[cheers and applause]
- How was y'all feeling about the party?
- I loved it. - The only thing that
bothered me was Nelly.
- She's been acting like,
a totally different person.
♪♪♪♪
- What up, what up?
- Hello. - Hi, Nelly.
♪♪♪♪
- It's a boy. - [Kat] Hi, baby!
[Jamie] Another boy.
- Welcome to the world, little man.
- Are you going to the San Diego convention?
- I'd love to go. You guys are going?
- Yeah. - Oh, I don't think I am.
- Why? - Is it like, in your contract
you can't fraternize with anybody else?
- Um, damn near. - Damn.
- Kinda irritated.
- Why you irritated? - I don't know.
I'm really over the fact that KP and Tim keep
giving her special treatment.
You don't even come to the shop--
- Girl, shut up, you acting real stupid.
- You know I will beat the [bleep] out you.
- Girl!
[shouting]
- Oh, [bleep]!
- 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
your music and her ghosting you.
- I didn't even wanna pull you in,
but this is something I spent $30,000 on.
- [bleep] the money, Kevin. - Are you insane?
- Get me the [bleep] outta here.
Always wanna be about [bleep] Kevin.
- ♪♪ 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 ♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ Run it back to the business I'ma keep gettin' it ♪♪ ♪♪ Got it on lock and your girl's my key witness ♪♪
♪♪ Get stacks, all facts, no cap, no cap ♪♪
♪♪ Don't like it, double up, run it back... ♪♪
[ding]
♪♪♪♪
- Kev, what up?
- What's going on? - Waiting on everybody,
I'm the first one here, of course.
Today is a big day for Enigma.
We are headed to San Diego
for our first-ever tattoo convention.
I honestly can't believe it's been four years in the making
you know, through the pandemic,
and Katrina having her first baby,
but now we're here.
We got this huge party bus coming
and Barbie and Denai already in San Diego getting
the house that they booked ready for us.
Even though Katrina can't be here,
everybody's ready to bring their A game
so we can all make our friend proud.
- How you think the dynamic, everybody gonna be
together and [bleep] between you and Nelly and everybody?
- I'ma be honest, like, I'm cool.
Like, what needed to be said was said.
At least we can go down there 'cause I mean, we got this
big, fancy bus, I'm like, I wanted be able
to drive together, live together,
and just have a good time.
- Right, yeah. That's the bigger picture.
Seeing Nelly in such an emotional state,
I've definitely never seen her like that.
She was clearly hiding some deep pain
that none of us knew about.
But Kevin was definitely not wrong in that situation,
to me, I feel like it was business that took place.
Even though it may have come off a little aggressive.
So long as we do what we gotta do
at the convention regardless, 'cause we gotta go in there
focused, laser focused.
[phone dings]
Who text you?
- Hey. - What's going on?
- Where everybody else at? - I don't know.
We're the first ones here. - It's just us?
[Nelly] I'm still a little put-off by
the conversation I had with Kevin the other day.
I'm sitting here explaining to him what I got going on,
and he's still turning it around and making it about himself.
But after having a session with my teacher,
I feel a lot better, I feel more balanced,
I feel re-centered, I'm ready to go on this trip
and get back to my old ways and just have fun.
- Sup, y'all? - Hey.
- How y'all today? - Yeah, you ready to work?
[overlapping chatter]
- Hey, party people!
Time to turn up.
- Time to turn up.
- We missing somebody, where's Bookie?
- Um... - No, what?
- Bookie's sick. - What?!
So he's not coming at all?
- He's not coming, yeah. That was all the bad news.
- No more bad news? - That was all the bad news.
We still got a heavy-hitting crew...
You know what I'm saying? I feel like, we gonna
go down there and turn up, have a good time.
[phone ringing]
Hello?
Yes.
- What?! - Oh, hell no.
- Okay... - I coulda drove myself there.
- Hell yeah.
- First Bookie's not coming,
now we out here waiting two hours
for this damn bus to get here.
Let's just hope that this gives LeMeir
enough time to get his ass here, because we need him.
I guess that's it, [bleep].
Wait for this [bleep] bus to pull up.
