♪♪
(Ceaser) It's time to get the crew back together
and get back to work.
But with new levels come new devils.
- Somebody broke into 125th Street.
- This (bleep) is definitely an inside job.
(Puma) Who the (bleep) was working that day?
- I tried to do some dumb (bleep),
but I had nothing to do with that break-in, bro.
- Get the (bleep) out. I don't wanna hear that (bleep).
I've decided to bring the whole team down to Atlanta.
- Black Ink out!
(Donna) (bleep), we in Atlanta!
(cheering)
- Go, Alex, go!
- That's my goat.
- I'm hoping Puma will move out here.
- Yeah. - If you guys move to Atlanta,
I'd give up my job in a second.
- I see everybody's gonna keep pushing it on me.
- Child Protective Services for Atlanta.
- This finding means the case is (bleep) closed.
- Just got one more opening in New York to take care of.
I'm just hoping one day Cheyenne wakes up.
But until then, I gotta deal with this (bleep).
- Give me my credit.
- You want credit for being the worst tattoo artist
in the history of Black Ink?
- Are Donna and Alex here?
- I didn't even see them leave, though.
- There's nobody in there.
- Everybody been worried about you,
and your old lady.
- I mean, you know, it's very stressful.
- You all right, man?
(Alex) This has got me in a (bleep)-up situation right now.
- I feel like I got sidetracked of what I was trying to do,
which is push my music career.
So tonight's the night of my showcase.
Anything goes wrong, RGLR might be done
before it even started.
- What's good, everybody?
(crowd shouting)
Ah, (bleep)! - (screaming)
♪♪
- ♪Drop, drop ♪
♪♪
- ♪ I've been trying to ride but I never let go ♪
♪ But I do the most ♪
♪ In a ghost ♪
♪ I've been trying to ride but I never let go ♪
♪ I've been trying to ride tonight ♪♪
- I heard a lot about your performance.
- What did you hear? - That you fell.
- Ah, (bleep)!
- Is that true?
- What's going on, man? - Yo, yo, yo!
- I might've slipped.
Ah, (bleep)!
- No, from what I heard, you went like this.
You was like, ha, ha, ha. - Ha!
- She tried to do my dance. - Yeah.
- This one. - I was like,
that's where I fell off. - (laughs)
- First of all, y'all know that I'm clumsy as (bleep)
and I'ma trip over my own feet.
I could fall at every show and I won't give a (bleep).
(distorted) Ah, (bleep)!
- I'm so mad I missed it. - Where were you?
- What you mean, where was I? With Niko.
- You coulda brought him. You coulda brought him with us.
- Yeah, that wasn't a good environment for Niko.
- No, right?
I don't wanna go out. Is that okay?
Yes, I use Niko as an excuse a lot of times.
I've been going through so much over here.
It's like I don't want to see nobody.
I just want to be alone.
So, yeah, I missed out on a little bit of fun.
- I'm not gonna lie, everybody was
a little bit faded, like (bleep).
Tatti was... - Everybody was lit-lit.
- Tatti was lit-lit.
- (Tatti) I wanna dance. - Oh, God.
- Don't give Tatti no more liquor.
- She even shot a shot at (bleep) Teddy.
- What? - Yeah.
- Well, I know he definitely-- papi was like,
be gone with yourself.
- Be gone! Don't you see my girl is here?!
- I'm really happy for Ted, though, man.
That (bleep) came out really dope.
- I've been to wild showcases. That was one of the best ones.
- That (bleep) was good. - (bleep) was lit.
- On some business (bleep), it been sizzling up up here.
I mean, like as far as the vibe
and the money, the land, and the weather.
- I get it, man.
'Cause Quani really wants to stay.
- Oh, word?
- I'm starting to feel like Quani sent Spyder in here
as a spy to get me to (bleep) move to Atlanta, too.
Because what the (bleep), bruh?
Everybody and they mama wants me to come down here.
- Might be neighbors. - Don't be rushing me!
Whoa, whoa, sugar, you got too much dip on your chip.
Slow down, baby.
- You wanna come down to the Black Ink Atlanta?
- Where the peaches is.
- So you thinkin' about leaving Brooklyn?
Obviously your space is gon' be open for grabs.
- You will never take my spot!
- (laughs) All right.
- All right, back to work.
Let's get this day rockin'.
- ♪ I'm on my way, hey, yeah ♪
♪ I got my chains, yeah ♪
♪ No I won't change, yeah ♪
♪ In my own lane, yeah ♪
♪ No I won't change, yeah ♪♪
- Sue showed this to me.
So I'm excited to show you.
Isn't it beautiful? - Yeah.
I don't see no corner stores. - You'll be fine.
To get Puma to get out of the resistance
of leaving New York and moving to Atlanta,
I linked up with Suzette to go look at houses.
- This is what I was talking about as far as like...
- The space, the sitting area. - ...the space.
He could be over here. You could be over there.
- Put his 65-inch right there so he can play "Call of Duty."
- Exactly, when he wanna watch his sports or play his games
and you wanna do something different.
- And Suzette found me the perfect house
that Puma will never be able to say no to.
- Well, all right.
- Look at this, Paul.
- This is really nice.
- Suzette was telling me that like everything in here
is customizable to your liking.
- Okay. - She said we can decide
what color floors we want, the cabinets,
the fixtures, everything.
You can put all of your artwork up.
I've been wanting to move to Atlanta
since I was a teenager, actually.
I would come down here to visit my family.
We would have our family reunions in Atlanta.
So it's always been a thing that I wanted, to move to the South.
But now that I'm here, this cements the fact
that I don't want to go back to New York.
