I really appreciate all of y'all coming out to Enigma's
four-year anniversary.
Y'all's interview, it couldn't have been better.
So, honestly, you both got it.
Katrina will make the final decision when she gets back.
- Say bye-bye. - Want help with the bags?
- Ahh! - Yeah.
- Leaving right now feels bittersweet.
LA is a city that held me down for the past four years.
So I know that me and my family belong here.
But soon enough, we'll be back
to get [bleep] right back popping.
- Kat from Enigma invited me to their anniversary in a few days.
- Are you gonna go? - Yeah, I think I am.
- How do you think KP and Tim are gonna feel about that?
- I don't really care.
- Sayir is our artist, but I don't get any callback.
I text her, no text back.
Maybe I need to have a conversation with Nelly.
- Right. - I must cut your wife off.
I have not heard anything from Sayir.
- She's going through a pivotal point in her healing journey.
And right now that is her priority.
- I respect your healing journey,
but I don't want you or her to feel any way
if I have to be done with it.
- ♪♪ I be fishin' wit you bish ♪♪
♪♪ I do what I want, hey ♪♪
♪♪ Tryna get a-- I do what I want ♪♪
♪♪ Hey, telling you ♪♪
♪♪ I do what I wanna ♪♪
♪♪ I do what I want ♪♪♪♪
♪♪ Gotta get it take it to another level ♪♪ ♪♪ Man I gotta get it Don't bother with it ♪♪
♪♪ I gotta get it ♪♪
♪♪ With the grind like this never had a limit ♪♪
♪♪ Never mind the credit Man I gotta get it ♪♪
- Bookie, did you finish that tattoo yesterday?
- Yeah. - That [bleep] fire.
- What time you finish?
- Yo, we here until like 1:30 in the morning.
I'm trying to be extremely creative.
Pushing the line [bleep].
Four-hour tattoo turns in like a dinner.
Ten-hour tattoo. Yeah, I definitely gotta
find some balance with something right now, bro.
The shop has been popping.
We just had the four-year anniversary party
that unfortunately Kat had to miss.
She wasn't feeling good.
So she started the maternity leave
and left the next day for Florida.
The shop is definitely not the same
without Kat being here, but we promised her
that we was gon' hold it down here until she got back.
- How was y'all feeling about the whole party?
- I loved it. - Yeah?
- It was cool, it was fun.
The only thing that bothered me was Nelly.
- I seen y'all walk outside at the party.
- [sighs] God, okay.
Y'all know Sayir stood me up at the anniversary party.
Well, me and Sayir had some conversations,
and it went to like her completely ignoring me.
I wasn't gonna say nothing to Nelly, but at this point,
I'm really at a loss. I don't know what to do.
Her response to that was, well, you know, I just
try to say neutral. Her business is her business.
Like you gotta respect her journey and this and that.
And I'm, like, "No, she needs to respect my time.
And the fact that I'm investing all this into you."
I'm honestly disappointed that Nelly didn't have my back
even a little bit. For Nelly to say
she's gonna stay neutral, I feel like it is bull[bleep].
There's a way to fix this problem here,
and you just don't want to.
So she started throwing shade at me because Katrina
asked me to do the manager interviews and not her.
- And it was you and Kat and Oliver, it was like,
it caught everybody off guard 'cause it's a team thing.
- At the end of the day, it's still Trina's shop.
- It's kind of coming off like you the substitute teacher.
- She's been acting like a totally different person.
Your rose seminar.
- I don't know if this issue's at home
with the wife, like, you know, family issues.
And at the same time, I try to give Nelly all respect
to talk about it whenever she wanna talk about it with us.
- That's kind of what bothers me is like don't invite me to talk
about my business and you be the shoulder to cry on.
And when you clearly going through something
you don't wanna talk about it with us, like...
- Respect, respect my spiritual journey.
- Don't lean on that because I'm like, dawg, we're all--
we are all on a spiritual journey, like, it's hard for me
to pretend like it's not a elephant in the room when it is.
Since Nelly started working with a spiritual adviser,
like, at first it was good. Everything was cool.
But now it's just gotten weird with the whole no touching.
- I'm glad you're here. - Thank you, thank you.
- Don't touch... - I forgot, I forgot, I forgot.
- She can have people share information with her,
but she can't do it in return.
I just feel like she's growing in the wrong direction.
We really must care 'cause I don't talk about [bleep]
I don't give a [bleep] about. - That is the only reason
why we having this conversation is because we give a [bleep].
- And while we on the topic. How did y'all feel
about Denai and Barbie?
- When do they start?
- They gon' get started today.
- The San Diego tattoo convention
would be a perfect first assignment for both of them
to knock out by registration.
We need [bleep] banners, merchandise.
Photo shoot, like all type of stuff.
- No, that's a great idea. - The San Diego tattoo
convention is a huge deal for Enigma.
It's our first tattoo convention as a shop.
Barbie and Denai, they need to bust their ass to make sure
that all we have to do is get there and perform.