- ♪♪ Do I talk stuff? Yes, I do ♪♪
♪♪ Yeah, I'm pretty, but I'm buck ♪♪
♪♪ Bruh, yeah, that's true ♪♪
♪♪ If you tryna knuckle up, I can do that too ♪♪
♪♪ It's whatever's clever, I ain't scared that ain't new ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
♪♪ You ain't like me ♪♪♪♪
- After the [bleep] that went down
the other day with Amber and Alana,
it wasn't an easy decision,
but I decided to let the team know
that I was packing up my stuff...
and headed to the San Diego tattoo convention.
The boys still aren't going,
but Tim, he let me use the IAM name
to secure the booth at the last minute.
I asked Alana to pull up to the convention
so she can be my skin model for the competition.
[line ringing]
She said she was down to go,
but honestly, I really don't know
where her head space is at.
- Your call has been forwarded
to an automatic voice message system.
- Hey, it's Ink Bomb, I'm calling to let you know
that I'm packed and on my way to the convention.
Um, I hope you're on your way too.
Hopefully I'll see you there.
As for Amber, we spoke the other day
about her putting aside the drama
that she has with Alana.
I did ask Alana to be my skin for the weekend,
but I hope you don't feel a certain type of way
if I do tattoo her.
- Nah, I support that.
Even if I see her at the convention...
- Mm-hmm. - I'm not gonna make us
look crazy. - Okay.
- I am disappointed about
KP and Tim not showing up to the convention.
It seem like they're more focused on music these days
than the issues that are at hand.
So if IAM not gonna be showing up,
I am gonna be representing myself.
♪♪♪♪
[Nessie] Where's this damn bus?
- I feel like we're stranded right now.
[overlapping chatter]
- I can't believe we've been waiting
for two hours for this damn bus.
Normally, we would be inside waiting,
but somebody forgot their keys.
Regardless of what happens,
I need us to win awards,
and I need Nelly and Kevin to settle their differences.
- [phone ringing] - Hold on, look who's calling.
- Who? - Boss lady herself.
[overlapping greetings]
- Who just had a baby? Not you!
- Working so hard.
Why you look like you didn't just have a baby?
You are glowing. Okay?
[laughter]
[overlapping chatter]
- I love it. - Okay...
- No pressure, no pressure - No pressure.
- Alright, bye.
- [horn honks] - Wait, y'all,
I think I see the bus.
[excited chatter, laughter]
We made it!
[all shouting]
♪♪♪♪
- Yo, hold up, hold up.
Y'all ain't about to leave me, y'all, what up!
[overlapping greetings]
- Let's get it, let's get it.
- Yo, I ain't gonna lie, I ain't think
I was gonna make it down to the convention.
It's hella busy inside the Mitchell household
right now, so I tucked the wifey at the crib,
everything worked out, 'cause here I am
ready to turn up with Enigma at this convention
and get these awards, baby, woo woo, let's go!
- Bookie not here, so I mean,
I guess you're a perfect replacement.
- I can't replace him, but, you know, I'ma make
the situation a little better on y'all.
- I need y'all asses to get on this bus, let's go.
[laughter]
- Look, me and LeMeir might got our differences
on the personal end, but he is a talented artist
and he's a strong player,
so I'ma stay in my lane, he can stay in his,
and we can keep [bleep] civil for this convention.
- Let's do it, let's go! - Let's go!
- ♪♪ Yeah, hey, hey, I need it bad enough ♪♪
♪♪ I'm out here doing what they thinking is irrational ♪♪
♪♪ Getting to the back back back back ♪♪
♪♪ Spinning fast, I'ma make it back... ♪♪
- I'd like to inquire about a dog.
Like, a pit bull.
Something that growl, arg.
I need that dog to go... [barking]
[KP] It's been kinda hectic the past few days,
especially with Alana and Amber's little squabble
they had at the shop.
Me and Tim been getting everything lined up
for my new single that we gotta shoot this week
called "New New". So Tim has been
reaching out to vendors to line up the props we need.
[Tim] Perfect, perfect, we'll take it, thank you.
That's one thing off the list.
- This my first music video off the project,
so we gotta get everything right,
from the girls, to the car,
to the house, to the dog.
VMAs, here we come.
Bro, what type of dog you talking about getting?
- Pit bull.
- Nah, that ain't what we doing.
We want a little fly dog, like a Frenchie.
My new new ain't aggressive.
It's friendly, it's soft, it's nice.
- Like that? - Not doing the Taco Bell dog.