I'm ready to stay.
Come on, let's check out the upstairs.
This is the master bedroom.
- Holy (bleep). - Exactly.
- This is bigger than a mother(bleep).
- Vaulted ceilings.
- God damn. - Two walk-in closets.
- Quani is putting the full-court press on me
to get this goddamn house, and she's using
all this awesome closet space to lure me in.
Damn, this is bigger than a mug.
'Cause I'm a low-key sneakerhead.
And I need places to put my goddamn sneakers.
- I do not want to set my roots up there.
I've been up there for 34 years. I'm good.
- You know me. I have my-- my fears.
- You gotta let it go. - Of course.
- Because the same way we live in New York
we can live down here.
- I'm not gonna lie. I like Atlanta
at lot more than what I thought.
I love the food.
I love the (bleep) atmosphere and the weather.
It has a really dope art community.
But then, on the other hand, New York is opening back up.
I still have Art2Ink Studios.
And... marijuana just got legal in New York City.
My Black ass needs to go back so I can get in the mix,
if you know what I'm talkin' 'bout.
I just don't want to leave opportunities and things behind.
- Paul, the flights are like $50.
Ceas does it all the time. Teddy does it all the time.
They go back and forth. - I understand why you wanna go.
Trust me, I get it.
- This conversation is nowhere near over.
Puma has been getting everything that he's wanted
for the past few years. It's my turn.
- That bedroom is bigger than a mother(bleep), huh?
- I could put a whole nother bed in there.
- Or we could put a swing. - Um...
No. - Oh.
- ♪ Roll up the sticky and let's touch the sky ♪
♪ Me and you, baby, we gettin' higher ♪
♪ Higher, higher, higher ♪♪
- You know what's so cool
about us going back to New York very soon?
Marijuana has officially been legalized.
- I seen that, I seen that. - What?
Are you telling me that (bleep) been illegal this whole time?
(laughter) - Shut up!
I'm starting my new business. - Yep.
- Oh, you 'bout to start selling weed?
- I'm 'bout to grow my (bleep).
(laughter)
I already know what I'm gonna call my strand.
- Tatza. - (laughing)
- Tatza? - That's kinda catchy.
- Tatza? - Mm-hmm.
- When it come to naming these strands,
I'm the king of this (bleep). Like what you want?
We got that Krystal Kush, that Banana Bae OG,
that Regular Rok if you scared of that zaza.
That Ceaser Salad. It's all green and it's all mean.
We got it. Come through.
We got it all in our shop and more, baby.
- Hola! - Word.
Yup, what's good with y'all? - Chillin'.
- So I want to, um, talk to y'all about somethin'
since we all here right now. - Oh, (bleep).
- That Chace Village joint that we went to.
It was inspiration. You feel me?
Like to see him do something like that made me think like,
we should be doing more, you feel me?
I'm thinking about us
gettin' back into this whole art (bleep).
'Cause we artists, but you know, sometimes because we so busy
and whatnot, we don't really get to display our artwork.
- Ooh. - So like how we used to have art galleries at the shop.
- Yeah. - That'd be dope.
- So I want to hold like a silent auction.
- Mmm. - Yeah.
And I want all you mother(bleep) to make some original art
based on the theme: "It was all a dream."
- Okay.
- At the end of the day, I wanna do this event
because we're going back home to New York soon.
COVID rates are going down, people are gettin' vaccinated,
and the city's about to open back up.
But before we go, I wanna thank Atlanta
for accepting my New York crew as one of their own.
And what better way to do that
than throw a big-ass Black Ink party?
- Like how soon? - You guys got a week to get all this (bleep) together.
- (chuckles) - A week?
- Yeah, seven days. - That's crazy.
- We doin' it here? - Yeah.
- All right. - I feel like
we're gon' have a great, great art show.
What you guys think? - I'm ready.
- I don't know. Do you guys feel it?
- Yeah. - The energy?
- Do you feel the moment that's coming?
- Yes, right, yes. - Feel?
- I feel it. - Do you feel?
- Do you smell-- - Do you see what's coming?
- Yes. - (all shouting)
- Come on! - Come on, Ceas!
Ceas, come on, Ceas! - Come on, guy!
- Ceaser wanna break our hearts like the back of his jacket.
- How you doin'? Walter Miller. I have an appointment with you.
- We're just gonna try to verify your story.
And if you're guilty or not, we'll let you know you did it or not.
- I got something special, and I wanna share it with everybody here.
- He's gonna do it. - What is it?
- He's gonna do it! - (all screaming)
- Ceaser! Ceaser!
(all cheering)
- (sighs)
- (bleep) is that? Oh, (bleep).
The slayers are back. - Wonder where Alex is.
- I haven't seen him in like a week.
- ♪ I'm a bad bitch with that sauce ♪
♪ I'm back, back, back with that sauce ♪
♪ No flexing, I'm a boss ♪
♪ Full shot, no semi clause ♪♪
- Slowly coming together.
Just gotta add the tattoo machine.
- I don't know, Rok. That 40 look kind of weird.
- No, it's supposed to be a tattoo machine.
- Is it? Yeah, that look kind of weird.
- What you worked on? - (bleep), not that.
(bleep)!
You know what, Rok, that (bleep) is almost worse
than Freddy Kruegar's glove.
- (sighs) - The (bleep) is that?
- Come on. - Donna.
- Who? - That's Donna.
- Donna? Oh, (bleep).
The slayers are back.
- Wonder where Alex is.
- Oh, my God.
Nobody that had a problem with her
is here to handle it, bro.
Y'all already know how Donna is.