I'm personally gonna let Katrina make the final decision
on who gets the job. But if they really
want the job, it should be nothing.
- I just wish Kat was here.
- She missing a lot of good stuff.
So we miss her. She'll be back.
♪♪♪♪
[Jamie] Jackson and Granny over there, huh?
Meanwhile, Mama's right here.
♪♪♪♪
Tell me why she always working.
'Cause she sit her ass down somewhere.
She need to tighten up. She always on clock.
I need her. My feet hurting.
My ankles hurting. - Your feet hurt?
- Jackson hurting. - Your feet hurt?
- We all hurting.
- Oh my goodness.
This Florida heat
is no joke.
I got my little slippers on 'cause my feet are on fire.
Last doctor's appointment.
Let's hope for some good news.
Maybe we can push this baby out naturally.
[exhales]
It's a big baby in there.
When I pushed Jackson out, yeah, he got stuck,
but everything was okay.
Maybe he'll be smaller than Jackson.
I'm so tired.
Ready to get this baby out.
I'm letting you know,
we're gonna find out what's the birth plan today.
♪♪ Baby you done interfering and it ain't right ♪♪
♪♪ We been going like this for a long time ♪♪
♪♪ It's been going like this for a long time ♪♪
- You working on Rich again.
- Oh, um... - He's going to wait--
- On Sunday, yeah. - You cutting it close, buddy.
- I got the whole thing out
tonight if I needed to.
[door bell jingles]
- What up, what up?
♪♪♪♪
- Hi, Nelly.
[chuckling]
- There's some complicated stuff
going on in my life right now that I'm just
not ready to open up about.
My teacher suggest I keep things to myself and deal with it
on my own, and I just don't wanna bring anyone else's energy
into this, so right now, I'm just focusing on me and work.
[chatter]
How are you?
Good, I'm gonna have you sit the same way we did last time.
- Nelly coming here with this energy,
I can tell it's affecting the whole shop.
I personally, I don't have time for drama.
I'm supposed to be doing a whole orientation
bringing two new people in here.
I'm just gonna give all my focus to them.
- These are kind of some of the tasks that I put together
based on talking with Katrina, just social media stuff.
- My biggest thing is just, uh, organize convention.
- Hey, guys. Are y'all working? Or hardly working?
Get it together, okay, okay. How are you?
- Good, good, good. - Good.
- I have been waiting on an opportunity like this,
and I know what I'm capable of.
I ain't mad I have to compete against
Denai for this position. Baby, I am ready to bring it.
[chatter/laughter]
- Where you want me to sit? Where am I, over here?
- You just knock the pillows off the couch.
- All right. Hi, babe.
Honestly, I don't know why they didn't
give me the position off the rip.
Kevin basically told me that Katrina's
gonna make the final decision.
I'm definitely tech savvy.
I run my own business.
I'm a social media queen.
So the action's definitely gonna speak for itself.
- So first thing's first.
Enigma's socials needs a whole makeover
that matches our rebrand.
Like doing reels and TikToks, whatever else to kind
of just make sure this content at least...
- Trending right now to get everybody to get the traffic...
- Right. - I also know
you guys aren't verified.
- God dammit, Barbie. - I'll just say,
that should be a easy task to get your guys verified.
- And then also on the Instagram, you guys don't have
like professional email, so it should be like something along
the lines of, you know, info at Enigma Beverly Hills.com.
- I took care of that part already.
- Oh, you got it already? - That's all good now.
[laughing]
- Whoo. This meeting's just getting
started, and it's already getting heated.
Denai is my friend, but I don't think Barbie
is easy one to crack, so...
Let the games begin.
- One thing that we really got our sights set on
is this upcoming convention, right?
Banners, merchandise, the tables, the booths.
I know it's a hot convention. - Talking money...
- Right, like all type of stuff.
- I've done a convention before so...
- Yeah, I used to be a promo model, so I used to do
conventions for all type of big brands, yeah.
- May the best lady win.
- ♪♪ Lucky bit of honey ♪♪
♪♪ You can tell me money ♪♪
♪♪ I be 'bout my business... ♪♪
[chatter from phone]
[laughing]
- So what you got going on for today?
- Nothing, it's just the end of the day.
You ever heard like meme words like oh, he's a ten,
she's a ten, blah-blah-blah-blah?
- Unh-unh. - You've never heard meme?
- Unh-unh. - Girl [bleep] on the internet?
- What's up with Alana lately?
She claims she wants to be this bad ass
tattoo artist, but ever since the charity event we hosted
to help her pay her rent and the alopecia event,
she never comes to the shop. It's like, whatever, but...
I'm not the only person feeling this way.
You don't really work, you don't come to work, you home.
- It's not our responsibility to be getting y'all clients either.
- I don't wanna work somewhere...
- Get your titty out your mouth one day, baby girl.
- I feel like KP and Tim baby Alana.
