this tattoo
and the time's almost up.
I don't even know if I'm about to make it.
- Are y'all ready for me to shut this competition down?
(Spyder) Cook that turkey to perfection.
(Rok) What? Shut it down?
Come on, Ceas, you know I need a little bit more time.
(intense music)
(Puma) Time!
(Ceaser) Machines down, everybody.
Stop tattooing.
♪♪
Me and the judges have decided.
This is a very hard decision for me.
We're gonna start with the first person cut.
(intense music)
- This Atlanta air feels kinda, you know...
- I'm telling-- it does some--
- Fresh. - Look at Killer.
He over there taking his piss in privacy.
(laughs)
♪♪
- New York's still working over there,
but it looks like my boys from Atlanta got it.
- Better make New York look good.
Y'all better not get smoked in this competition.
- All right, I'm finished.
- Are y'all ready for me to shut this competition down?
(Puma) Time!
(Ceaser) Machines down, everybody.
Stop tattooing.
All right, everybody.
My guest judge is here.
- Oh, (bleep). - Oh.
- Now, my guest judge is...
Miya Bailey.
- Oh, (bleep). - Whoo!
- Let's go, let's go. - Holy (bleep).
(excited shouting, cheering)
- Okay. - Yay!
- Okay. - Yeah!
- I'll be honest with you, if I'm LeBron James,
that's Michael Jordan.
With the means and the resources he had,
which was very limited,
he was able to open three shops, make two documentaries,
and really rise up in the tattoo industry.
As you know, not only one of the founding fathers
of the whole urban ink scene,
but he's a man that I greatly admire.
He laid down a lot of blueprint
for a lot of us minority artists.
- The fact.
- Miya Bailey is the first Black-owned shop in Atlanta.
- I'm very thankful to be here.
I'm so proud of all y'all in here.
I can see y'all growth is very beautiful.
- And he's opening a lot of opportunities
to minorities in the tattoo industry.
And that's extremely important
'cause we don't have it like that.
- It's judgment time! - Yes, it is.
- Somebody about to lose.
I'm ready to judge these tattoos today, man.
Everybody looks like they got the eye of the tiger
and they on they A-game.
And you know what? I'm ready to pick a winner.
Chicken dinner.
- I'm gonna start off ladies first.
Disciple, can we please see your client?
Come on. (applause)
- So we covered up some small Roman numerals.
We chose a Japanese cherry blossom.
It represents love.
(Ceaser) That's dope.
- Are you happy?
- I'm ecstatic.
- Customer approval, extra points.
Disciple's tattoo came out really clean,
and it was quite vibrant.
- It's a good tattoo.
We agree? Good.
Good tattoo. - Good.
- Next up, Krystal.
(cheering and applause)
(group chanting) New York! New York!
- At first, she had a Aries.
We decided to cover that with robin
because that's her name.
- You ever use blue to cover up black.
- If it's more towards gray, you can use blue.
- Yeah. - Oh, (bleep).
Let me find out you know a little something something.
All right, Krystal. (applause)
- Listen, I definitely impressed Miya Bailey
with this tattoo, 'cause I (bleep) did it.
Thank you! (laughs)
- Spyder, can we please see your client?
Yeah, yeah, Spyder. (applause)
- Make some noise!
We had about three cover-ups under there.
So I got a custom piece here, half mandala, half peony.
- Did you draw this today? - Yes.
I went in my Brooklyn bag, you know what I mean?
- I see, I see.
- Got some of the greats in here.
You gotta go a little hard, you know what I mean?
- Very clean, Spyder. - Appreciate it, thank you.
- Very nice, Spyder. Very nice.
- I feel like I got this (bleep) in the bag, man.
I look at the other works.
Like I don't think this is creative as mine.
I don't think it's as difficult
as the (bleep) that I had to cover up.
- Ink Daddy, let's see your client.
Let's see your client, Ink Daddy.
(applause)
- He had originally some black birds on him.
- Ooh, that's one of them $50 tattoos.
- Mm-hmm.