(bleep) can any kind of way.
Ceaser, Tatti, and Bae need to come handle this.
Who gon' check up on her?
- Um... - Who's in good standing?
- I don't even know if she wanna talk to us.
Look, I don't got no problems with Donna,
and I sure ain't tryin' to start no problems now,
so I'm keepin' my ass right here.
- I guess...
I'll be the one to greet her.
That what's goin' on? - We'll watch you.
- Okay. - Yeah, go check the temperature.
(dogs barking)
- Hey.
- Them dogs about to attack his ass.
(dogs continue barking)
- I bring salutations and peace.
How are you? - Hey, Spyder.
- What's goin' on? - Hey, how you doin'?
- What's up? How's everything?
- Hello, Krystal. - Hey, Krystal.
- Hello, I didn't know if it was good.
- Well, why wouldn't we be? - Hmm?
- 'Cause you blocked me. - You blocked all of us.
- Well, listen.
- We woke up and everybody was blocked.
- (gasps) She unfollowed me!
- I got blocked. - I'm blocked too.
- Instagram is not my life. Y'all have my phone number.
Y'all didn't reach out. - She was gonna hit you. I was gonna hit you.
But we just didn't understand what was going on, like--
- Well, you know, for me, if Krystal just went missing,
and we supposed to be friends, you know what I'm saying, I would hit her up.
I'm tired of feeling like, okay, nobody's actually supporting
what I'm doing, yet everyone's watching what I'm doing.
So everybody's getting blocked 'cause I don't know
who's a friend or a foe.
No hard feelings.
I just want to be appreciated.
- So what's up with Alex? How's he doing?
I really hope Alex is good, you know,
after hearing that he had COVID and (bleep).
You know, especially right now with all this bull(bleep)
people talkin' about, you know,
what's going on with him and Donna.
- Somebody need to check on Alex, man.
And I want them to say, "Blink two times if you okay."
- You think he's battered or something, what you talking 'bout?
- (bleep) ain't right over there, man.
- I just hope Donna and Alex are really good at the end of the day.
- I haven't seen him in like a week.
- Really? - Damn.
- Oh, wow. - That's crazy.
- That quarantine (bleep) suck. - He just got out
his little quarantine to come back to work.
- How many more days he got left?
- Like two. - That ain't bad.
- So you talk to Bae or...? - Am I supposed to be
speaking to her about something? - You might want to.
- About what? - You know the...
- Something she seen. - She seemed a little upset.
- She seemed very upset at the shop.
- What? What? What?
- Look at this comment Donna made on Instagram
about the shootings at the massage parlors.
- I'm sick of this, I'm hurt, I'm done, I'm done.
- Didn't even know that that was any type of Asian hate, okay?
What I said was probably some ass(bleep) (bleep).
- She was hurt. She was just hurt.
Especially at the shop, like she was crying.
- But that's what I'm saying. That's where it just is
irritating for me because I've been there for you
through a lot of things.
So for me to say some ass(bleep) (bleep)
and now you're just like, "Whoa is me,"
that's a bit much for me. I can't really deal with that.
If Bae feels hurt, y'all can let her know
that I said I apologize for her being hurt.
- That's your friend though.
You should talk to her. - Exactly.
- You really think I'm 'bout to go and apologize for you?
That's your friend, bro. And if that (bleep) real enough,
you should go and talk to her 'cause she's hurt.
- Well, listen, I'ma (bleep) with y'all
however y'all want me to (bleep) with y'all, okay?
- I mean, glad to see y'all back.
All the kinks will get worked out.
- All right. Love you guys!
- ♪ I will overcome 'cause my God built me for this ♪
♪ I will overcome 'cause I can't handle this ♪♪
- Everybody wanna know what's up with Walt post-Black Ink, huh?
I'm stayin' busy. That's what's happening.
And it's paying off. Like this comedy joint
is really taking off.
- Hey, how you doin'? - How you doin'? Paul?
- Yeah, I'm Paul. - How you doin'?
I'm Walter Miller. I have an appointment with you.
- Nice to meet you. Come on in.
- Yes, yes. - Yes, come on in.
- You know, even though the comedy is taking off well
and all that stuff, I just still can't even get over
all these mother(bleep) making up all these damn rumors about me.
You know what I'm sayin'? So Jess came up
with a dope-ass idea to get to the bottom of (bleep).
- I just feel like sometimes you have to take matters
into your own hands. I was thinking maybe
you might wanna get your own PI.
- I didn't even know people really do that though,
like hire private investigators. - Why not?
- I just really want the PI to, you know what I mean,
find out what happened at the shop for real.
'Cause you know like everybody already know that wasn't me.
I had nothin' to do with that. So if I could help out
with getting to the bottom of that, I'm all cool with that.
- What can I do for you today?
- Basically I'm here today
to see if you can help me out
with a situation that I got going on.
Um, unfortunately, a few months back,
this tattoo shop that I was working with,
it was broken into.
And unfortunately, the suspect that they saw on camera,
they claim that favors me, and now I'm being accused
of doing the break-in.
And that's far from the truth.
I've been trying to reach out to my friends to talk to them,
to get to the bottom and all of this,
but unfortunately I haven't really been successful.
I don't know what else to do, so... that's why I'm here.
Like if there's a way that I could try
to like clear my name at least, you know?
- Sure, you come to the right place.
So I'm just gonna ask you a few questions so...
- No, sure. - ...I get better understanding.
What time the break-in took place?
- This was like between like 1:00 and 4:00 in the morning.
- Okay, 1:00 to 4:00 a.m. Okay.
What time did you leave the store?
- Like around 10:00.
