(Ceaser) There can only be \h\h\h\h\hone lead artist.
So the competition starts now.
\h\h\h\h\h\h(Puma) Black Ink battle.
Game on!
- Krystal won!
(cheers and applause)
I’m having a little situation \h\h\h\h\h\h\hwith my family.
\h\h\h\h\hMy baby mother called Child Protective Services on me,
and not only in New York, \h\h\h\h\hbut in Atlanta.
- Give me my credit. \h- You want credit
for being the worst \h\h\htattoo artist
in the history of Black Ink?
- There’s no Smokey, there’s \hno Donna, there’s no Alex.
There ain’t (bleep) \h\h\hin that room.
\h\h\h\h\h\hShe’s gone. - Check your Instagram.
Yeah, check her page. \h\h\h\h- I’m blocked!
- ♪ You don't wanna squab, you don't really want a mob ♪
♪ You don't wanna know your odds when it comes to the best ♪
♪ You ain't never tried, you would never try ♪
♪ You ain't never ride or survive overtime with the best ♪
♪ I've been this show my whole life ♪
♪ I've been this show my whole life ♪♪
(Rok rapping) ♪ Hop off a jet to a jet ♪
♪ Gettin' straight to them checks ♪
♪ Ask my (bleep) who's next? ♪
♪ Now these (bleep) upset? ♪
♪ Smoke dogs with the best ♪
(laughter)
- That's not RGLR, that's not RGLR LVNG.
After the shop closed in New York,
during the pandemic everyone came up
with they own hustles including myself,
and RGLR LVNG is mine.
I kinda got sidetracked with all the mayhem
that's going on at Black Ink, but I think it's time
for me to get back to my brand
and push my music career further.
"RGLR LVNG" stand for "regular living."
Whatever you do in your lifestyle,
that's your regular living, know what I'm saying?
The idea for RGLR LVNG started eight years ago.
Even before that, I wanted to do music.
I grew up right next door to Young Money artists,
I've always been around the music thing,
and this is what I always wanted to do.
- Atlanta, this is like, showcase central.
(Teddy) With Atlanta being a big music city,
I think it's a perfect place to do a new artist showcase,
scout some talent, give them a platform
and also give my artists a platform.
And I would love to incorporate the crew from Black Ink.
You get one more, you get one more.
- One more chance. Make it a good one, Rocky.
- ♪ Okay, it's Rok from Chi-land ♪
♪ The dark streets, yo, hair full a' grease, yo ♪
♪ One shot leave you on the piece-o ♪
♪ What I said about (bleep) with the kid ♪
♪ I leave "R-O-K" engraved in your eyelids ♪
♪ Emptyin' clips on your whole block ♪
♪ Me and six (bleep) came through with six Glocks ♪
♪ That's why you in the casket, body made of plastic ♪
♪ Cause you made fun of Ruger that left you in the casket ♪
- A Ruger? - ♪ You caught me on a bad day ♪
♪ Chk-chk, opened up the rib cage ♪
♪ With a 12 gauge ♪ - (Spyder) Okay!
- ♪ Come on, let me see how you flow before you get me mad... ♪
- First of all, Rok... - (Spyder) Okay!
- You're too tough for me. Like, you shot 14 (bleep).
- I don't even listen to (bleep) like that no more,
you know what I mean, I got kids, lit--
and I heard him talking about clips and (bleep) and chips
and honey dips, it's a lot going on here, Rocky Balboa.
That (bleep) a wild gangster.
(Teddy) I made it out of the streets.
I don't wanna sign a rapper that's gonna put me
back in the streets. - (Spyder grunts)
- You know what, Rok? Listen, I'ma set up
this studio session, right?
Y'all can come to the studio session.
- Okay, there you go, Rok, you still in the door.
- I should be invited.
- You sing and rap, you sing and rap, right?
- I was gonna say, list-- - Yeah, and not for nothing,
I (bleep) with engineering too. - Oh, word?
- So I would like to like, shadow and watch what y'all do.
Don't get me wrong, I'm (bleep) ecstatic.
I won the lead artist competition,
but I've been (bleep) making music for a long-ass time.
I got probably like, three, fours years into this (bleep).
♪ Bitch, I got big bad, they mad these hoes ♪
♪ They runnin' they beaks ♪ - (man) Hey!
- That's my other passion, bro,
I feel like I'm not putting enough time into that.
So I want the world to (bleep) know
that I'm a rapper and I'm (bleep) good at it.
So, Teddy, so I expect to get that invitation too!
- So what y'all, some Donna and Alex (bleep)?
- No! - No, no!
- We're individuals, and I believe
I deserve an invitation. - Alright.
I'll invite y'all too, man.
Besides that, I need some help in the studio with something
and I keep hearing about your engineering skills,
you know what I'm saying? - You know what, I'm there.
- I didn't know you was up into music like that.
- I'm from Brooklyn, B. Before I even thought about
picking up a tattoo machine, I was like, the Jay-Z
with his engineering and (bleep), you know what I mean?
Like, the-- like, the Kobe, like th-- know what I mean?
I'm clutch time with it, you feel me?
- A'ight, so I'ma set it up. - I got you.
- Appreciate you, bro. - Whatever you need.
- And not for nothin', I want to see what Spyder workin' with.
- Rok, no more killing people in your raps.
You're a tattoo artist, bro. You're representing
a very large brand, you can't be out here
doing drive-bys with that (bleep), bro.
(laughter) - (Krystal) No!
- ♪ Tried to back me, oh ♪
♪ Think you got me, oh ♪
♪ Flippy-flappy, oh ♪
♪ I keep goin' ♪
- Primo!