The key is me and a new new whip,
with my new new little doggy,
pull up to my new new crib,
like, everything new, my energy, everything's gotta be new.
Even like, what the [bleep] that just happened...
- With the girls? - They...
I'm like, what the hell is this?
How we gonna go somewhere as a team,
and they just got into a whole situation.
I ain't know what to do.
That fight brought back a whole lotta flashbacks
of petty arguments and fights we had with the old squad.
- You ain't gangsta. - Try me!
- Like I ain't the [bleep] from a hood too.
- I'ma knock your [bleep]...
[Nessie] I can't be a part of this.
I don't need to be here, bro.
- After what you just said, I lost all respect for you.
- I quit. - With the girls
on the way to the convention, I gotta figure this out
because all of this [bleep] that's taken place,
it's affecting my music, my creativity,
and my peace of mind.
I'm tryna build with people,
but this [bleep] y'all doing right here,
arguing and pointing the finger, nah, we can't do that.
- We gotta try to keep it together, bro.
Those three is all we got for right now.
We don't wanna keep starting over.
- I need some new energy.
I need a "New New" video shoot to go well.
Guess who has to make that happen?
Young Timothy.
- Man...
- Let's go, Tim.
[Nessie] I really gotta pee, can we pull over?
- We're not pulling over, Nessie.
- I will pee in this cup!
- [bleep] it, pee in the cup.
- [splashing] - [all exclaiming]
- KP don't give a [bleep] about the convention.
- I swear, that place is so toxic.
At the end of the day like, who's gonna have your back?
- I know. - You know what I mean?
- Obviously not them.
- I slightly got into it with Nelly last night.
I was just like, dog, you've allowed your teacher
to basically puppet master you.
I'm not saying she's in a cult,
but I feel like he kinda has her brainwashed.
[bleep] that bitch, I don't care.
- ♪♪ I do what I want ♪♪
- ♪♪ I got the power, I'll control the wave ♪♪
♪♪ I'll control everything damn near ♪♪
♪♪ Yeah, I got now into gear Everything just got severe ♪♪
♪♪ I'm an elite-r, no, you can never get near ♪♪
♪♪ I got a rep with no sneers Yeah, I'm in gear ♪♪
- I'm ready to turn the [bleep] up.
- Let's take a shot for LeMeir.
Well, are you taking shots?
- I'm not a CEO today. - There we go!
[excited chatter]
- It feels good to be with a crew
that enjoys being around each other.
Unlike IAM, last time we did this,
there was clearly a lack of respect from management.
- You giving respect, I'ma give it back 30 times.
- What was you reppin' on your shirt,
Happy Ice or Ink Art Music?
- Nobody here hatin' on me being on an entrepreneur
or worried about me being a tattoo artist.
So already, we off to a good start.
- ♪♪ Tryna get my double up ♪♪
♪♪ You pull up in the club and you know... ♪♪
[rapid singing]
♪♪♪♪
♪♪ Tryna get my double up ♪♪
♪♪ We pull up in the club and you know it bubbles up ♪♪
[Nessie] I really gotta pee.
Can we pull over?
- We're not pulling over, Nessie.
- I will pee in this cup, I don't care.
You want me to pee on myself?
[chatter]
- Alright, [bleep] it. - Pee in the cup.
- Nessie, no, don't pee in the cup.
No, no, look... - Don't touch me!
[chatter continues]
- I don't care.
- Golden showers!
- I'm like 10% ratchet, just let me have this 10%.
- I'm a little worried about Nessie's current state.
She should really try to moderate her drinking,
but at least she's in a safe space,
so do your thing, girl.
- Where's the cup?!
- [splashing] - [all exclaiming]
- Is she doing it? It is happening?
- It's mad pee.
[Kevin] This is a... this is a bus full of freaks.
We have a very professional environment at work,
but this bus ain't so professional.
- I pee'd like, a whole cup.
- I can't...
[lively chatter]
- What am I gonna do with this?
[laughter]
♪♪♪♪
- Okay, I'ma just unpack the rest of this stuff.
I only have a couple more gift bags to do.
- Teamwork, teamwork. - Makes the dream work.
- You know it.
Denai and I came a little bit early to set up
to make sure everything was right for the artists.
A lot is riding on us,
since basically this is an audition.
I haven't really had a chance to spend that much time
with the team outside of Enigma,
so I think this is really a great opportunity for me
to show that I'd be an amazing manager.