I ordered me a Lyft and I got home
like around like 10:30 or so.
- Do you have a receipt for the Lyft?
- I mean if I go into the app, I'm pretty sure,
you know, you have your-- your ride history, so...
- Okay. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
- I'm pretty-- yeah. It's in my history.
- For what?
- Anyone that can say like they saw you
leaving the store?
- That can say they saw me leaving the store?
- Yeah, anyone like, you know,
you usually see outside, hanging out?
- I didn't see anybody like, "Hey, how's everything going?"
The only other person is like my wife when I got home.
She can verify that, that I got home.
- Your wife noticed you when you got home?
- Yeah, yeah. - Okay.
That's only way to clear your name by--
to show, yes, you were home at the time,
somebody saw you walking home. - No problem.
Any information that I need to give,
anything that I could do on my end
to help with this process, I'm all for it.
When the PI finds the evidence to find out
what exactly happened at the shop that night,
I just want everybody to know what's up.
I'm just gon' be sending it out to everybody like,
here, you get a copy. What? Oh, you get a copy too.
I heard you. Yeah, yeah, you hold a copy too.
Just so I can go and just, spla-ka-kow!
All the evidence, there you go.
- I'm just gonna do the legwork through the neighborhood.
- Mm-hmm. - And try to verify your story.
And if you're guilty or not, we'll let you know
you did it or not, and that's all.
- (laughs) Let me know like I did it.
But I hear what you're saying. - Yes.
Yes, based on the evidence, we let you know.
If everything you say is true,
we'll definitely clear your name.
- How long do you think it will take?
Because like I really need
to clear this up as soon as possible.
- It might take a week, maybe two weeks, a month.
- Right.
- I think I may have just, you know, crossed a line with you.
That's not who I'm trying to be.
- How you doin', Mr. Emmanuel?
This is Walter Mosley's office.
We need you to contact us as soon as possible.
The case in New York did not close as expected.
\h- ♪ You don’t wanna squab, you don’t really wanna mob ♪
♪ You don’t wanna know your eyes when it comes to the best ♪
♪ You ain’t never tried, \hyou would never try ♪
♪ You ain’t never ride \hor survive of a time \h\h\hwith the best ♪
\h- Oh, my God, I’m so excited!
\hLook at everything that’s here already.
- Oh, my God! \h\h\hSo cool!
- That’s nice! \h\h\h- Right?
- That looks amazing.
- Spyder? \h\h- Yo?
\h- What you doin’ for the art show?
\h- Something that’s gonna stop the show.
\h\h- And what’s that? - I’m comin’ with it.
- So you’re gonna show it \h\h\h\h\h\huntil the day?
- No.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- (as Spyder) Listen, at the end of the day,
you know who run Brooklyn, B!
(laughter)
- Hold up!
Was that your best Spyder impression?
- Yo, that was Spyder. \h\h- Let me tell you \h\h\hsomething, Rok.
(laughter)
I represent Brooklyn, B!
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Oh, my God! - Wait, what’s up, big boss?
- Boss, I wanna let you know-- - Boss, I wanna let you know,
I know everything about you!
(laughter)
- I don’t like his attitude.
\h\h- Yo! - At all.
(bleep) you, Rok!
- (fake laughing)
I don’t know what the (bleep) these mother(bleep) thinking.
\h\h\hThis event is very important to me
and y’all treating it \h\h\h\h\hlike a joke.
Luckily I was smart enough \h\h\h\hto hire the best--
I mean the best event planner \h\h\h\h\h\hin all of Atlanta.
- So each of these areas \h\h\h\hcan be a world.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yes. - So we want drinks?
We want food? \h\h\h\h- Yes.
\h\h\h\h\h\h- Okay. - We want the whole \hlifestyle in one.
So these mother(bleep) better \htake this (bleep) seriously
or they can be unemployed \h\h\hcomedians like Walt.
He-- what the (bleep) is that? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWhat is that?
- (laughs and snorts) \h\h\h- That’s a hand?
What the (bleep)? - Don’t judge him.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hThat’s art. - He’s just gonna finish it.
- Oh, he can’t be \hin the art show.
- This is gon’ be worth bread. \h\hSomebody’s gon’ buy this.
\h\h\h- All right, guys, let’s get back to work.
Let’s get this art goin’.
\h\h\h- Thank God I finished my (bleep) a long time ago.
- So, Teddy, can I talk \h\hto you for a second?
\h- Yeah. What’s up?
- Um...
So I kinda wanna take \h\h\h\haccountability
for my actions at your event \h\h\h\h\h\hthe other night.
I’m a little disappointed \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hin myself.
I feel like I may have reverted back to old ways.
Well, I was gonna stay in your room tonight,
but your room’s unavailable, \hunless you wanna make it.
- Uh, don’t give Tatti \h\h\hno more liquor.
\h\h\h- But I have been spending a lot of time working on myself,
\h\h\h\hworking on my growth, and like, this is part of it.
Owning your mistakes and not being afraid
to have a conversation \h\h\h\hwith somebody.
I think I may have just,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hyou know, crossed a line with you.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI was lit. I was goin’ through it.
\h\h\h\h\hBut that’s not who I’m trying to be, you know?
And I feel like we’ve all came \h\h\h\h\h\hso far, you know?
\h\h\hAnd I just-- you know, I don’t wanna (bleep) it up,
is what I’m saying.
- I accept your apology.
I’m happy we got over what we \h\h\h\h\hwent through before.
We can sit in the same space and we can do this as adults
and be yelling each other.
\h- Thank you. - No problem.
\h\h- I am growing and I am glowing.