He wanted to keep the theme of black birds,
so we gave him a black wing.
- I like it, man.
In two hours, in that size...
- Gotta give him the props right there.
- It's what I'm talking about, Ink Daddy. Represent!
We're putting some pressure on these mother(bleep).
We got the clock on them. We got Miya in here, but...
- There can only be one!
- Last but not least,
my boy Rok.
- You better represent, Rok!
- So she had four names that she wanted to cover up.
Clean lines--
it's what I do, come on.
- Whose idea was it, yours or hers?
- Oh, it was my idea. - Wow.
- Look at him lying. - All over the ho.
- Wait, wait, hold on! - Time-out.
You got help from Bae?
- Like, like that. Coming down, like... whoop.
- Oh, I see what you mean.
- She just... - I just made a suggestion.
- Technically, you got advice from the old lead artist.
(Puma) You're out here cheatin'.
- Nah, come on!
I had to do the work. - Right.
- This is mine. - Right.
- You know what, I smell the bull(bleep).
So, Rok, you're disqualified.
- Rok, get outta here.
Leave Krystal here.
- You use steroids.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Nobody said in the rules that we couldn't get
no ideas from anybody.
I still had to do the work.
Nah, recall!
Recall!
Nah, Ceas, I need a redo.
- All right, we gotta figure out who the winner is.
(Puma) This is gonna be hard.
All right, deliberation time.
- Everyone went with a basic-ass design,
and that's why they're not about to win.
- Disciple's...
it was... - It was very simple.
But it came out...
It was clean.
- Krystal?
- I think she did the best
execution out of everybody.
- Uh-oh, so Ink Daddy, like that is a big-ass (bleep)
shoulder piece he had to blast.
- And I couldn't even tell it was a cover-up.
I like Spyder's too, but the lines was so thick.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- Cut to the chase.
You know who the winner is.
I want my shillin's.
- All right. - So we good?
- Yeah, we good. - We good.
- Y'all ready? - Whoo!
- Me and the judges have decided.
We're gonna start with the first person cut.
This person got the simplest tattoo,
and it really don't sit to other people's standards.
So, I'm sorry to say this, but Disciple,
you are eliminated. - No!
- Aww. - Damn.
- Wait, that's not fair because it's not like
we got to chose our canvases.
It's not my fault I was dealt the easiest hand.
- Ohh! - Ohh!
- I just feel like I shouldn't be judged
by what was easiest, but the actual work that I put on.
- The other guys, they just went harder.
- But you did a great job. - Yes, you did.
It was an excellent tattoo. - No, it was a great job!
She did not like that. - She didn't like it.
Now, I hate to say this...
(Puma) ♪ Duh duh dum ♪
- ...Spyder, your tattoo was nice,
but the lines are all too thick.
- What?! The fix is in.
I don't know who paid who,
but this is some bull(bleep).
- Now, this is a very hard decision for me.
Drumroll, please.
(group imitating drumroll)
(intense music)
Krystal won!
(loud cheering)
- Yeah! Krystal! - Congratulations.
- Ay!
(excited screaming)
- Front on these mother(bleep).
- Yeah, Krystal, yeah.
- Congratulations.
- I hope that this finally shuts Spyder up.
But I feel like even Spyder mama got a problem with that mouth.
- And all the rest of y'all, take some advice from Krystal,
'cause now she is the lead artist.
- But I want y'all to know, y'all are all winners.
Y'all just not as much of a winner as her.
But y'all winners.
- That means I won, too!
(laughter)
- Hold on.
Of course she's the winner.
She covered up the Aries tattoo with a robin.
How can you beat that?!
These men don't know what the (bleep) they doing.
I already see, it's better when a woman's in charge.
Miya, I want to thank you for helping us with this, man.
- Thank you, man. Honored to be here, man.
- It was an honor to have you, man.
- I love being in y'all home, man.
- I'm pretty impressed. - Yeah.
- I want to let you know, everybody did good.
Y'all should be very proud of y'all selves.