I don't know if it's 'cause she just plays like
kind of ditzy and dumb, but it seems more important to help
someone pay their bills versus
bring more revenue into the shop.
Kind of irritated. - Why you irritated?
- I don't know.
[door buzzer/chatter]
Why you come in here crippled?
- Stressing me out with questions.
I got a dislocated shoulder.
I can't lie, we was in DR having a little too much fun.
We was racing cars. I didn't know it was a drop.
And then before you know it, we went off the hill and boom.
- You came from a date or something?
- A date? - Yeah.
- No, I just feel like putting on some clothes.
- Well, since we're talking about Tim.
Do you not love me because you haven't gave me no clients?
- You waiting on me to give you all your clients?
- I'm just looking for a little extra help.
- I'll take some too.
- You don't need my [bleep] help.
- You giving her some [bleep] help, why can't I got none?
Ain't that the benefit?
I don't know what it is with Alana.
I'm really over the fact that KP and Tim
keep giving her special treatment.
I'm really ready to call them out on their BS.
At the end of the day, if she was a man and had a penis,
she would not get no special treatment.
On that note, I'm gonna head out.
- Damn.
- [Alana] Tension. - See you guys.
- She feel a way. [door shuts]
- She slammed the door like she just got
a whole attitude or something.
- I mean, there has been like really weird
energy going on. - With who?
- Amber used to call my phone every single day.
She'd be like, let's do this, let's do this,
let's have plans, like... And I'd be talking to her
about like you know what? I'm doing this, like,
if you could like help me like get around the shop.
I expected her to be like girl, we live only five minutes
away from each other, but she kind of stayed quiet.
I just felt like I was bothering, so I just kind of
like kept my distance, and ever since then
kind of it's been a little bit off between us.
Ink Bomb has also been telling me that Amber's
been talking [bleep] about me behind my back.
- So what you gonna do about this [bleep]?
- I'm gonna say something.
Lately I've been getting really weird vibes from Amber.
And I'm not really sure what's going on.
But I haven't done anything to her, so hopefully,
I'll talk to her and everything will go back to normal.
When should we have an anniversary party?
This just popped up on my feed.
Look like Mika just went to Enigma anniversary party.
♪♪♪♪
- That's good for them.
- You don't care that she be there?
- As long as she's putting in work
at Ink Art Music, why would I complain?
- I'm glad you think that way because...
Nessie's going to do my coverup tattoo.
At Enigma. - You're going
to get a tattoo,
and it's not where you supposedly work?
Did you ask anybody in the shop? Ink Bomb?
- I did not mention it to Ink Bomb.
I knew there was no easy way to bring this up with KP and Tim.
But Nessie was there for me a lot when I was having issues
with Jarris, and all I want is this Jarris tattoo covered up.
I'm gonna need a little coverup.
- You guys broke up? - Yes, we broke up.
- How did you even get this?
- A long ass time ago.
I really don't see this as a big deal or why it's okay
that Ink Bomb could be at Enigma but I can't go there
and get a quick coverup? - You know what we been through.
And you know one of them people that you going to
caused a lot of this bull[bleep].
I'm letting y'all come to Compton,
and I'm still giving chances. - With all due respect,
I don't know what y'all trying to do
but I can't be a part of this. I quit.
- And now you let them reel you in and say,
oh, yeah, let me do it. You letting them bring
that energy right back in here through you, that's crazy.
How is Alana gonna step out the tattoo shop that she work in
and get work done by somebody that did us dirty?
And we been bringing her clients.
Come on now.
I don't know where her head is at,
but I can't help but to question her loyalty right now.
- If I find out Alana you over there trying
to get in there over there. - If I was there,
I'd be there, right?
- I don't even wanna have this conversation.
[laughing]
My shoulder's broken.
Alana over here talking about going to get tatted.
Where the [bleep] she going.
I don't know who she work for.
- Oh my God! - Nothing about it!
♪♪♪♪
- I'm Deshay, this is Bookie.
We doing a podcast called
Everything Between the Lines.
We have a guest, Mz. Ink Bomb.
You working around any artist that maybe inspire you?
- I'm still at my shop working by myself, so I don't know.
- I just left the doctor.
And he's measuring ten pounds, two ounces
which is bigger than what Jackson was.
And they were just telling me all the risks that
come along with, you know, if he gets stuck.
- We cover your ass every single time.
You act like you work here. You don't even come to the shop.
- Shut up, you acting real stupid.
- You can't talk right now.
Like, you know I would beat the [bleep] up.
- Girl! - You talking crazy!
♪♪ I do what I want ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
- All right, so I just left the doctor.
And it looks like we're gonna
have to go ahead and do a confirmed C-section.
They measured the baby, and he's measuring ten pounds,
two ounces which is bigger than what Jackson was.
And they're like if you weren't big enough for the last baby,
you're definitely not gonna be big enough for this one, um...
And they were just telling me all the risks
that come along with...
You know, if he gets stuck, and if I have to go through
that whole process again and...