So this isn’t gonna \h\h\hhappen again.
\h\h\h- Gimme a hug. - Talk to you later.
- See you later.
- ♪ Turn it up, turn it up, \h\h\h\h\h\hturn it up, up ♪
♪ Turn it up, turn it up, turn it up-up-up, up... ♪
- Oh, (bleep)!
\h\h\h- We got (bleep) aliens and-- what the-- oh, (bleep)!
\hWhat the (bleep)? What the (bleep) is goin’ on up in here?
\h\h\h- Okay, New York in the building, okay!
- It don’t even feel like \h\h\h\h\h\ha tattoo shop.
It look like a art gallery. \h\h\h- This (bleep) crazy!
- ♪ Turn it up ♪
\h\h\h\h\h\h- Okay! - Walk, walk, walk.
- Hey!
\h\h- I know we’re here to raise money for kids.
\hBut, honey, I came dressed the (bleep) up to slay too.
\hI’ve been through so much ever since I came down here.
\hI want all these racist-ass hating-ass bitches in Atlanta
to know this is what \hyou been missing.
- How is everybody \h\hthis evening?
- Wonderful! - All right.
Welcome to the first annual
Black Ink silent auction.
(cheering and applause)
Yeah!
This event tonight is \h\h\h\hgonna be lit.
We have all our really dope \h\h\h\h\hartists from Rok,
Bae, Krystal, and Spyder \h\h\h\hdoing everything
from the art to sculptures, \h\h\h\hand all the proceeds
\h\h\h\hfrom the auction is gonna go to drawchange.org.
That helps to bring artwork \h\h\h\hto inner-city kids.
\h\h\h\h\hLet’s buy some artwork and let’s have a good time, huh?
(cheering and applause) \h\h\h\h\hYippee! Yeah!
\h\h\hAll right! DJ, turn me up!
♪
- Oh, there goes my artwork \h\hright there, all right.
- That’s so cool!
\h\h- You did this, Bae? That’s (bleep) awesome!
\h\h\h\h- Thank you. - Oh, this is dope.
- This is amazing. \hWhere is Ceaser?
- ♪ I’m at the top, yeah ♪
♪ I’m at the top, at the top, yeah ♪
\h- What’s up? - Oh, (bleep)!
- Ceaser! - Finally!
\h\h\h\h- Oh, Ceaser got on his bougie (bleep) tonight.
- New York in the house!
\h- Yeah, okay. - Wait, hold on.
This is an ice sculpture?
You outdid yourself. \h\h\hI’m impressed.
What’s up, brother? \h\h\h- Hello, pimp.
I see you. \hYo, man.
This (bleep) giving me \h\h\h\h\h113th vibes.
I feel like I’m home.
- You are home.
\h\h\h\h- Ha ha! Tell him, Quani!
\h\h\hThat’s right. - Yeah, I told you.
You bring Quani down here, \h\hyou gon’ have problems \h\h\h\h\hgoin’ back home.
See, I warned Puma.
\hYou gon’ introduce her to open air, big houses.
- It has nice weather. There’s lots of trees.
Don’t you wanna be \hin your backyard
with your Yeezy slippers on, \h\h\hon the grill, smokin’?
- Yeah, smokin’ your (bleep). \h\h\h\h\hBlasting your music \h\h\h\h\has loud as you want.
- You just gon’ let them-- \h\h- While the kids jump
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hon the trampoline. - This is what needs to happen.
- Help! Code red! Pimp in distress!
- I feel like he gettin’ jumped and I’m just sittin’ \h\h\hhere watching.
- Yeah, you just like \hlookin’ and (bleep)!
You ain’t gon’ help me?
- What the (bleep) happened \h\h\h\h\h\h\hto your face?
- I got into a little scuffle.
\h- Who did you get into a scuffle with?
Oh, she ’bout to hit a car. - Yeah, she ’bout to hit me.
- What’s goin’ on? \h\h- Oh, (bleep).
- Don't you wanna be in your backyard
with your Yeezy slippers on? - This is what needs to happen.
- I feel like he gettin' jumped and imjust sittin' here watching.
- Yeah, you just like looking and (bleep)!
You ain't gon' help me? Help! Code red!
Pimp in distress! Nah, nah.
In all honesty, man, a year ago,
I would've never thought that I would be in this space
right now with all my family and friends,
really contemplating my future.
It's been a long, hard road.
I'm (bleep) scared, bro. We're in a pandemic,
and every time I turn on my goddamn TV screen,
I see another Black man in America gettin' shot, choked.
Man, I think you kinda lost the Black Ink family.
Things are done. I'm not even supposed to be talking to you.
And I really don't know what I'm gonna do next,
but my eyes are wide open to opportunities
that's a little bit more beyond New York right now,
and I'm low-key kinda excited about it.
- She just knocked you out right in front of me.
I was like, man. - (laughing)
♪♪
- Ohhh! You showed that!
- Oh, my God! So cool!
- This (bleep) is dope, bro. - Yeah, I ain't gon' lie.
- Feel like the old days, man.
It's really been a hell of a year.
Finally got my ass up off that couch.
- Yeah! (cheering and applause)
- It's truly amazing how far we've come.
One thing I will never forget as my music career progresses
is the support from Ceas and the Black Ink crew.
- Just remember, when your first artist go platinum,
I need my Bentley truck. - (laughing)
- Hey!
- Hey, let's get the... - (trilling tongue)
- ...arty started!
(laughing) That's my new one.
This has been a really tough year.
But my one saving grace has been
getting laser-focused on my goals.
I bought a house.
This home, it feels like a home
because we're together.