This is kind of like, our like,
final hoorah to prove ourselves.
- Facts. - There's only one job
and there's two of us. - May the best bitch win.
Barbie and I, we work really well together.
It does kinda suck that they really just only
have to pick one of us.
But regardless if they chose me, which I would like,
or if they select Barbie, I still feel like
Enigma's gonna get a really good
asset to the team.
[horn blares]
- We're here!
I've been holding a cup of my own pee for like an hour,
but we finally at casa de Enigma,
and ain't nobody going to sleep.
So try it if you want to, we turning up all night.
Honey, I'm home!
[all exclaiming]
- Okay, okay! - Hell yeah.
- This is cute, love it.
[chatter]
- I was really worried that me and Barbie
did not select the right house,
but right now, the team seems to really love it.
- Okay, so let's turn the [bleep] up, then.
- Thank God.
Like, now we can relax and get lit.
[overlapping cheers]
- I wanna go outside.
- Alright, let's go outside, y'all.
♪♪♪♪
- No, I'm here for this.
- You should get in, Kevin.
Don't put me in that [bleep].
♪♪♪♪
- We can have like, questions, truth or dare...
- Okay, do you have a fetish?
[music winding down]
- Yeah, let's talk about that.
- I mean, I like feet.
It's not like a fetish.
I don't [bleep] feet, bro, come on.
- Do you like golden showers? - That's cool.
So a girl can pee on you in the shower like...
- In the shower, there's water running.
- ...and let her stand over you and pee.
- Yeah. - Huh.
- First, Nessie peeing in a cup,
now Brandon over here talking about
golden showers, bruh.
I don't know what type of shop I just joined.
- Okay, so look, imagine, this is the bathtub...
- So Barbie the girl...
[laughter]
- So how is this girl, how is the girl,
just say I'm the girl. - Alright...
[laughter continues]
- All right, so come on, Barbie.
- So she was like, right here like this.
- Like this?
[all exclaiming, laughing]
[Barbie] That's a wrap for me.
- ♪♪ They wanna see a show, so let's have fun ♪♪
♪♪ Make sure they spending rent ♪♪
♪♪ No coming back, no second guessing ♪♪
♪♪ We ain't even got a question ♪♪
♪♪ Get lower, get lower Get lower than that ♪♪
♪♪ Get lower, get lower He gon' throw them regs ♪♪
[Alana] I'm still shocked by all the stuff
that Amber was saying about me.
That she could tattoo better than me,
and that I get everything handed to me.
Everything that she was saying was so out of pocket,
and honestly, I snapped.
- Alana, you so tough... - What are you?
- You know I will beat the [bleep] out you...
- Girl! - You talking crazy.
Oh, okay, you wanna play?
- I haven't spoken to Tim and KP since then,
and of course, I haven't talked to Amber.
But the convention's tomorrow,
and Ink Bomb texted me that Amber's gonna show up.
I mean, I do wanna be there,
but if she's going, I just don't feel like
it's the right move.
So I called up a few friends that know
exactly what I'm going through
so they can help me get through this.
- Yo. - Hi!
Wow, you look cute.
- Aw, thanks, guys.
I miss you guys.
- I miss you too.
- So you guys have to update me.
- You're looking at an official NBA recruiter.
Just been... - That's dope.
- Diving head-on in that.
- I love that for you, you seem happier.
- I appreciate that. You been tattin'?
- To be honest with you, um...
my main focus has just been on my business,
and I'm actually turning my lingerie line into like,
a sexual wellness shop. So I'm doing like, sex toys...
- Okay. - Like, whips,
like, pretty much everything. - That's fire.
- How've you been? - I've been good.
- Are you still at the shop? - She the only one over there.
She's holding it down. - Apparently to everybody else,
I'm not holding it down. - What you mean?
- So it's literally just me--
Cory don't even be there.
- Shut up.
- So it's literally just
Amber, and then Bomb, but I guess Amber
has been talking [bleep] about me.
So I had confronted her at the shop,
and I literally just came at her like, oh,
so what's the issue, I heard you were saying this about me,
whatever, and then immediately it was an argument.
She immediately turned up, started going crazy,
saying that she could fight me. - [bleep].
- All this stuff, right? So I'm like, okay,
I'm taking it like you don't like me,
so I... I threw keys at her.