What's up? What's going on with the house,
fill me in, give me the tea.
Yeah?
I've been feeling really homesick lately,
and I think the reality of Michelle moving out
hasn't really hit me yet.
I'm so annoyed right now, one of my cousins
that moved in with me is literally packing
her (bleep) up right now at this moment
and moving her (bleep) out.
Michelle decided that she just wasn't
(bleep) with me anymore,
and I don't even really know the real reason
as to why she moved out.
I'm over here as the road manager.
So-- yeah, you know, it's a lotta responsibility
and a lot of-- it's just (bleep) dramatic, bro.
You know, I got into it with Donna.
You know, we always have our hiccups or whatever,
but like, I'm just really feeling like, you know,
we don't have to be friends to work with each other
and that's where I'm at right now.
I haven't seen her, so, you know,
I've just been focusing on doing what I gotta do.
Nobody here at Black Ink is pressed
to reach out to Donna,
and she's got us all blocked anyway.
But Alex works at Black Ink,
and it's a reflection of my work as a manager,
so this is just not a good look all around.
I'm just excited to come home and be back in the house.
- Speaking of the house, the other day I went
down to the basement, and there was so much water
all over the place... - What? Like a leak?
- It's like, some pipe, like, yeah, there's water down there.
- What?! Like stinky water?
- Yeah, nasty. Like, it's an issue.
- Great. Pedro, say no more.
If Ceaser's cool with it,
I'm catching the next flight home.
I know it's not great timing, but Black Ink is just
gonna have to manage without me this weekend.
Well, it's sounding like I'ma have to come home
sooner than I thought cause you talkin' to me about a leak.
I don't wanna come back home and then like,
it's worse than I thought and things aren't done
and then, you know, it just-- ugh!
I wanna look into that (bleep).
Alright, I love you.
- ♪ Champagne, poppin' champagne ♪
♪ Champagne, poppin' champagne ♪
♪♪
- Oh-ho, ladies and gentlemen!
Lead artist, artist of the lead.
- What up, what up? - Okay!
- I'm excited to show you...
- Where's my picture?
- Where's your picture.
(Rok) Oh!
She got a big-ass plaque.
- Oh my God! - Right?
- Is that 14-karat gold? - I think it is.
- Yes!
- Oh my God! Thank you, finally!
My picture's (bleep) up there cause these guys have been
running their mouth for weeks.
And I'm glad I can finally get to shut them up.
Spyder, what you got to say now?
Huh? Nothing, exactly. Where you putting this at?
- Over there, but I h-- - What? I think
I have to go on the top. - That's what I thought.
- What's going on out here? - Oh, we about to start
moving faces. - The what?
- Get this outta here. - What?! What're you doin'?
What're you doin' with my picture?!
- Krystal, none of that. - What the (bleep)?
- None of that. - I thought we was
getting rid of that. - What're you doing?
- We're gonna move Teddy's picture...
(overlapping chatter)
- This is crazy. - Maybe one day you'll get there.
- Losing to Krystal isn't one of the worst things in the world...
Oh, (bleep). - Let me help you guys out.
- What's going on here?!
What?! (laughter)
Look on the bright side, I could've lost to Rok.
- Are you (bleep) serious? - What's going on here?
- Krystal... - What?
- It looks awesome, man.
- Again, congratulations to Krystal.
- (Spyder) Krystal! (applause)
- Haters! You guys are haters,
you gotta stop being haters. - Whatever.
- Yo, where's Alex? I thought he was coming in today.
Since CHACE Village, no one's heard from Donna.
But we do have Alex on the schedule,
and now he's basically late?
- I don't know where Alex is either.
The last thing he said to me was, "Hey, T, need to talk."
- Oh, Lord, Jesus.
- So is he coming by himself?
- Why wouldn't he? - (bleep), I don't know.
Or maybe not coming cause of Donna.
- That might be what happenin' cause as far as I'm concerned,
last time we talked, there's no really reason for her to be in here.
Me, Ted, and Puma tried to talk to Donna at CHACE Village,
and it was like, it was basically
trying to talk to a brick wall.
What you always got attitude for...
- Because you always trying to play me.
- She only see her side of (bleep),
and nothing else, and at the end of the day,
her side is a twisted delusion.
- I was just talking about you.
- Oh, that means I took a long time.
- Yes, where are you?
- Oh, I'm staying in a hotel.
I'm chillin' right now. - You chillin'?
- Yeah, I... (audio cuts out)
- Wait, say that again?
- I said I came up positive with one of my tests.
- No!
- I'm just hoping one day Cheyenne wakes up.
- This is some next level.
- What's this?
Child Protective Services for Atlanta?
- Oh (bleep). - Let me get to work,
I'll see you at the hotel, okay? Mwah.
- Oh (bleep), there's goes Euni.
I can't believe Teddy brought her out today.
- Bye, guys, have a good session.
(Teddy) Tonight's the night of my showcase.
If anything goes wrong, RGLR might be done
before it even started.
(indistinct rapping)
- Okay, Krystal--
(overlapping shouting)
♪♪
(Tatti) Wait, say that again?
(Alex) I said I came up positive on one of my tests.
- No! - I'm like,
asymptomatic and all that,
like, I don't feel no type of way,
but, you know, out of the safety of you guys,
and everybody else, I said I might as well just
quarantine and wait till, you know, they tell me
I can go back to work. - Alright, well,
I look forward to hearing from you soon,
and feel better - Thank you,
I appreciate it. - Alright, I'll talk to you.
- Wait, wait, wait, let me talk to him.
- Hold on a second, Puma wants to holla at you.
- Okay.
- Yeah, currently the whole situation with Donna
and the whole Black Ink crew is a little, uh,
I'm gonna say off the hinges right now.