I got a promotion.
- Tatti, your official title is road manager.
- Tatti! - OG! Tatti!
- And it wasn't always easy,
but the support from my Black Ink family
has just kept me pushing and I can't wait to see what comes next.
(mic feedback) - Ahem, hello, hello, hello.
- Hello. - Check one, two. Check one, two.
Everybody having a good time? - Yes!
- Well, I wanna thank all of y'all for coming
to Black Ink's first gala.
- That's right! - Black Ink cares!
- Did that, Ceas! - Black Ink cares!
- We conquered this (bleep). At the end of the day,
New York is back open and New York crew is goin' back home.
- Yes!
Honestly, Atlanta has been a lot for me.
But goin' through the pandemic alone with a toddler
with all my issues,
I was just happy to just be out here and see my friends.
Thank you so much for coming.
(all cheering)
- But now I can't wait to just fly back home
and breathe in all the trashy, stinky air of my beautiful city.
Bye-bye, Atlanta!
- One more thing.
You know, y'all really don't know me
to be like a mushy guy anymore.
- Yeah! - Been a long time since Ceaser
has been in a relationship.
I wanna let her know that I really, really appreciate her.
Come here. - Yes!
(cheering and applause)
- This is (bleep) beautiful, man.
You gotta keep her, Ceas!
- It's crazy with me and Suzette's relationship
because me and Suzette been together
basically through thick and thin,
from the battles with my family...
I'm just hoping one day Cheyenne wakes up.
...the battles with my business...
- I've been here dealing with the hurt,
the pain, and all that.
- ...even the battles of the world
with COVID and everything.
I don't think anybody would be with me through all of this.
And I gotta respect it.
Like I've never had anybody like that.
Like at the end of the day,
I think this is finally it for me.
- Don't cry! - We've been with each other for a minute now.
Sometimes you just gotta call it how it is.
- Yeah, I think so. - I got something special.
And I want to share it with everybody here.
- He's gonna do it. - What is it?
- Hold on. - What is it?
(cheering and screaming)
- He's gonna do it! - What?
- Ceaser! Ceaser!
(cheering and applause)
- This is a toxic situation for both of y'all.
Anything could happen.
The situation that you are in is not okay.
- What situation are you in? Is somebody abusing you?
Do you not wanna be in this relationship no more?
- It's over. - What does that mean?
- Yeah! Ceaser!
(cheering and screaming)
- Ceas, open the box!
- Do it! Do it! \h\h\h\h- What?
- Hey, y’all in the way!
Ceaser! Ceaser!
- Ceaser!
(all cheering)
(drum roll)
(stifled cheering)
- Ceaser, what the (bleep) is \h\h\h\h\h\h\hwrong with you?
That’s not right. \h\hAre you dumb?
- Whoa!
(bell dings) - Earrings?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(buzzer) No, the (bleep) he didn’t.
\h- Let us all bow our heads and take a moment of silence
for my good friend Ceaser.
For the dumbass mistake \h\h\hthat he just made,
let his soul rest in peace.
- What the (bleep)?
\h- No! - Whoa!
- Gave you some nice earrings! - I’m gonna (bleep) kill you!
\h(bleep) you! - Yo! Yo! Yo!
Ah! What?
- On behalf of every woman \h\h\h\h\h\hin the world,
(bleep) you, Ceaser!
\h\h\h\h\h- I’m ’bout to say, he didn’t tell me about this.
- Why would you do that? - Excuse me, excuse me.
Excuse me, excuse me.
\h\h\h\h\hI was ’bout to say, you didn’t tell me about this!
- That was good. \hThat was good.
\h- And this is why I call him my favorite ass(bleep), guys.
- Oh, my God!
- That mother(bleep) got my blood pressure high,
had me sweat out my edges, \h\h\h\h\hhad-- I even had
\h\h\h\h\h\h\ha little "yes" preparation speech in place,
for it to be some (bleep) earrings.
Like I say, this is why I call \hhim my favorite ass(bleep).
\h\h- She laughing now. Watch when you get home.
\h\h\h\h\h\hYou dead. - But you don’t know.
I will hide in the room. \h\h\h\h\h\h- You dead.
\h\h\h\h- (laughing) That was a good one.
And that’s why I love her.
She give me the freedom \hto be who I wanna be.
Like regular girls would’ve \hprobably tore my shop up,
threw stuff at me, \hshred my tires.
But not Suzette.
She’s just gon’ be mad at me \h\h\hfor a very long time,
\h\hand probably not make me breakfast, lunch, or dinner,
but that’s still my boo.
I still love you.
- Oh, this is your art? \hIt looks really nice.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- All the artwork that you see today is for sale.
- Where the (bleep) \h\his Alex at, bro?
- I thought he would \h\h\hmake it here.
- He’s been goin’ through it, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hlow-key.
He’s been goin’ through it. \h\h\h\h\h\h- All I know is,
\h\h\hI invited Alex. I didn’t invite Donna.
\h\h\hSo it could be that he ain’t have a plus-one.
I just hope that kid’s \h\h\hall right, man.
- Word.
♪
- I’ma be on a plane tomorrow.
- $50, this come home with you. - I’m goin’ back to Brooklyn, B.
- Don’t get stuck here. \hDon’t get stuck here.
- No, I don’t wanna \hget stuck nowhere. \h\h\h\h\h\h- Right.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Remember, you’re Black Ink New York.
- We did it real big \h\h\h\h\hin the A.
- Yeah, Spyder! - Caught a fish.
Biggest fish they ever even seen in Georgia!
\h\h\h\h- That little guppy! \h\h\h\h- I didn’t come back with the lead artist title.