Big deal, whatever. It didn't even hit her.
She even got mad at KP and Tim,
like, "y'all not gonna say anything to her
after I threw the keys?"
But I'm like, that's not your business.
- I swear, that place is so toxic.
- And we're supposed to have a tattoo convention coming up.
- Like, everyone in the shop?
- Yeah, well, I mean, really me and Mika
have been the only ones talking about it.
Now me and Amber have an argument
and KP don't give a [bleep] about the convention.
- We already know the deal.
There's IAM, and then there's everybody else.
- It just kinda feels like I'm in a toxic relationship
where it's like, I'm hoping-- - No relationship.
There's no relationship. - I don't think it's for me.
- At the end of the day, Ink,
you are not a part of Ink Art Music.
- Yeah... - What you wanna do?
You gonna go?
- I don't know if I really wanna go.
- Think you should just do it, and honestly,
I'd like, use this as a way to network,
and there's so many opportunities,
especially at those conventions.
- I get going to the convention would be a good way for me
to get myself out there,
I just don't know where Amber's head is at.
Maybe if I talk to her, we can reconcile,
but I'm not holding my breath.
- Go to the convention,
talk to your peoples,
and then, you know, just do your own thing.
Spread your wings, little butterfly.
- 'Cause at the end of the day, like,
who's gonna have your back, you know what I mean?
- Obviously not them.
- [laughs] Yeah, you gotta really think about that.
- The thing about Kevin, he's passionate as [bleep].
- Where it went left is when
he literally said, repeatedly,
"[bleep] Sayir, you should say [bleep] Sayir too."
It's a thin line between caring and controlling.
- What you think about going to the convention?
- If it ain't flowin', I ain't going.
- It's in our best bet that we show up.
I just hope and pray
that our artists are smart enough
to keep it together.
- ♪♪ I do what I want ♪♪
- ♪♪ Uh, tryna stay, from the bottom ♪♪
♪♪ I'm looking to find a way ♪♪
♪♪ I came from nothing but I believe ♪♪
♪♪ If I put the work in, I will achieve ♪♪
♪♪ It's salutin' I'm ready to go ♪♪
♪♪ Ain't no holding back, I be doing the most ♪♪
♪♪ I'm feeling like Jordan, believe I'm the GOAT ♪♪
♪♪ Ascend in the air while they watchin' me flow ♪♪
- I kept trying to tell myself to go to sleep early.
[bleep] gotta deal with [bleep] last night.
- I heard something for sure.
What exactly happened though?
- Kevin and Nelly went at it again.
It got heated last night.
[DeShay] Kevin was drinking, and, of course,
soon as Kevin brought up Sayir,
[bleep] just went left real quick between them two.
- You ready? Yeah. - Me?
- Alright, guys, we're leaving!
[Nelly] I really needed this weekend
to get away from all the stuff that I'm going through,
but here we go again, Kevin makes [bleep] about himself.
He started disrespecting my spiritual teacher,
started disrespecting Sayir.
So you know what, enough is enough.
I'm heading over to the convention
with the managers now to help them set up,
but realistically, I'm trying to stay
the [bleep] as far away from him as possible.
[toothbrush buzzing]
[high-pitched] Hi!
- Oh, hey!
- Hey, girl, hey. [chuckles]
Nah, [bleep] got drunk.
I got a little drunk.
I slightly got into it with Nelly last night.
Slightly.
[Kevin] In that moment, I just felt like
it was a perfect opportunity for me to talk to Nelly
about how I had been feeling
after our last conversation.
I wasn't trying to go there,
but with a little alcohol,
you know, things get a little bit more passionate.
Again, I may have been drunk, but everything I said
was the honest to God truth.
I was just like, dog, I feel like
you've allowed your teacher to basically puppet master you,
and basically make all decisions for you in your life
to the point where just like, dog-- Yes!
To the point where I'm like, I don't even know,
I don't even know if I'm talking to you or him.
I'm not one to criticize anybody's spiritual journey,
but I just feel like Nelly honestly has turned
into a completely different person.
Like, she won't hear me out when it comes to Sayir,
she's just shut herself off,
and I've expressed this to Katrina before.
We're all on a spiritual journey.
- [Kat] Right. - Me especially.
But if it was conflicting with what I'm doing
in your business... - Right.
- I'm gonna let you know. - She just has to say then,
just have a conversation, you deserve that.