But at the end of the day, it really doesn't have
anything to do with Alex,
and we're all kinda worried about him.
Yo.
- Yo, what's good, cousin?
- What's going on, cousin, you alright, man?
You got low on us after the CHACE Village, B,
everybody been worried about you.
- I mean, you know, (bleep) like...
those situations, they definitely stressful.
I don't like being put in the middle of, you know,
(bleep) like that, especially dealin'
with Ceas and all that, know what I'm saying?
It's not really my forte.
I got other (bleep) on my plate,
the fact that I'm now in quarantine,
I'm missing a lot of money, clearly.
- Yeah, you've been quarantining alone?
Like, she's alright? Your old lady?
- Yeah, we quarantining separately,
but a lot of the details I'd rather just not
speak over the phone, I don't know who's around.
Don't really care, but... - Alright.
- So after CHACE Village,
me and Big Mama left outta town for a minute.
Um, we came back.
I was finally ready to go to work,
and then I get hit with a positive COVID test.
She got her own problems that she's stressed about,
so (bleep) definitely gets rough.
- Yeah. - Big Mama is now mad
that I now have to quarantine, and it's just like,
it's adding stress on top of stress on top of stress.
I don't know, when I come from quarantine,
we could chop it up some more in person
and, you know, I'll go into more detail.
- Alright, man, be safe, man.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, just get better.
- Alright. - A'ight.
This whole trip in Atlanta,
Alex has been kinda going through
what they call "it."
And right now, he seems like he's putting out
a Bat signal that he's going through something
a little deeper than rap.
Just talked to your boy Alex. - What happened?
- Um, so he caught
a positive COVID test.
Yes, so he's in a hotel right now quarantining.
- Bro, I've been seeing you run around
the whole world with no mask,
now you got COVID.
No, you got Donna-19,
that's what that (bleep) called.
- So, yeah, he's going through the motions.
- And what's Donna doing?
- He said she's going through her own things,
and he said that was uncomfortable at CHACE Village
dealing with the whole
"I need my respect" thing with Donna.
- Yeah, and she really put him in the middle of it.
- So y'all worried about him? - A little bit.
- We been worried about him
when I heard what happened on the private jet.
- Fix your face and get it together.
You are the (bleep) man in this relationship,
exercise some manly energy
and change the (bleep) that's going on.
- I've never lived or been around Alex and Donna
for-- how long we been out here?
(all) Two months.
- Yeah. Now you're kinda seeing everybody for
what they really kinda is sometimes,
and it doesn't look like, you know, good.
- If you don't think he's okay,
I think you should genuinely reach out.
- (Spyder) Right. - I feel that too,
but I feel like me, Puma,
we all reached out at individual times.
- Without Donna? - Yes.
- Are you okay, man? - Yeah, I'm good, why?
- Are you sure? Cause most of the time
when people say "trust me" and "I'm good..."
- Yeah, no, it really don't mean that.
If I wasn't good, I'd tell y'all.
No funny (bleep). - Are you sure?
- Yeah, I practice equanimity.
- You practice what? - Equanimity.
Means practicing mental calmness.
That's me protecting my energy.
- Okay, we just making sure you a'ight--
- Nah, I appreciate it, bro, I'm good.
- "Ama-nimity" and (bleep).
(laughter)
- That's why, man, I'm not gonna lie,
I really don't like mixing business and my pleasure.
I've kinda learned from one of my friends'
past mistakes.
- Shut up, Puma. (laughter)
(Krystal) Y'all might think Alex is victimized.
Bro, he's in love. He smiles every time
that woman's name is brought up, so mind your (bleep) business.
- Donna, sometimes she can be a cancer,
and now that she ain't tattooing,
he has to understand our relationship with Donna
don't got nothing to do... - Right.
- All I wanna do is build.
At the end of the day, yeah, we gonna have our problems
but that dark, negativity (bleep),
I ain't with it, yo.
♪♪
- ♪ Hey-ey-ey, hey-ey-ey ♪
♪ Keep the party going ♪
♪ Hey-ey-ey, hey-ey-ey ♪
♪ I keep the dream going ♪
♪ Hey-ey-ey, hey-ey-ey ♪
♪Keep the party going ♪
♪ Hey-ey-ey, hey-ey-ey ♪
- Mmm, you got some eggs cookin'?
- They're actually done, your tea just got done.
I know you on your fake little diet
but these muffins are kinda good.
- Nah, my trainer would kill me.
- You had a whole honey bun yesterday, baby.
- That was my cheat day.
(laughter)
I'm not gonna lie to you,
besides this Crystal and Cheyenne situation,
life is pretty good right now.
My relationship is back together,
and I'm back to tappin' that (bleep).
- Oh, I forgot to tell you, honey, guess what?
Quani been reaching out to me.
- Why, what's up?
- (chuckles) - Why you laughing?
Not for nothing, everybody's talking real estate now.
Like, I love it. Y'all should've had
some property, like, y'all was making some money.
- I ain't need that (bleep).
I was building business after business after business.
What I need a house for? All I needed is a bed.
I was a man, a single man at that.
- Oh yeah, trust me, I know.
I remember the first time I came over.
- What? - (laughing)
So y'all want me to be honest?
(laughing)
Y'all gonna get me (bleep) up.
You know how it is. No pots, no pans.
The sheets over the window.
You wouldn't have thought that house belonged to Ceaser.
(laughing)
- How many more bills I got in here?
(bleep) is this?
♪♪
Child Protective Services for Atlanta?
- Oh (bleep).
- You read it cause I don't think I'm reading
what I think I'm reading.