- Ladies and gentlemen, \h\hlead artist Krystal!
\h- This is crazy. \h- Maybe one day you’ll get there.
\h- But it’s all good ’cause we still gon’ be on some big boss,
MVP (bleep) when we get back \h\hto Brooklyn, you heard?
- I’m ready to get the (bleep) \h\houtta Atlanta after this.
It’s been a crazy-ass ride \h\h\hout here in Atlanta.
\h\h\hLike this (bleep) tested my relationship with Krystal.
- Bro, stop letting people \h\htalk to you like that.
’Cause how you think \hI’ma talk to you?
\h- She wants to be with another (bleep)
that’s gonna stick up for her \h\h\h\hand all that (bleep).
\h\h\h\h\hGo find a (bleep) that’s gon’ respect you now.
But we definitely came out \h\h\hstronger as a couple
and as artists.
Got me a Bronx girl, \h\h\hthat’s right.
- I said I wasn’t drinkin’. \h\h\h\h\h\h\hI’m drinkin’!
\h\h\h\h\h(bleep) it! - We’re takin’ shots!
(laughter)
- Oh, (bleep). \h- Two hundo?
- Where’s my statue? \h\h\h\hOh, (bleep).
It broke. Damn, man.
That was like a million dollar \h\h\h\hsculpture right there.
(phone buzzing)
- How you doing, Mr. Emmanuel? This is Walter Mosley’s office.
We need you to contact us \h\has soon as possible.
\h\h\hThe case in New York did not close as expected.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- What? - We need to hear from you,
urgently, please. \h\h\hThank you.
- I’m buggin’ the (bleep) out \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hright now.
After Atlanta seeing no grounds
\hfor none of these false accusations...
Child Protective Services \h\h\h\h\h\h\hfor Atlanta.
- This case is (bleep) closed.
- ...I thought New York \h\h\hwould do the same.
Like, ah, this some bull(bleep), and toss it right out.
At the end of the day, they got the same police report I got.
\h\hThey got the same medical reports I got.
So what the (bleep) are they \h\htrying to do right now?
This starting to become like a witch hunt to me.
\h\h\h- Oh, my God, I hear it. - Audio, audio, can I get you?
- He’s coming, he’s coming, \hhe’s coming, he’s coming.
- ’Cause she’s gonna face. \h’Cause she’s gonna face.
(Donna) You really being \h\hdisrespectful to me.
How am I supposed to hold \h\h\hthat in till later?
\h\h\h\h\h\hYou should’ve treated me better, Alex.
- All right, well, \hI’m gettin’ out.
I’m goin’ to show ’em \h\h\h\hat this point.
\h\h\h\h\hI’m goin’ in. I’m (bleep) peeping on--
- W-What’s goin’ on?
- I’m goin’ in. I’m going in. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Donna? Donna?
\h\h- Yo, we gotta go outside and deal with this situation.
\h\h\h\h\h\h- What up, yo? - Y’all look cold as hell.
- It brick ass out here! \h\h\h\h\h\h\h- (sighs)
- You still got COVID? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- No.
- What the (bleep) happened \h\h\h\h\h\h\hto your face?
\hI see a scratch peeking out, man.
- Don’t look at that. \h\h- What the (bleep) \h\h\his up with you?
\h\h\h- I got into a little scuffle.
\h- Who did you get into a scuffle with?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- (exhales) It was a little situation
that happened earlier.
\h\hShe didn’t like the way I responded.
So it-it dragged on throughout the day.
- So, wait. What was it?
- She yell from the bathroom, \h\h\h"Oh, why did you finish
\h\h\h\hbrushing your teeth before I brushed my teeth?"
\h\h\h- What? - Wait, what?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- What?! - What she got mad about
\h\h\h\h\hwas the fact that I didn’t respond.
\h\h- (bleep), you are in an abusive, toxic relationship.
- This is what I said to her. \h\h\h\hI said I’ve never been
in an abusive relationship. \hI’ve never been the abuser
\h\hin a relationship-- - Who is that pulling up \h\h\h\hso (bleep) fast?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Here we go. - Oh, she ’bout to hit a car.
- Yeah, she ’bout to hit me. \h\h\h- So what’s goin’ on?
- I’m lettin’ them know \h\h\h\h\hwhat happened,
why I got this scratch \h\h\h\h\hon my face.
\h\h\h- (bleep). - I wanna hear.
\h\h\h\hI’m glad you tellin’ these (bleep) our business.
That’s what’s up. - I mean I had to.
\h\h- Right. Why did you?
\h\h- My (bleep), look at his face!
- He has a scratch on his lip, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hand honestly,
\h\hhe did that himself. I don’t even have nails \h\h\h\hto scratch him.
- Wait, I did this myself?
- Are you telling me y’all never got into an argument \h\h\hwith y’all bitches?
- Yeah, everybody gets into arguments with they (bleep).
- Okay then, exactly. \h- It’s nothing new.
But at the same time...
y’all got marks? \h\h\h\h\h- Nah.
- But that’s not none \h\hof their business,
so I wouldn’t even come \h\h\hand tell anybody.
- But they already been \hsuspecting that I was
gettin’ my ass whupped before I was gettin’ my ass whupped.
- They suspecting gettin’ \h\h\h\h\han ass-whupping?
- You know how many times \h\hthey pressed me like,
\h"Are you gettin’ your ass whupped?"
- Have you been getting \h\h\hyour ass whupped?
- I did not respond the way
\h\hthat you wanted me to, and then it dragged on...
- It’s not about responding \h\h\h\h\hthe way I want to.