I guess it's a lot deeper than just even his arm being
paralyzed, like, it could be a lot of brain damage
or cerebral palsy or-- They were just telling me
all these horrible things that could happen if I decide
to try to have him naturally, so, um...
They strongly recommend the C-section, and this is now
the third doctor that's told me this,
so that's what we're gonna do.
It was a frightening conversation.
Gonna head home and talk to Jamie about everything
and see how he feels about it, but, yup.
♪♪♪♪
My mom has come in town to help me
get ready for the baby.
And I can finally just take a breath.
- So here we have all of the sorted baby clothes.
What will be your first cocktail?
- A jalapeño margarita.
[Katherine chuckles] I can't wait.
I can picture the whole thing now.
- [chuckling] So have you decided
whether or not you're gonna have the cesarean?
- Yeah, we're gonna go with the C-section, um...
I'm really scared 'cause I've never had surgery before,
and the doctor was just going over all the risks.
But she said because this is my first surgery,
all those risks are low. I haven't even been able
to embrace the fact that I'm gonna be bringing
a baby home or bond with this baby because I can't get over
the process of how he's gonna get here.
The scariest thing that she told me was that she said
don't lift anything over 15 pounds.
I have a one-year-old
who weighs 30 pounds at home.
And she's like, yeah, can't lift him, so...
I have no clue how I'm gonna manage that.
- Jamie's gonna have to hand you Jackson when you're seated.
- I know that but like... - You cannot get up
with the baby, yeah, I know. - I'm so hands on with Jackson.
So that when he wakes up in the morning,
I can't get him out the crib. - Yeah.
- I can't get him out the car seat.
I can't put him in the car seat. I can't...
- And you won't even try because you won't--
Your body will tell you I can't do this.
You're gonna be going... [sighing]
- You're not making it any better.
- ♪♪ Check the numbers check the numbers ♪♪
♪♪ I got plays Check the watch ♪♪
♪♪ No delays ♪♪
♪♪ They don't lie, they don't lie it's what they say ♪♪
♪♪ And numbers tell the truth at the end of the day ♪♪
♪♪ Check the numbers, check the numbers I got plays ♪♪
- So we are here for this experience
that we would love for y'all to be a part of
called the Everything Between the Lines podcast
presented to y'all by Bookie and Deshay.
[applause]
- The name of our podcast is called
Everything Between the Lines
We're doing our first live recording
at the Premier Tattoo Conference.
And this is geared towards educating Black and Brown
artists about the ins and outs and everything
between the lines when it comes to our craft.
And it's a perfect platform for everybody,
the whole culture to get involved in.
[applause]
- I'm Deshay. This is Bookie.
We'll be here to basically introduce
Everything Between the Lines podcast.
And we have a guest. Mz. Ink Bomb.
[applause]
- I'm honored to be Bookie and Deshay's
first guest on the podcast.
Especially as a female artist to get asked.
So I thought that was a big deal.
- Me and Bookie got a podcast coming up.
- Oh, is that right? - And we think
you would be a good guest. - Okay, that would be dope.
I ain't gonna front though.
I'm a little nervous.
It's a lot of pressure especially being in front
of artists like Lady L and Made Rich.
Just hoping they not gonna ask me nothing too crazy.
- What's up? - What's up?
- You know, the reason why we're doing this is we are creating
a safe space for artists Black and Brown to discuss growth
in the tattoo industry. So I guess my first question
for you is what was the first shop
that you got a chance to work at?
- It was a clothing store. Slauson Tees.
- With you working at Slauson Tees, did that fall
into you tattooing Nip? - Yes.
- How did that come about? Because you've done some
really iconic [bleep]. - Okay.
He told me about the project.
Talking about, you know, I'm trying to finish this race.
I'm like, you know the flags, bro, at the end of the race.
You know, we can do the two right there on your neck.
- So she gave him the idea.
Yeah. [laughter]
[applause]
- I am so proud of Bookie and Deshay for doing this podcast.
I never knew that Ink Bomb did them flags.
I mean, she's basically like a female OG out here
in the tattoo game, and I'm really happy
that even Nelly showed up to the podcast.
Even though she's been distant from the shop,
it means a lot that she came out and put all her personal
[bleep] to the side to support the team.
- How do you feel, you know, in your situations as far
as you got to now, you know, you working around
any artists that maybe inspire you?
- I still look up to people at Enigma.
You know? Everybody over there I love.
- There we go. - I'm still at my shop
working my buns off, so I don't know.
- Do appreciate the time. - Happy for the talk.
[applause]
- I was talking with Katrina,
and she asked me to check in with Nelly again.
I said my peace to her already.
Honestly, I don't gotta talk to her again.
- There's where you at right now?
- I have something to show you guys.
- Ohh... - What's that?
- She got a coverup.
- I went to Enigma, and I got it done.
♪♪ I do what I want ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
- We are officially
down to the last day.
We are delivering tomorrow.