- "Dear Mr. Emanuel, this letter is to inform you
"that the Georgia Fulton County Department of Family
"and Children Services has unsubstantiated allegations
"of child abuse and neglect concerning
"case ID number blank-blank-blank.
"This finding means there's no evidence of maltreatment
"or the allegations of maltreatment were not supported
"with enough evidence as defined by
Georgia statute of BFCS policy requirements."
That means case is (bleep) closed.
- Damn, it took them a minute for that.
Hopefully if Georgia, the state that they said
it supposedly happened in couldn't find nothin',
then New York should be throwing that (bleep) out real soon.
I'm just hoping one day Cheyenne wakes up,
but until then I gotta deal with this (bleep).
One case closed, we just got
one more open in New York to take care of and...
(Suzette) We gotta celebrate later.
- Yeah, probably go to the strip joint.
- Damn.
♪♪
- Yo. - Yo, my guy, what's good?
- I mean, my relationship, a lotta mixed feelings going on.
This (bleep) is really getting to me.
♪♪
- ♪ Unh, unh, RGLR be \h\h\hthe gang, gang ♪
(indistinct rapping)
♪ Fortune 500 the wave ♪
♪ Soon as I’m outta the maze ♪
(Teddy) You could turn it up for me a little?
\h\h\h\h- Yeah. - ♪ Sacrifices ♪
♪ They don’t know what we did \h\hjust to pay that price ♪
♪ Sacrifice ♪ \h\h- Spyder.
(laughing) \h\h- Hey.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(singing along) ♪ They don’t know what we did ♪
- Hey, how’s everything? \h\h\h\hHow you feelin’?
\h\h\h\hOh (bleep), we got Big Euni in the building.
\h\hThat’s how you know it’s serious business going down.
That’s right, Ted, keeping Euni away from that other (bleep)...
(Euni) \hHey!
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(Teddy) You gotta go, see you later.
- Run, Euni, run! \h- See you later.
\h\h\h\h\h(Young Bae) Wait, Euni, come back.
- No, no, you have to go. See you later, I love you.
- ...but this is our world, \hwhole different frontier.
\h\h- This you right here. - Beautiful, beautiful...
- I’ma step on out let y’all \h\h\h\h\h\hdo y’all thing.
- Appreciate you, man. \h\h\h\h- No problem.
- So what we doing, playing, \h\hjust running this back?
\h\h- I’ma put you to the test. It’s getting close to the show,
\hand I don’t know if I put too much pressure on myself,
but I need to get my ass \h\h\h\h\hin the studio.
\hI’m doing this little showcase (bleep), right?
\h\hI’m thinking about making Rok and Krystal a part of it,
so they supposed to pull up.
\h\hI definitely wanna incorporate Black Ink,
so if I can find an artist \h\h\h\hwithin Black Ink,
that would be perfect.
They supposed to play \h\h\h\hsome (bleep),
\h\h\h\hso I really need you to (bleep) with they music.
\hAnd if it’s trash, we can let them know
it’s trash together.
- I don’t know if I can do it... - Yo.
- Oh, look who it is.
(overlapping greetings)
- Yo, lead artist in \h\h\hthe building!
\h\h- What’s up, champ, you good?
\h\h\hLet me get to work, I’ll see you at the hotel.
Okay? Mwah. I love you.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Love you more. Bye, guys, have a good session.
- Peace! Later, Eu!
\h- Oh (bleep), there goes Euni.
I can’t believe Teddy brought her out today.
Teddy’s gonna be like, "Oh, Rok, so you brought up Euni?
"Why you worried about my girl?
You know my girl rap \hbetter than you."
\hWhat’s up, man? You working hard?
\h\h- Yeah, man, trying to put together a few things.
\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah. - This is something
I always wanted to do, \hso I’m really trying
to go longevity with \h\h\hthis (bleep).
Got a label, so it’s just... \h- People gonna be leapin’.
\h\h\h\h- What I’m gonna do, I’ma just shadow Black Ink.
\h\h\hWhat I’ma start doing when there’s a showcase in every city
so I’ma start here. \h\h- That’s smart.
You look real comfortable \h\h\h\hbehind there, man.
\h\h\h\h- Yeah, man, yeah, I did engineering over a decade, man.
- Who you used to work with?
- Trey Songz... \h\h- Oh, word?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- What? - Did a couple of remixes
\h\h\h\h\h\hwith Nicki. - Nicki, ’scuse me, who?
- Minaj, word. \h\h\h- Minaj?
- You doin’ mixes for Nicki?
- Ying Yang Twins. \h\h\h\h\h- Yeah?
\h\h\h- Yeah, man, I’ve been blessed.
- So you really know \hwhat you’re doing?
I thought you was just talkin’.
- Nah, nah, my (bleep),
I learned this (bleep) \h\h\houtta necessity
because when my brothers \hand them got locked up
all I had was the studio left.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(Spyder) After my brothers went inside,
I felt like I had to start \h\h\h\h\hexploring myself
and what path that I was on.
I wasn’t on the worst of paths,
\h\hbut I wasn’t on the best one either.
So I found what it took to make a really dope engineer,
\h\h\h\hand that’s what I started shooting for.
- But what made you stop?
\h\h\h\h- I fell in love with tattooing, you dig?
- Let me hear something \h\h\hfrom Krystal, man.
(Krystal) \h\hYeeh!
- ♪ Bitch, I got big bad, \h\h\hthey mad these hoes ♪
♪ Be runnin’ they beaks ♪
♪ Bitch, don’t get \hme mad big mad ♪
♪ I pop off with they ♪
♪ Tell your (bleep) \hI don’t (bleep) ♪
♪ (bleep) (bleep) ♪
- ♪ Little (bleep) got \h\h\h\h\hbig pockets ♪
♪ Little (bleep)... ♪
- Yo, how good are you \h\h\hat engineering?