- ...and then it got \h\hinto a situation
to where I got a scratch \h\h\h\h\h\hon my face.
\h\h- Let me ask y’all this. If y’all girl talk to y’all,
\h\h\h\hif y’all girl ask y’all a question, do y’all ignore her?
- Yes, sometimes. \h\h\h- Sometimes.
- Okay, well, then that’s just \h\hnot me, I’m not with that.
- This some wack (bleep). \hThis some wack (bleep).
\h\hI’ma be honest with you. - This is some wack (bleep).
\h\h\h- Wack (bleep). \h\h- What the hell is really going on here?
- Listen, I want to talk \h\hto Alex by himself.
I don’t want to talk to him with you, yo.
\h\h\h\h- Well, I want to talk to my man by himself.
\h- Yo, bro, yo, listen. That (bleep) is buggin’.
\h\h\h\h\h- I’m fine. - How are you puttin’
these (bleep) in our business? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- No, I’m not.
- Over a scratch that you know I didn’t even give you like--
- Yo, if you really sittin’ here saying you didn’t give me this--
\h\h\h\h\h- If I did do that, that (bleep) was an accident.
\h- Whatever, whatever you just said is bull(bleep).
And you and I both know that.
\h- If you really sittin’ here saying you didn’t gimme this--
\h\h\h\h- Baby, how could I? - I don’t grab my own face.
\h\h- How could I? - You have nails!
- That’s what I’m saying. \h\h\h\h\h\hThis is weird.
This is just getting so weird. \h\h\h\h- It is getting weird.
\hThe fact that you think that I did this to myself.
- No, this is my man.
- Bro, I’m not condoning \h\h\hdomestic violence.
\h\h\h\hI’m not filming with domestic violence. \h\h\h- He wasn’t there.
\h\h- I don’t really like what’s going on right now,
because honestly, that (bleep) \h\h\his all (bleep) horrible.
And I’m not here for it.
\h\h\hI know people who’ve been abused,
and it’s not a joke to me.
If it was him hitting her, \hhe would’ve been a wrap!
- Listen, like I said, A, \hy’all have to separate.
Y’all have to have a breather.
This has got to stop. \h\h\hBecause, listen.
Abuse, it don’t have a gender.
I don’t give a (bleep) \h\hwhat nobody said.
\h\h\hAnd I don’t know if you recognize that.
I don’t know if you \h\hunderstand that.
You-- you--
this is a toxic situation \h\h\h\hfor both of y’all.
Anything could happen. Do you understand me?
\hYou could react or respond to her,
somebody hit her head, \h\h\h\h\h\hanything.
\h\h\hAnd then it’s sad to watch you stand there
that way with her just now.
The situation that you are in \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\his not okay.
\h- Alex, what situation \h\h\h\h\h\hare you in? Is somebody abusing you?
\h\h\h\h\hDo you not wanna be in this relationship no more?
What situation are you in? \h- Donna, this is whether
you recognize or not, whether \h\hhe’s admitting it or not,
\h\h\hthis is a toxic, abusive relationship.
- Why are you doing this? \hSo we can be on camera?
\h\h- Girl, you hit this boy. - (scoffs) And y’all saw that?
\h\hY’all were there to see that, right?
- Alex, were you injured tonight by somebody other than yourself?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- I was. - Who injured you tonight, Alex?
\h\h\h\h- She injured me. I injured her also though.
I will say that.
\h- Why’d you call me? What’d you ask me for?
- I told her that I needed \h\h\h\h\ha separate room
\h\hbecause we was goin’ through it.
\h\h- When was this? - This was days ago.
\h\h- Yeah, well, once again, don’t know nothing about that.
- But he asked me to tell you he needed a mental break from you.
No, Donna, that’s what he \h\hwanted me to tell you.
- First of all, why would I \h\h\h\hcome to you with my \h\h\hrelationship problems?
\h- It’s over. It’s over. - That just sounds crazy. \h\h\h\h\h\hBut if I did--
- At the end of the day, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hit’s over.
\h\h\h\h\h\h- It’s not about your relationship problems.
- Just wanted to check in \hreal quick at security.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hJust make sure that you feel okay, you’re good.
- I’m fine. \h\h- Okay.
- What does that mean?
- Doin’ security checks. \h- Physically feel okay \h\h\h\h\h\hor mentally?
\hWhat does that mean? So where’s my security
\hto ask me if I feel okay? - But I’m not attacking you.
- I was asking the both of you.
\h\h- Well, this is way too much for me.
\h\h\hSo what are we doing? Do you not wanna be with me?
Are we about to enjoy the rest of our night?
- I want to relax and clear my mind.
- Okay, well, we’re about to go do it together, come on.
- How you gon’ tell me... \h\h\h- Come on! Come on!
- ...we about to go together? \h\h\h\h\h- Or at least we’re
about to have a conversation.
♪
(dog barks)
(horn honks)
♪
\h\h\h\h\h\h(Ceaser) \h\hIn the beginning of this whole thing,
we had to fight a pandemic that none of us were prepared for.
\h\h\hSome of us flourished while some of us struggled.
\hWhen we got back together, we forgot how to be a team.
So I took ’em down \h\h\hto Atlanta.
\h\hAnd at the end of the day, you seen how they busted out.
We came up with more skill sets, more money.
But the work ain’t done yet.
We got a lot more shops to open, a lot more expanding to do.
\h\h\hSo now we gon’ get back to New York
and start our bull(bleep), yo.
No matter what happens next, \h\h\hone thing for certain.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI’ma be Ceaser, and we’re Black Ink for life.
See you on the B-side.
♪♪
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