Do you even know what's happening?
Jackson, this is your last day
having me all to yourself.
[Jackson fussing]
Jackson knows what's going on.
He knows what's about to happen tomorrow
that's why he's acting like this.
[Jackson crying]
- What's the problem?
- We got a new bassinet.
Diapers.
Everything we need.
[crying continues]
What's a matter?
What's the matter?
What's wrong? You just wanted some camera time?
You look like you're having a hard time.
[fussing continues]
Give me a kiss.
[fusses]
Give me a kiss.
- ♪♪ '75 Pinto Hatchback ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
♪♪ I drove that ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
♪♪ I drove that ♪♪
- I heard your client cancelled on you today, Bookie.
- Yeah, wasn't just a cancellation.
He had to send it to his chick
to get the approval.
[all laughing]
- Hi.
- Welcome to Enigma!
- Wait a minute. - How you doing?
- Hey. - What are you doing here?
- Recently. I saw you on the book.
My girl coming in today.
- I had to make an appointment immediately.
My relationship with Jarris is over.
But I still have some loose ends.
And one of them is covering up this tattoo on my neck.
So when my homegirl Nessie offered
to cover it up, hell, yeah, I'll be there.
I know what KP says, but what is he gonna do?
Get rid of me too? I'm the only one that's
had his back from the jump, so why can't he cut me a break
if I wanna hang out with some old friends?
KP can hold a grudge if he wants to,
but I don't think I should feel bad for this.
- Make the shading different?
- Like I'm not even being picky with this.
You can just do whatever you want.
- So you single now, huh?
- Are you single and ready to mingle?
- I don't know. - Are you going
to the San Diego convention?
- No one in the shop has mentioned it,
but I'd love to go. You guys are going?
- Yeah. - Oh, I'm there.
Oh, I don't think IAM's gonna like that too much.
- Really? Why?
- Is it like in your contract you can't fraternize
with anybody else? - Um, damn, yeah.
- Damn, that's crazy. - You can't even have friends.
- KP and Tim haven't brought up the San Diego convention,
but I really wanna go. It just seems like these days
all they care about is KP's music.
I mean, I just walked into Enigma,
and the vibe is so different than IAM.
I can see now why Nessie loves it here
and Barbie wants to work here.
- How's the shop going? - It's really weird
'cause it's like I'm the one that stayed.
Everyone literally left, so it's like I had to welcome
in these new people, and I love Ink Bomb.
- That's my dawg.
- And then this other girl named Amber, she does eyebrows.
She was cool, but lately she's been
giving me attitude, and I have no idea why.
- Seems like a lot of drama still.
- Mm-mm-mm. I am not surprised
nothing has changed over there at IAM.
As long as KP and Tim are running the place,
there's always gonna be some type of drama.
They only care about what you can do for them.
And whether I get this job permanently at Enigma or not,
I'm still glad I got off on the right exit.
- So you ready to get rid of him once and for all or what?
- I feel like I've moved on but this is the final thing
that I need to actually move on.
- Right, we need to get him all the way outta here.
- ♪♪ I just wanna feel elevated ♪♪
♪♪ Wake up in the morning Say goodbye to mourning ♪♪
- I am finally getting the last piece of Jarris
out of my life forever. Getting this tattoo removed
is really a symbolization that I'm completely done.
I need to refocus all my energy back into myself
and figure out what I wanna do with my life.
- ♪♪ I need that happiness that comes from above like ♪♪
♪♪ It's deeper than the feeling we receive ♪♪
♪♪ From all the things that we have ♪♪
♪♪ I got a joy that lasts yeah it's never leaving so I still ♪♪
♪♪ Feel content when things don't go the way I'm thinking oh ♪♪
- I do feel like IAM is a big part of my journey,
and it's definitely a big part of my life
that brought me to where I am today.
But right now, I'm not really feeling the team vibe.
- ♪♪ Hurting so badly ♪♪
♪♪ I just wanna be so happy ♪♪
♪♪ Lord I need you please come grab me ♪♪
♪♪ 'Cause I just wanna be ♪♪
♪♪ Wanna be yeah ♪♪
♪♪ Hey yeah I wanna be... ♪♪
- It seems right that Nessie's doing my coverup at Enigma.
She may be a part of my past at IAM,
but look where she's at now. I feel so empowered
by all the female energy around me, and also inspired.
I still have a lot to learn and accomplish, but I'm young,
talented, and determined to get to where I wanna be.
- ♪♪ But what does that mean yeah ♪♪
- Ooh, you're all done. - I'm so excited to see it.
- I took a picture of it for you 'cause I know
you're not gonna be able to see it.
- [gasps] Oh my God, Nessie.
You can't see it at all.
Oh my God, it looks so good.
I love it! I'm so happy.
- New beginnings, new growth, F and F.
[Alana chuckles]
♪♪♪♪
- It is go time.
We're getting ready to have this baby.
You look right comfy. - Yeah.
- Why they do the dads like this?