- Everybody's a winner. (applause)
- Krystal's taking us out tonight!
(all cheering) Yeah!
♪♪
- What's that? - (indistinct)
- Supposed to be, uh, aphrodisiac, guys, so...
- This (bleep) makes me want to try tricks.
(laughter)
♪♪
- ♪ My clock went off at 10:00 ♪
♪ Live another day again ♪
♪ Feeling so thankful \h\h\h\h\h\h\ha grin ♪
♪ Take another shot to win ♪
♪ Whatever that means \h\h\h\h\h\h\hto you ♪
\h\h\h\h♪ One man’s win is another man’s lose ♪
(dog barks)
- Hey, don’t go too much \h\h\h\hinto that grass.
\h\h\h\hI heard that the grass does something to they brain.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(laughs) You know what I mean?
Look at this.
When have the kids \h\h\h\hbeen able
to even do that for the longest?
Look at Killer. \hHe over there
taking his piss in privacy \h\h\h\h\h\hin this grass.
\h\h\h\h\hAfter seeing Puma with his family and Bae with her son,
I had my family come down.
I’m ecstatic to see my wife, \h\h\h\h\h\hmy little girls.
We out of the hood for a bit.
They get to see trees \hand fresh air and...
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(sniffs) ah, the sun shining on ’em
and wind blowing in their hair, it’s great, it’s beautiful.
\h\h\hI’m just happy that we’re together,
and that’s all I can ask for.
- They really miss \h\h\h\hyour ass.
- I missed them more.
I have three daughters.
My oldest daughter Paris,
she’s 15 and she’s like, \hthe diva of the bunch.
- Mama, can I have some juice?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(Spyder) My middle daughter now,
she’s 7, that’s London.
She’s the smart-ass. \h\h\h\h\hShe’s me.
\h\h\h\hThe little one, this is the boss of the whole operation.
That’s Egypt, she’s a hurricane.
2 going on 23.
- I really missed you.
- Yeah? Aww.
\h\h\hMe and my wife been together now for 18 years.
We met in Brooklyn, \h\h\h\h\hI seen her
standing across the street \h\h\h\h\h\hwith her crew.
She came over finally, after some convincing,
talkin’ about she don’t mess \h\h\h\hwith no big (bleep).
I feed you. You hungry?
Come on, yeah, now you gon’ mess with a (bleep), right?
Let’s do it. \h\h(laughs)
- You look like you lost \h\h\hsome more weight.
- Yeah, a little something, \h\h\h\h\hlittle something.
Got my personal trainer Tatti.
- (grunting) \hThrow it.
- Throw it? \h\h- Boom.
\hHa! Ha! Two down.
Yes.
- I’m proud of you, \h\h’cause you have
stepped up so much \hwith your health
and to see that you lost \h\hso much more weight,
\hlike, I could just imagine the size of your jeans now.
- 38 slim, ya heard?
(laughter)
So regardless of what happened \h\h\h\h\hat that competition,
I feel good.
- You ain’t losing \h\hmy vote, boo.
\h\h\h\h\h- I’m tellin’ you. - I gotta get out my system,
this Atlanta air feels kinda, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hyou know...
- I’m tellin’ you, it does somethin--
- Refreshing. \h\h- This not
a regular leaf right here.
If you look real close,
you could see this (bleep) \h\h\h\h\h\hway different.
Who cares about this \h\h\h"competition?"
\h\h\hNothing is gonna stop me from enjoying my family time,
because you know what, \h\hwithout my family,
I wouldn’t be even a quarter of the man that I am today.
You know you the key component \h\h\h\h\hin whole operation.
\hSecond in command. - Yeah, I can manage \h\h\h\hreally well.
(laughter)
- What’s up, baby? \h\h(dog barking)
- Say, "Hi, Dadda!"
- As long as we got each other,
(bleep) else don’t matter... \h\h\h\h\h- (Egypt babbles)
- And in the meantime \h\h\h\hbetween time,
we enjoy my girls, ya heard?
Come on, let’s go play.