Chop his verse.
(laughs) \h- No!
- Oh (bleep), just cut it \h\hfrom the whole track?
- Krystal verses sound good.
\h\h\h- Boom, I’ll mute that, and then we got it like this.
- ♪ Daddy, I’m a savage ♪
\h- Yeah, there we go. I can vibe out to it.
- ♪ ...these hoes won’t beef ♪
- Krystal, let me holla \h\hat you for a second.
Look, we’ll be right back, Rok.
- Hey! Hey! Teddy!
Teddy didn’t give me \h\h\h\h\ha chance!
\h\h\h\hLike, you didn’t even hear my bars, bro.
Yo, fix my (bleep) up.
My rappin’ skills is top \h\h\h\h\h\hof the top.
\h\h\h\h\hThey used to call me Rok the Ruler back in the day.
- I was impressed with what \h\h\h\h\hI heard from you.
Like, you sound dope.
Like, you definitely know \h\h\h\hwhat you’re doing.
You’re definitely \hbetter than Rok
at tattooing and rapping. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(laughter)
I want you to perform \h\h\hin my showcase.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(Teddy) I have a few potential \h\hbusiness partners
I invited to this event, and they’ve been around
\h\hthe music industry for a very long time.
So Krystal, please don’t \h\h\h\h(bleep) this up.
If you serious about this thing,
eventually I would love \h\hfor you to be a part
of this RGLR thing \hI got going on.
- Thank you for giving me \h\h\h\h\hthe opportunity.
\hYou know I been trying to do this for a while.
- I don’t know what you \h\h\hwanna do with Rok,
but tell him he’s not \h\h\ha part of this.
\h\h\h(Krystal) I’ll make sure.
\h\h\hI got some news, baby. - (Rok) I don’t wanna know.
Don’t tell us nothin’. \h\h- So, I think Rok
might need to stick \h\h\hto tattooing.
\h\h\h\h- Yeah, don’t worry, you win some, you lose some.
\h\h\h\h\h\h(laughter) You one hit away, Rok.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- No! - You one hit away.
♪
\h- ♪ Look at me I’m in my zone ♪
♪ Look at me I’m in my zone ♪
\h\h♪ Look at me I’m in my zone ♪
\h♪ This the place that I call home ♪
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(Alex) End of (bleep) quarantine.
I’m running out of ideas, I’m running out of snacks.
Big Mama, she was aggravated \hthat I had to quarantine.
Big Mama’s very, very stressful
when we locked in a room \htogether for too long.
I said, we not doing this.
\h\h\hYou go ahead, and I’ma stay here,
quarantine, and then we’ll be good to go.
\h\h(slow motion) ♪ I’m in my zone ♪
(FaceTime ringing)
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yo - Yo, my guy, what’s good?
\h\h- My bad I ain’t been in contact for a little minute.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah. n a room - Got me in quarantine.
I’m stressed out, this (bleep) \h\h\his really getting to me
at this point. \h\h\h- Yeah.
- Me and O’(bleep) just built
a real personal relationship \h\h\h\h\hto the point where
\h\hif I’m in Atlanta and he’s in New York,
we definitely link up.
\h\h- Oh (bleep)! - No pun intended.
\h\h\hO’(bleep)! - What up, boss?
\h\h- I seen his growth, He moved down to Atlanta
\h\hand opened up his shop, and then also he got Nikki,
\h\h\hand they striving it as a Black couple and I love it.
I’m sitting around here \hplaying Uno by myself.
I’m eating (bleep). \h\h\h\h\h\h\h- No!
- I can’t go nowhere.
Bills is pilin’ up \h\hat this point,
\h\hand I’m not able to really do much about it.
Then like, my relationship, \h\hI haven’t been with her
so, you know, it’s just a lot \hof mixed feelings going on.
When Big Mama turn up, \h\h\hI’ll turn down.
I’ll sit there and be like,
a’ight, whatever, yeah, you got it.
\hAnd she’ll get mad over little (bleep),
\h\heven down to, you know, me ordering clothes online.
And of course, she’ll say \hit’s not little (bleep)
\hbut it’s little to me because it’s not nothing
\h\h\h\hthat’s gonna kill us, take money out of our pockets,
or food out of our mouth.
\h\hHow do you handle arguments with Nikki?
Like, I know you guys argue. \h\h\h\hEvery couple argues.
- We argue a lot, but during \h\hthe past couple of years,
\hI learned a lot about relationships and like,
even though I’m not the best \h\hcommunicator in the world
\h\h\h\h\hbecause, you know, I’m a (bleep) from the Bronx,
that’s just how it is, \h\h\h\hbut yeah, like,
\h\htalking about the (bleep) that be going on in my brain,
that (bleep) really helps.
\h- I have a problem with communication.
I’ve always had that issue \h\h\hthroughout my whole.
I never had to answer to nobody, not even my parents.
\h\h\h\hI moved out of my mom’s house at 17,
I’ve been on my own ever since.
\h\hThis my first real relationship,
I never had to check on \h\h\hnobody’s feelings,
never had to care.
I be feelin’ bad sometimes,
you know, when I look back \h\h\h\hand I think about
the (bleep) I said, I’ll be like, damn,
\h\h\h\h\hmaybe I shouldn’t have said that, you feel me,
or maybe I shouldn‘t have \h\h\h\h\hsaid it that way
or, you know, maybe \h\hI should‘ve just
hugged her or some (bleep).
\hIt was different in the beginning,
\h\hit was young love, it was a lot going on.