They should have a bed for you in here too.
- Are you ready?
- I'm ready. - To meet the new guy.
- We're ready.
We can hear the heartbeat. Sounding real strong over there.
We can't wait to meet you baby boy.
It's been a long time coming.
[heartbeat]
- I'm going through some [bleep] right now.
For the past month or so, I been going home to an empty house.
♪♪ I do what I want ♪♪
♪♪ Three, two, one, zero, blast off ♪♪
♪♪ Cruising like the super duper you ♪♪
♪♪ Airing through your hood like it's first day quick ♪♪
♪♪ Soaring playing on the... ♪♪
- So how your arm doing, KP?
- It's all bad, man, I dislocated my shoulder.
[Tim chuckling]
Having too much fun in DR.
- Thought he was Hancock.
[laughing]
[door buzzer]
- Alana!
- Hi, everybody. - What up?
- Where you gliding here from?
- I have something to show you guys.
- Ohh... - What is that?
- My coverup.
- Who tatted that?
- Nessie. I went to Enigma,
and I got it done.
- You didn't support the artists that you in shop with.
- It had nothing to do with support.
I just went to get a quick coverup.
And just hang out, chilling.
- She put on a whole event to get you clients.
- Yeah, we been doing all this for you.
Hey, guys, I need help. Y'all not helping me.
We help you and then you come back
supporting they stuff, bringing it in here.
That's a slap in the face to all of us.
It really blow my mind that
after our conversation
Alana still took her happy ass
to the other side and got a tattoo
by somebody who quit the shop in a heartbeat.
It's one thing for Mz. Ink Bomb
to go hang with her friends from way back.
It's another thing for Alana to go get a tattoo over there.
I thought she had our back, but it look like
she doing us kind of shady.
- I'm actually kind of happy I went because they had
mentioned something about a convention in San Diego.
- That'd be a good idea. - That would be fun.
- Before we can go and be representing Ink Art Music,
we gotta get rid of the whatever little buildup cancer
we got going on. If anybody got anything
personally going on within the shop, now is the time
to like put it out there.
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- I wanted to get something off my chest.
It's actually about you Amber. - Me?
- Yeah. - What about me?
- Well, I mean, I know everyone knows my situation like
in the shop like [bleep] I been dealing with.
Like, my breakup, my financial situation,
and if I could be here every day, I would.
And y'all know that.
When it had got brought to my attention, Amber,
that you felt like it's a burden that I had to ask you
if I could carpool with you to the shop.
- You've never asked me for a ride.
You live right down the street.
- Because I felt like it's a burden because Mika
had literally told me that you said why do I have
to be responsible for taking Alana to the tattoo shop?
Don't she got friends? Did you not say that?
- Mika, did I ever say anything about her asking me for a ride?
- I don't remember anything about a ride,
but you have said... - We probably both mentioned it,
but I don't feel like you--
Have you ever asked me for a ride?
- That's not even one of the situations.
- But have you ever asked me for a ride? Yes or no.
You never asked me. Come on now.
Bitch, you've never even asked me for a [bleep] ride.
At the end of the day, I'm worried about
how I'ma pay my [bleep] bills.
You're worried about a ride to come to work that you don't
even [bleep] have clients for. Doesn't make sense.
- I don't know why you getting hostile
'cause I'm not even a little bit...
- You act like you work here. You don't even come to the shop.
- Who are you to run your mouth? You just got here because...
[shouting]
- ...do nothing about it.
KP, KP, does she work here? Yes or no.
- Look... - No, does she bring
clients here? Yes or No? Do we cover
her ass every single time?
- Like we can't bring this to San Diego though.
[all talking]
- Who you gonna bring to San Diego?
You don't have no clients.
- Girl, you literally do [bleep] eyebrows, bitch.
- And I make money. I make lots of [bleep] money.
- You literally pay KP to be here.
- You so tough. - Like, who are you?
- You so tough right now, like, you know I will beat
the [bleep] out your... - Girl!
- Don't, aye! Come on.
- [bleep] bitch.
[bleep]
You lame ass [bleep]... You dumb [bleep].
Stupid ass bitch.
- Don't think you're about to just threaten me,
and I'm not gonna do nothing about it.
I been here since day one, and even though I don't have
a lot of clients, KP believes in me
and knows my worth in the shop.
So [bleep] Amber and what she thinks 'cause her saying
that I'm never at the shop is bull[bleep].
'Cause [bleep] was talking to me fake ass [bleep]
that all I do is talk about my boyfriend.
[all talking]
- Okay, first of all, Amber, you sound dumb as [bleep].
- What is your problem?
- You talking [bleep] behind my back.
- She was just telling me about how like you know stuff
she has going on, and it's like, you ain't the only one.
I got stuff going on too. She's like I haven't
heard from you. - Feeling's gotta be mutual.
We can't be the only one just worried about you little Alana.
I do feel a certain way without you working here.