- Yes, go play with Daddy. \h\h\h\h\h- Let’s go play.
♪
- ♪ One step from the shadow ♪
♪
♪ Two steps to the end ♪
- Put your flower \h\h\hhere, baby.
I’ve been having a really hard \h\htime after the shootings.
\h\hSo I wanted to do something that would make me feel better,
something with Niko.
- ♪ To all that awaits me ♪
♪
♪ But I hold on ♪
♪ Yeah, I hold on ♪
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(Young Bae) COVID has fueled the fire
on the hate towards the Asian community
and it’s been really scary.
My friends are great, but at the same time,
\hthey don’t really understand what I’ve been going through.
♪
- ♪ Leading me on ♪
♪
\h\h- I will never understand racism
and how people could be \hjust so full of hate.
I just feel bad that Niko has experienced
this horrible (bleep) with me.
♪
- But it’s good to see \h\ha lot of support.
There’s still a lot of good people out there.
\h\h\hLove will (bleep) win, and we have to believe that.
♪
(vocalizing)
♪ I’ll jump with my head high ♪
♪
♪ Into the dark sky ♪
- I feel (bleep) up.
This shooting happened and eight people died.
- Yeah, that’s terrible.
- I think ’cause it was so close.
- Yeah, bro, I’m not getting \h\h\h\ha pedicure out here.
♪
♪♪
- ♪ I don't know where we are goin' ♪
♪ But I'm feelin' ♪
♪ Too many people are scared to be broke ♪
♪ Without healin' ♪
- Damn, girl, so this is what you always cook?
- Oh yeah, kalbi. And this is jeyuk bokkeum.
I wanted to have this dinner with my friends because
in Black Ink and outside of Black Ink
just in this whole world, it's so sad.
- Oh my God, who's cooking?
- So wait, we're eating on the floor?
- Yeah.
(Young Bae) I just wanted to share my culture with them
and just be happy.
I prepped this food from this (bleep) morning
to feed y'all. - That smells familiar.
- Good food means happiness.
Good drinks means happiness.
- "Black raspberry wine." - That's supposed to be
an aphrodisiac, guys, so...
- Che che? - Yes.
- Let me get one. - Aphrodisiac.
- (Krystal) Here, Rok. - Nobody drinks like that.
- This is not a personal? - No!
- I'm really, really excited to try this drink.
- Yerr! - Especially since
it came from Bae.
- Ooh, this (bleep) smelling good.
- Mm-hmm!
- She's quiet, but she's freaky.
- I think you hold it like this.
- Like this. - Okay.
You stick it like this. Is that good?
- Do whatever you can, but don't use forks today.
- I wanna try this rice. - These fish taste fire.
- Food tasting like Little Korea over here, Bae.
- I'm so happy, oh my God.
I feel so happy that my friends are here...
- Yerrr!
- On the floor, sitting on a pillow
called a pangsa sharing my culture.
This feels like real family to me.
- That's what's up.
Between the whole Atlanta shooting,
and Dalex just doing the whole MIA (bleep),
it's been a rough week for the Black Ink family.
- Ooh, food!
(Puma) But Bae be showing love right now,
and it's gonna end this week on a high note.
- I think this really is an aphrodisiac.
- Really?
- This (bleep) makes me wanna try tricks.
Think I can put my foot behind my head?
(Krystal) Let me see.
(laughter, chatter)
- Watch out, guys, close your doors.
- I see the wine got Tatti feelin' mighty fine right now.
Too bad there's no Donna and Alex around.
- Bae, I don't remember eating this food
when we visited your country.
- Because you didn't let me.
- You (bleep) gave us raw octopus.
- (Bae screams) - Oh God!
(all shrieking)
- Well, anyways, thank you so much for coming
and enjoying my food.
I just wanted to share my culture with you guys.
A lot of Asian people are going through (bleep) right now.
- Right. - Just the other day,
the shooting happened, and eight people died.
- Yeah, that's terrible.
- I've been dealing with this a lot internally
because I don't feel safe.
What is the problem? We're not a virus.