\h\h\h\hWe filmin’ a TV show, I’m getting accustomed to that
\h\hand dealing with a new relationship, you feel me?
To her it’s like, after three years
I should be accustomed to it, \h\h\h\h\h\hand I’m just like,
I’m actually just growing into this.
- You guys are gonna bump heads,
but like, it’s really about \h\h\hjust making sure that
\h\hyou show people that you love them
\hand like, the respect that you give them is there 100%.
- I’ma take everything you said, and keep it right here,
\hand refer to that (bleep) every time.
- Yeah, no doubt, no doubt.
(sighs heavily) \h- I’m just...
I’m ready to get off \hof lockdown, man.
- Yeah, yeah, bro, no doubt. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Always love.
\h\hI’ma hit you when I get back out there.
- Shoutout to all my New Yorkers in here.
(all cheering)
\hLet’s have a good time! - What’s good, everybody?
\h(loud crash) (all shouting)
♪
- ♪ Ah, ah, how about you ridin’ the wave ♪
- ♪ Yeah, I’m riding the wave ♪
- ♪ Since the band’s happen, \h\h\h\hyou done bandwagon ♪
- ♪ Oh, you riding the wave? ♪
- ♪ Yeah, I’m riding \h\h\h\h\hthe wave ♪
- Since it’s just \hthe three of us
I figured I’d order expensive.
- Ooh! - Yes!
\h\h- We got lobster? Damn, we fancy fancy.
- It feels good to be home.
Thank you, Pedro, for holding \h\hdown the basement cause...
- Yeah, that (bleep) was crazy.
- And I’m happy that when \h\h\hI actually got here,
it was taken care of,
\h\h\h\hso thank you thank you thank you.
- When do you go back \h\h\h\h\hto Atlanta?
\h\h\h\h\h- A couple days. - You literally came home
just to (bleep) spend time \h\h\h\h\hwith everybody.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah. - And then mad (bleep)
\h\hjust hit the fan, which I’m sorry about.
- Well, no, the fact \h\hthat Francesca’s
not even here right now, it’s like, I don’t think
this is anybody’s fault. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah.
- Francesca has not done \hanything that she said
\h\hshe was really gonna do as far as finishing school.
\h\h\hFrancesca, I want you graduated from high school,
\hI want all your grades completed.
That is non-negotiable.
- Nah, she’s been doing \h\hwhatever she wants.
- And she don’t got a job yet.
\h\h\h\h\h\h- Mm-mmm. - And Michelle’s gone.
- Yeah, she’s like, staying \h\h\h\hwith her boyfriend.
- And she was in and out \h\h\h\hwithin an hour.
\hLike, it didn’t even take her 30 minutes to
pack up her (bleep), \h\h\hshe was gone.
\h\h\h- Wow. (dogs whine)
I know, right?
\h\h\h\h\h\h- I feel like it was really hard for her
\hto be held accountable because she’s gone like,
her whole life kinda doing \h\h\h\hwhatever she wants
whenever she wants.
\h\h- I see a lot of myself in Michelle.
- I really don’t think \h\h\h\hwe need this.
Everyone in the house is \h\hgrown enough to know
\h\h\h\h\hwhat they’re doing. - Wow, is that what you think?
I have done nothing but try to love and guide this girl
\h\h\hin the right direction, and she repaid me by leaving.
So Francesca and Michelle, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI’m like,
almost like in disbelief. \h\h- Yeah, it just sucks.
\h\h\h(sighs heavily) - I bought this house
\h\hwith a purpose, so it’s kinda like,
really sad, you know, like, \h\h\h\h\h\hthat Michelle...
- Decided to just go. \h\h\h\h- Just be out.
- Nah, that (bleep) \h\hbreaks my heart.
\h\h- I’m sad and I’m frustrated because my intentions were pure.
I was only ever coming from \h\h\h\h\h\ha place of love.
It means the world to me \hto see you guys happy.
\h\h\h\h\h(crying) And this home is--
it feels like a home because \h\h\h\h\h\hwe’re together.
It’s upsetting to me because
I feel like my family \h\hdoesn’t see that.
\hSo I don’t know what I did wrong.
I would do anything \h\h\h\hfor family.
\h\h\h\h- Yeah. - I don’t know,
\hit just really breaks my heart.
- At the end of the day, \h\h\hwe’re all adults,
and we make our own decisions.
- Cheers to family, \h\h\h\hto you guys,
thank you for still being here.
- We’re not going anywhere. \h\h\h\h\h- Yeah, I’m stuck.
- And then there were three.
- ♪ I get this feeling, oh no, \h\h\h\h\hI can’t explain it ♪
\h♪ I get this feeling, no, I can’t contain it ♪
\h\h- ♪ I get this feeling, can somebody tell me what ♪
\h\h♪ Is coming over me, it’s getting stronger ♪
♪ Can’t stop it from \h\hcontrolling me ♪
♪ I keep on getting the feeling that ♪
\h- What’s up, brother? - What’s happening, man?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Ah, man. - It’s good to see you, bro.
- Thank you, man. Come on, \h\h\h\hhave a seat, man.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(Ceaser) I’m kinda relieved that
there’s some light at the end of the tunnel
with this situation \h\h\hwith Cheyenne.
But I can’t see her, I can’t talk to her.
\h\hI’m not gonna lie to you, I miss the (bleep) out of her.
Whoa, you got three girls?
Man, I know it be hectic.
\h\h\h\h\h- It can be crazy. My girls are big girls now,
but I love all my girls.
\h- I’m having some trouble right now with my one girl.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Right. - Like, once they reach
that teenage stage, is it \h\halways like, a tussle?