I already expressed that to you. That's why I always tell you,
Alana, even if you don't have any clients,
come to the [bleep] shop.
- And I agree. - You know what I'm saying?
So that, that's, that's what I feel.
- I didn't even come here to fight with Amber.
I really wanted to end it. And it's not even the car thing
that was my problem. It was also her saying
she could out tattoo me... - I definitely can.
I definitely can. Even today, you suck.
- Why would I wanna work with somebody like that?
- The vibes here, we gotta work on this.
Alana don't know how good she got it here.
I used to tattoo clients on the floor
because I didn't have a table.
Alana gotta get rid of this privilege ass attitude
and grow the hell up.
None of us got where we are today
with somebody holding our hand.
- I don't need y'all fighting and getting into it.
'Cause we still have to move forward as a business.
And we can't favoritism nobody.
- You all are full of [bleep]. I love y'all,
but y'all full of [bleep].
Y'all know damn well she not working here,
and if it were someone else it would not be the same.
I really bring money in here.
I left my own business for this
because I believe in your dream, your business.
I had no clients, no nothing, And you complain about clients.
I don't know nobody here. You're from here [bleep],
and I'm still making it work.
Do we ask them for clients?
- No, we get our own clients at the end of the day.
- So, no, I don't respect you. I don't respect you.
I look at you like you're a [bleep] joke.
- Yes, you make money here, Amber, yes, you make money.
And that's why I don't... - You don't even know that.
They have to tell you that. You don't know that.
- I don't like where it's going.
- Yeah, but I don't like that you just take care.
You don't say nothing, but jumping on the table.
You guys, I'm out, like, this [bleep] is a joke.
Like, don't think I'm gonna let some little girl disrespect me.
This is a joke.
- I really thought everything was smooth at the shop
since those toxic people left.
That's why we been able to focus on music a little more.
But the minute I step away from the shop,
all these issues pop up.
So now I don't even know what to think.
We don't have time for petty [bleep] like this.
At this point, I don't give a [bleep] about no convention.
I really don't. - And at the end of the day,
that situation is petty, petty.
If it keep moving like this,
I don't know how long I'ma stay here honestly.
'Cause if we can't move as a team, like I don't want it.
- I didn't wanna pull you in.
But this is someone I spent $30,000 on.
- [bleep] money, Kevin.
- Let me, maybe... - It ain't about you
or you bull[bleep]. I don't care!
- Are you insane? - I don't care!
♪♪ I do what I want ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
♪♪ And you know what's true? ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
♪♪ It's cold as real ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
- Hey, Kev, what's up, dude?
- You know, [bleep], fighting LA traffic.
- Yeah, yeah. - Rushing here and trying to
get to the shop, I'm excited about the convention.
I want to finish working on my design.
- We been talking about doing a shop convention
for the longest, and it's finally here.
I want it to be something cool, um...
I was talking to Katrina, and she asked me
to check in with Nelly again.
Something's up with her and Sayir.
- Nelly and Sayir ain't good.
- Okay. - As a friend it would be good
for y'all just to have like a check on you conversation
because God forbid if anything were to happen to that girl,
you would feel horrible. - Okay.
I've said my peace to her already.
Honestly, I don't gotta talk to her again.
- That's where you at right now? - I feel like
you know her just as well as I do.
If you feel like you wanna talk to her, you should talk to her,
you know what I mean, like... - Yeah, I mean...
I'ma talk to her definitely, you know what I'm saying?
But, um, I don't want it to become like a collective of all
of us airing out this point, airing out that point.
And ultimately-- - Wait, you wanna...
You wanna do it here with everybody?
- Yeah, I think it's the best place.
Anytime situations happen like this,
it's how we find solutions at the shop.
As long as I been working here at this shop,
we've always moved as one.
That's one of the reasons
why we work so well together
and we have the camaraderie that we have
that I've never seen in any other shop.
Obviously Nelly's going through something right now.
So I feel like this is the perfect time for us
to step in and offer our help 'cause as a crew,
we gotta show her some love.
- It can go one of two ways. I don't see it going
the right way. - Let's get this out
the way first, then we continue having a good day.
[chuckling]
- A'ight.
- Yo! What up, what up?
[chatter]
- So I was texting Katrina.
She's hella excited about us doing the first convention
and [bleep]. Aside from bringing our stellar
work, Barbie, Denai, we're getting a big ass house.
I told Trina, I was, like, I wanna do it up.
- Big house, big energy. - Big house, big energy.
- I wanna talk to our artists real quick.
This convention we getting ready to go on is about to be
so much fun and so rewarding at the same time.
And that gives me more reason to talk to Nelly about
what's been going on so we don't bring none of that
negative energy down to San Diego.
Before we head out to this convention
couple things I kinda wanted to, uh, just kinda get cleared.
And it has to do with you. - With me? Okay.
- Lately, I've been feeling something different.
And I just wanna make sure that you okay.
I care about you,
and I'm concerned and...
the energy's been off
in the shop with me and you.