- I'm not saying she's in a cult,
but I feel like he kinda has her brainwashed.
The way she's handling her breakup is kinda unhealthy.
Distancing yourself from those that are close to you,
and I'm calling bull[bleep].
I'm like, bitch, like, for your to play in my face
and pretend like you don't know what's going on
when you do, 'cause she kept saying like,
"She ghosted me too," and I'm like, Nelly, like,
you flat out knew what was happening,
and you chose not to stand up for me.
When it comes to Sayir, it's very much [bleep] that bitch.
I don't care and...
"She's not here to defend herself--"
Like, I don't give a [bleep].
And that's the thing, to me, I'm like,
[bleep] not allowing me to feel
how I wanna feel about the situation.
And it got to the point where Nelly just walked off.
Yeah.
[chuckles]
Alright, bye.
Today is a big day.
There's just no way in hell
I'ma let Katrina or the team down.
- Ness, let's get it.
- Alright, I'm ready.
- The tension between me and Nelly
been bubbling for a while, so hopefully
it doesn't affect everybody's performance.
But I'm not about to walk around on eggshells.
- Let's go! - Let's go!
- Yo, let's go! - Game time!
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ Yeah, it's that time again ♪♪
♪♪ Leveling up, doing my thing, yeah, it's that time again ♪♪
♪♪ Defending the title, king of the ring ♪♪
♪♪ It's that time again ♪♪
♪♪ Going to win, I'm cutting you off... ♪♪
[man] KP, we ready?
Camera speeding.
Playback...
Action, KP.
- ♪♪ You on that bull ♪♪
♪♪ Miss me with that ♪♪
♪♪ You can miss me with that Can miss me with that... ♪♪
- Swag, yeah! Here we go.
- Today is a huge day for me.
I'm out here in the Hills
about to shoot my new video called "New New."
But I invested a whole lotta money
into this shoot, so it's very important
that nothing go wrong today.
- That was perfect, though. Like, the energy
when you started to get into it.
- Man, my boy Tim came through in the clutch,
you know what I'm saying, with the McLaren,
we got the crib, you feel me,
got the doggy.
- Okay, I need the dog.
Oh, hey, Grizzy.
Come on, let's go.
[KP] Tim been stepping up to the plate,
he been knocking [bleep] out the park.
And he managing the shop, and I'm proud of him.
- KP, you're gonna step out, and you gonna
walk right here, and you gonna sit right here
on the corner of the car. - A'ight.
- Camera speeding.
Action.
[shutter clicking]
Step out the car...
- ♪♪ I'm a Volvo on the street... ♪♪
- That looks great.
- ♪♪ 'Cause I got a new new ♪♪
- Yep. - ♪♪ New new ♪♪
♪♪ I got a new new ♪♪
♪♪ I got a new... ♪♪ - I love that [bleep], bro.
[Tim] With the crew at the convention,
I was able to put all my focus in on the "New New" video.
KP know I always have his back.
When he win, I win.
- There we go, there we go.
Yes...
- ♪♪ And I'm not coming back ♪♪
- Cut! Now let's move on.
♪♪♪♪
It's not such a bad day at work, right, ladies?
- Hey, yo, can we get all in this next shot
'cause I'm ready to go. The girls are ready.
[Tim] This is nice, huh? - This is where it's at.
- This your time to shine right here,
this what you wanna do. You feeling good?
[KP] Right now, this work.
- Yeah, now that we got
the video shoot in the bag,
what you think about going to the convention, though?
Think we should pull up at some point?
- If it ain't flowin', I ain't goin'.
♪♪♪♪
Just tired of seeing the same cycle.
Like I said, this right here,
this the play. "New New".
[Tim] I understand KP's point.
But they are our artists,
and they are supporting the brand,
and with Amber calling us out the other day...
- You all are full of [bleep] right now.
I love y'all, but y'all full of [bleep].
Y'all know damn well she don't work in here,
and if it was someone else, it would not be the same.
- And Ink Bomb is clearly frustrated about
what she's seeing at the shop.
- If it keep moving like this,
I don't know how long I'ma stay here.
- Honestly, I think it's important just to show up.
But I'ma stand with him,
so I just hope and pray that our artists
are smart enough to keep it together.
- Look at this right here. Like, why I'ma focus
on people who don't appreciate
the vision and what I'm doing? - Yeah.