- It’s outta control because
they’re dealing with \htrying to be grown
\h\hor what society tells them is grown.
They think they should be able \h\h\h\h\hto do certain things
even though they may be \h\h\h\hunder our roofs.
I don’t know if your kid \h\his with you or not,
but they tend to believe \h\h\hmore of the parent
that they’re with-- - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
\h- So if they’re not with you all the time,
they don’t get that bond. \h\hBut as they get older
and they start moving \h\hto their children,
they kinda see what we see.
Just stay the course, man, \hand love ’em through it.
It does get better, \h\h\h\hthough, man.
- Yeah, I’m hoping in time, \hit’s just when you in it,
you swear to God this (bleep) is just the worst thing ever.
- Oh yeah, cause you in the fire.
\h\h\h\h- Yeah. - All them fires \hare like that.
♪
- ♪ We’re going through, \h\hwe’re trying hard ♪
♪ We thought the worst \h\h\h\hwas very far ♪
♪ But still there is \h\ha question of ♪
♪ Can we make it work? ♪
- I’m just hoping one day \hwe will see each other,
we’ll talk about this, and we’ll get past it.
- ♪ Together wrong, \h\h\hfor so long ♪
\h\h\h\h- I’ma still love you, and that’s never gonna change.
Your father’s gonna be here \hto his dying day for you.
- ♪ Cause it takes forever ♪
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLook, this is a private matter to me now.
And I’m not gonna let it \h\h\hdestroy my family,
and I hope y’all understand \h\h\hthis is the last time
I’ll talk about this.
God bless y’all.
- Mm-hmm.
What?!
♪
♪♪
- ♪ Yeah, I been thinking about these woes in my -- ♪
♪ In my head, I been punchin' all these hoes ♪
♪ Tryna get it, get ahead ♪
♪ I'm the worst that's why I stay ahead, stay ahead ♪
♪ I don't fire, I can see the smoke in the air ♪
♪ Feel colder than a shoulder on a polar bear ♪
♪ See your value shallow let us get up outta here ♪
♪ I see you hallow, hit the valley disappear ♪
(Teddy) Tonight's the night of my first showcase,
and I am nervous as (bleep).
If anything goes wrong, RGLR might be done
before it even started.
♪♪
I like it, I like it, I like it.
I'm nervous as (bleep), baby.
I think it's a good turnout for the first one, though.
I'm surprised. - Of course!
Everyone wants to come out to this.
- I just hope all this (bleep) fall on the right ears
and get the right views.
(Tatti) I'm excited for this.
- Toast to RGLR LVNG. - Yes, toast to RGLR LVNG.
- RGLR LVNG.
- Mm-hmm... What?!
Euni and I aren't officially married,
but she has been speaking about engagements and weddings
a lot lately, but as of right now,
I have to make sure I'm financially ready
for a marriage cause I don't want
my woman or my family to want for anything,
as a husband should do. - This is dope as (bleep).
So I know I'ma be ready ready.
(Teddy) Not yet, baby, soon.
What happened? - Let me holler at you.
- I'll be right back.
- You ain't gonna like what I'ma tell you.
- Don't tell me no (bleep), bro, not tonight.
- We proud of you!
Good job, man. - (Teddy exhales)
- Big way from the couch, huh? - Couch put me in
a good position, though, man, thank you.
- I just wanna be a part of the situation
and work my way in, you know what I'm saying?
- I'm so (bleep) happy you said that.
You know I'm shy as (bleep), and now with this turnout
I'm super nervous, bro, so I need your help, man.
Can you host? - I got this.
- A'ight. - Wait, hold on.
I could host. - No, no, no.
- What?! - No.
It's gonna turn into a show about Ceas.
- So what you want me to do?
- I'm happy you here, man, that's all I needed.
- No, I wanna go on stage.
Ted's a hater. I wasn't even gonna
charge him to host his show.
You know how much I get paid to host other people's show?
- You got a good turnout, the ladies are in here.
- Damn, we all in relationships now.
- Hey, yo, I wanna dance. - You wanna dance?
- Are we ready to dance? - Oh, God...
- I got a dress on, when's the last time you seen
Tatti with a dress on?
You know, I really thought that going back home
was just gonna put me in a better headspace.
But the reality of it is is that it (bleep) me up even more.
So best believe tonight I'm having fun,
I'm getting lit, call me "Thotti," two Ts.
I'm ready to dance. - If you need
a backup host, I'm right here. - I need a drink.
- Don't give Tatti no more liquor.
- I wanna dance! - That's what you could do for me.
You gotta take the liquor... - Liquor patrol.
- A drunk Tatti talking about she wants to dance
only leads to Black Ink bull(bleep).
(Puma) What is going on, everybody?
Yeah, it is your super awesome friend Puma.
I'm gonna be your host. - (Ceaser) Yay, Puma!
- Where's that energy at? High energy!
(cheers and applause) There we go!
Let's turn it up for RGLR LVNG.
Big shoutout to Teddy Ruks.
Y'all lookin' like bacon, egg and cheese
on a Sunday morning, you know what that is?
Good! - (Tatti) There ain't no
bacon, egg, and cheese in Atlanta,
they only in New York. - Oh, yeah, I'm sorry.
- That's a fact! - Shoutout to
all my New Yorkers in here.
(all cheering)
And a big shoutout to Atlanta for hosting us.
Let's have a good time!
- DJ, what's happening?
♪ Hey, don't do that, 'ey ♪
♪ Hey, don't do that ♪
- Okay! - ♪ Hey, don't do that ♪
(indistinct rapping)
(indistinct singing)
(Teddy) I'm very overwhelmed right now.