- Your speculations are correct.
[sniffles]
[bleep]
- It's okay, as you know, we're here for you.
- I know.
- You ain't gotta carry a burden.
- I have been wanting to talk to y'all.
Some of y'all have been concerned.
Others have chosen to take it personal and make it
about themselves [sniffles].
Which is what stopped me from opening up.
I'm going through some [bleep] right now.
♪♪♪♪
For the past month or so,
I've been going home to an empty house.
♪♪ I do what I want ♪♪
I'm going through some [bleep] right now.
For the past month or so,
I've been going home to an empty house.
Sayir was all I had.
So it's not about you and your music and her ghosting you.
This [bleep] is real to me.
[sniffles]
- Let me first of all just say this.
I didn't wanna pull you in.
But this is someone I spent $30,000 on.
- [bleep] money, Kevin. - Let me, let me...
- It ain't about you or your [bleep], I don't care.
- Are you insane? - I don't care.
It ain't about business. It ain't about nobody
disrespecting you, you don't know what the [bleep]...
- No, no, no, no, no.
- You don't know that. - Hold on, hold on.
- Two minutes, can I get two minutes?
[all talking]
Just two minutes because it went too far.
We need to figure out if Sis is okay first.
Sayir, Kevin, and Nelly situation, that's not what
we here for, bro. - But she detoured and said
I'm making it about myself. You know I care about you.
I wanna tell you factual statements.
And yes, I invested this. Yes, I feel a way about that.
- I get you spent money on Sayir.
It ain't about that! It's about what the [bleep]
I'm going through right now. I never made [bleep] about me.
Never! I'm here every [bleep] day
no matter what the [bleep] I'm going through,
still trying to support every last [bleep] one of y'all
to be here for y'all. And not once
has my [bleep] friend, Kevin, said "Are you okay?"
Out of anybody here, you should know when I'm off.
That's why I say it's always about you.
'Cause you don't pay attention to people
who you so call your [bleep] friends.
Whatever the [bleep] you and her got going on,
y'all gonna have to get to it, like I told you,
when you're able to talk to her. I told you,
I gotta stay out of it, why? I don't have no [bleep]
way to talk to her. She's blocked me on every
[bleep] thing, every [bleep] thing.
Only thing I know is that she's okay.
And that is it!
- Absolutely. You are absolutely right.
I absolutely made it about me.
And I own that.
I feel like if the shoe were on the other foot,
and if you were doing X, Y, and Z for Rashad,
I feel like I would stand in and say, hey, [bleep],
you not about to do that to her.
Answer her [bleep] phone call. Dude, this is next.
- Dawg, there's nobody there for me to talk to!
I go home to an empty house! - She don't have no contact.
- I'm just, I'm just... - Kevin, she blocked me.
- I just told you. - I have no way to talk to her.
- I just told you you're right.
♪♪♪♪
- You got all the answers.
- No, no, no, no, no... - [bleep].
Get me the [bleep] outta here.
- I don't know the history
of Kevin and Nelly's friendship.
Apparently, it's way deeper than just this conversation here.
I'm kind of shocked at the emphasis that's being
put on monetary and material [bleep] friendship versus
how people actually feel that you claim to care about.
I don't know what to think.
- Okay, all right, Nelly, all right.
- Always wanna be about [bleep] Kevin.
[monitor beeping]
[Kat] Oh, baby. [Jamie] What's up, man?
- Hi, man.
[crying]
[all talking]
[crying]
♪♪♪♪
[Kat] Welcome to the world, little man.
Mommy and Daddy and your big brothers love you.
[Jamie] How does it feel?
- Relieved.
- Another boy.
- Big boy. - Another knucklehead.
- He's bigger than Jackson.
- Mm-mm-mm.
- He's nine pounds, five ounces.
- Did your thing.
I'm ready to get the hell out of here and go home.
- Hey, party people! - I think I see the bus. - We are headed to San Diego
for our first ever tattoo convention.
Everybody's gonna bring their A game
so we can all make Katrina proud.
- Whoo!
- I really gotta pee. Can they pull over?
- I'm gonna pee in this cup!
- Ohh!
- KP doesn't give a [bleep] about the convention.
Really me and Mika have been the only ones talking about it.
- What you wanna do? Do you wanna go?
- I don't know if I do. - Do your own thing.
Spread your wings, little butterfly.
- I slightly got into it with Nelly last night.
I'm tired of like beating around the bush.
With Sayir, it's very much [bleep] that bitch.
- Where it went left,
is when he said [bleep] Sayir, you should say [bleep].
It's a thin line between caring and controlling.
- Why I'ma focus on people
who don't appreciate what I'm doing.
- Yeah. - Might have to be out
with the old and in with the new again.
- The booth is very small.
If you don't have clients
then you should wait on the other side.
- You know, whatever.
You are so [bleep] disrespectful
and you wanna bring up that [bleep].
- Oh my God, they're fighting.
Oh, [bleep]!
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