We're, like, stop it.
- I think 'cause it was so close,
it was like, out here, in a massage parlor.
- Yeah, bro, I'm not getting a pedicure out here
'cause I'm like...
- That was racist. - That's racist.
- All right, so take it back-- - How is that racist?
- That's almost like saying you being Black
and you gotta be a rapper.
Like, it's like a stereotype.
- We have to educate people, like, it's not okay
to joke on like, Asian people.
I'm more than a fetish.
(Tatti) I can appreciate Puma calling me out,
and I am mature enough to hold myself accountable.
- Yo, Bae, do you feel like we sometimes may be
insensitive to your culture or to you?
- Yo, Bae, do you feel like \h\h\h\hwe sometimes may be
\h\h\h\h\hinsensitive to your culture or to you?
- That’s what I’m saying.
No, like, I hear things.
You know, Asians are told to just shut up and just,
study hard, work hard, and everything‘s gonna
\h\h\h\h\hbe okay, you know, we don’t talk about (bleep).
This is a time that \hI should speak up
and educate my friends.
Because everybody \hmakes fun of me,
but because I’m so used \h\h\h\h\h\h\hto racism,
I’m gonna have to \h\heducate myself
along with my friends.
I’ve been going through \h\h\h\h\hso much racism
ever since I got here, \h\hlike, it’s crazy.
- This whole (bleep) \h\hwith the COVID,
like, it’s just been extra hard.
\h\h(Ceaser) It’s Trump. Trump did this to y’all.
\h\h\h- Right. - That’s who.
- He started a whole hate thing.
- One of his supporters slid
a little note under my door \h\h\h\h\h\h\hthe other day.
\h\h\h\h\h- What?! - That said what?
- I found this under my door.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(crying) I should be proud of myself,
but I don’t know, \h\h\hI feel bad.
- Whoa, damn. \h\h\h- What?
(Puma) It’s kinda crazy hearing what Bae is going through.
\hShe keeps herself so closed sometimes,
\h\h\h\hyou don’t realize that she goes through as much hate
as an Asian woman
\h\h\h\has we go through as Black men and women.
- I wanna do so much more \h\h\h\hfor the community.
I did my first step by like, \h\h\h\htalking to you guys
about what we go through. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Right.
- Bae, we’ll support \h\hanything you do.
- It feels really great \h\hto know that I have
the support from my friends.
\hMe educating my friends, that will make my friends
educate his friends \h\hand his family.
This is a good start.
\h- Us minorities gotta start sticking together.
\h- And not for nothing, we’re the majority too.
\h\h- That’s a fact. - It should be like,
\heverybody versus racism. - White people-- oh, okay.
- Yeah, (bleep) yeah, man.
\h\h\h\h(Young Bae) We are all fighting
for the same cause,
and we’re gonna win \h\h\h\h\h\hone day.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hEnjoy! - How do y’all say cheers?
- Geonbae. - Geonbae.
(overlapping shouting)
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(Teddy) Yo, Bae, what the (bleep)
you put in this wine, yo?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(Tatti) We all lit right now.
- Ladies and gentlemen, \h\hlead artist Krystal.
\h- This is crazy. \h- Maybe one day you’ll get there.
- I’m just hoping one day \h\h\h\hCheyenne wakes up.
(bleep) is this?
Child Protective Services \h\h\h\h\h\h\hfor Atlanta?
- Oh (bleep).
\h\h\h- Yo. - (Alex) Yo.
- Everybody been worried about \h\h\h\hyou and your old lady.
- I mean, you know, it’s very stressful.
- You all right, man?
- It’s just got me in
a (bleep) up situation \h\h\h\h\h\hright now.
- I feel like I got sidetracked with what I was trying to do,
\h\h\h\h\hwhich is push my music career forward.
So tonight’s the night \h\hof my showcase...
- I wanna dance! \h\h\h- Oh, God.
- If anything goes wrong,
\h\hRGLR might be done before it even starts.
(overlapping shouting)
- Oh! Oh (bleep)!