The show is going smooth, people are applauding,
everybody's telling me how happy they are for me.
This is a moment that I've been dreaming for for a minute.
- Yeah, I'ma slow it down for y'all.
- Okay! - Okay!
(Tatti) Am I gonna dance?
♪♪
- Body rollin'. - Okay!
- ♪ Busting out the words that I can say to you ♪
(Tatti) He's cute.
- Lookin' in love. - Okay, me too.
(Puma) Tatti deserves this night, man.
She's been busting her ass while she's been out here in Atlanta.
Get loose, baby, get crazy.
(Tatti) What, what's your name?
- My boy did his thing! - I go by Geno Hill.
- Heyy! - Hey, Tatti!
- I don't judge Tatti for her drunkenness.
Let her be great.
Our next guest is a surprise guest
to I think all of us right now.
(Krystal) Who is it, Puma?
(overlapping shouting)
(Puma) It's a family member, actually.
(overlapping chatter)
Coming to the stage,
it's Krystal!
(cheers and applause)
- Yeah! What's good, everybody?
(cheers and applause)
- ♪ I flip the script up on these hoes ♪
♪ And watch 'em copy, got your (bleep) ♪
♪ He addicted, got him cracked out Whitney bobby ♪
♪ I ain't let him hit it but I let that (bleep) talk ♪
♪ Told that little bitch to chill out ♪
♪ With a (bleep) that sweet ♪
♪ (bleep) it, I gave him a piece ♪
♪ (bleep) it, I think I'ma freak ♪
♪ Beat this bitch up in the street ♪
- Okay! - (indistinct rapping)
♪ They runnin' them beats ♪
♪ Bitch, don't get me mad... ♪
- This is a star in the making.
We're all looking at a star right now.
- ♪ (bleep) (bleep) ♪
- That's what I'm talking about, bitch!
I knew you could do it.
- ♪ Flip the script up on these hoes ♪
♪ Watch 'em copy ♪♪
Oh (bleep)!
(all shouting)
(Puma) What happened? Did she fall?
♪♪
- ♪ Flip the script up on these hoes ♪
♪ And watch 'em copy ♪♪
Oh (bleep)!
(all shouting)
(Puma) What happened? Did she fall?
- Oh my God, Krystal!
- Yo, she fell down a whole flight of stairs!
- I was doing my Lil Uzi, little shoulder thing.
I was like... (laughing)
And then I backed off the stage!
I'm (bleep) embarrassed, bitch!
I didn't see the step! I didn't see the step!
- Well, alright!
It's just RGLR LVNG!
Everybody, high energy for Krystal right now.
(cheers and applause) I wanna bring
the man, the myth, the legend,
the person behind all this. - Here we go, my time.
- Coach Tee! - What?
- AKA everyone's man! - Oh, he talkin' about Ted.
- AKA Teddy Ruks!
(cheers and applause)
- Let me make sure I watch my step on
these mother(bleep) steps first. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
- That was crazy.
Krystal, good song, and excellent fall.
- Yes, yes.
- Are y'all enjoying the show so far?
- Yes! - (Euni) You got this, babe!
- Everybody always ask what Ted do,
this is what I've been sitting down
and putting together for a very long time.
This is my dream. And with that being said,
I'ma give y'all what you came for.
Introducing RGLR LVNG, got my brother RGLR Gettz,
and we got my brother Shmoove from the Bronx.
- Come on, y'all, high energy!
(cheers and applause)
- I appreciate you to the fullest, man.
- I appreciate you. - Whoo!
- ♪ Life in corona mixed with a stona ♪
♪ See I barely picked the phone up ♪
♪ Either I don't wanna talk to 'em ♪
♪ Or I'm knocked out in a coma ♪
♪ Been a minute since I wrote a rap ♪
♪ Feelin' lighter with the quarter flap ♪
♪ Give a (bleep) though I can troop it back ♪
♪ Always 30, that's a triple fact ♪
♪ Unh, unh, sacrifice ♪
♪ Sa-sacrifice ♪
♪ They don't know what we did ♪
♪ Just to pay the price ♪
♪ Sacrifice ♪
- Yo, you had a great turnout, man.
- I feel like, listen, I didn't expect this.
- Yeah, it's a great... - You deserve to be celebrated.
(Ceaser) Oh, God.
(Tatti) I was gonna stay in your room tonight.
Your room's unavailable unless you wanna make it.
(Teddy) Uh, don't give Tatti no more liquor.
(laughter)
♪♪
(Teddy) The showcase was a super success.
Atlanta, I love y'all, I appreciate y'all.
I hope y'all stay in tune with what I'm doing.
I packed the crowd, artists did well,
we even had somebody fall off the stage.
But now that the showcase is over,
I got a lot more work to do.
Fellas, thank y'all for coming out, man.
- Thank you for having us. Congrats, man.
- What you think, man? - You got something, you got something.
- I really appreciate that, man.
I'll link with y'all in the city.
We'll talk some more. I'm super stoked.
It's the beginning of what Ted wants to do.
(Puma) We'll see you next time, Atlanta!
Welcome to the first annual \h\hBlack Ink silent auction
for disadvantaged children.
Let’s buy some artwork.
(cheers and applause)
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(Teddy) Is Ceas about to propose?
- He’s gonna do it! \h\h\h(all cheering)
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(Walt) I don’t know what else to do,
so if there’s a way that \hI could clear my name,
that’s why I’m here.
- The Slayers are back. - Wonder where Alex is.
- He has a scratch on his lip,
\h\h\h\hand honestly he did them himself.
- This situation is not okay.
- Bro, I’m not filming with \h\h\h\h\hdomestic violence.
♪♪