- Out with the old, in with the new again.
- ♪♪ No sleep till daylight, homie ♪♪
♪♪ I'ma shine bright like daylight on me ♪♪
♪♪ You can get replaced like safe light, homie ♪♪
♪♪ And I'm going full speed, no brake lights on me ♪♪
- Hey, guys! You guys are ready?
- Okay. - Get to work.
There are shops and artists here
from all around the West Coast.
So it's important that we set up shop and make sure
we stand out from everybody else.
- And then we can put Kat's in the middle, Kat--
- Yeah, Kat in the middle for sure.
This doesn't even compare to the disastrous convention
I did with IAM.
[KP] Don't disrespect and then block my [bleep]
like you the only one here.
- What we doing? - This shouldn't be right here,
so we're gonna move it.
- We got our banners with everybody's names
and faces on 'em, we got merchandise to sell,
this is gonna be a good day,
and our setup is low-key poppin'.
I heard it was some tea last night.
- What you heard? - I heard there was
a lot of yelling. - I mean, it was
a lotta liquid courage. But at the end of the day, like,
Kevin was very disrespectful.
I feel like he crossed the line with me,
but at the end of the day... - What'd he say?
I was in the room, I just know there was like...
- Well, his issue with Sayir,
and what I'm dealing with with Sayir.
He was making it about him
and how much money he spent on her,
and I was like, dog... - He say anything
to you this morning at all?
- No, girl, that's why I came here early,
I'm not about to deal with that.
Put his ass way the [bleep] over there,
and keep me over here. - What y'all talking about?
- Girl, last night.
[Nelly] At this point, it's becoming
so [bleep] annoying that Kevin can't move past this.
He's holding onto this animosity as if it's my fault,
and it's affecting us as friends.
I know Denai is cool with Kevin, so...
I know that all she knows is his side of the story.
But I'm gonna vent, and hopefully she sees my side.
- So, Kevin was a little inebriated...
- A little? He was a lot.
- Okay, like, I'm tryna, you know...
- He was a lot, he was blatantly disrespecting
my spiritual teacher.
And for me, you crossing lines,
and I'm giving you a pass because you're drunk.
- So let me ask you a question.
Based off the conversation that you and Kevin had last night,
you understand his side of it? - Absolutely.
- You understand that he loves you...
- Absolutely, which is why
I even had that conversation with him.
Where it went left
is when he literally said, repeatedly,
"[bleep] Sayir, you should say [bleep] Sayir too."
And I'm like, I don't care which way
you wanna spring it on me, I don't care if you
mention this money [bleep], all that [bleep],
I hear you, and that's why yesterday I was like,
you have every [bleep] right
to feel how you feel, but what you're not gonna do
is tell me that I should feel like "[bleep] Sayir"
because I have my own issues going on.
Being on a journey means constant changing
and forward motion, so I don't feel like Kevin
understands that because, you know, he's barging in
on my marriage, and he just needs to back the [bleep] up.
On a spiritual level,
she has asked me not to interject myself.
But he feels like I should go against it,
and I'm like, you're putting me in a situation where
even my spiritual teacher told me to stay
the [bleep] out of it. - I think the issue is
he cares so much... - It's a thin line between
caring and controlling.
♪♪♪♪
- Oh, [bleep].
Oh, my God, what is Kevin doing right now?
- What?
- ♪♪ I do what I want ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ I might be pretty ♪♪
♪♪ But I don't mind right now ♪♪
♪♪ You got my money? ♪♪
♪♪ Then cool, we ride out ♪♪
♪♪ If you don't, then you show you gon' find out ♪♪♪♪
- Make sure everybody got a roll of paper towels,
a trash can, garbage bag, all that stuff.
Good job, guys.
We been working so hard setting up these booths
and prepping everything before the crew gets here,
man, these managers have been doing they things.
Barbie and Denai really work well as a team,
but it just kinda sucks that only one of them
is gonna get the manager job.
From what I see, I think the team
is gonna love what we did here.
Everything's looking dope,
we didn't break nothing.
- [thud] - Oh, [bleep].
Whole damn table done fell.
- Almost nothing.
- Nelly...
- Hey, girl!
How is you doing, girl?
- I'm good, I like y'all's setup.
- Thank you, thank you, girl. - It's really nice.
[Ink Bomb] I am so excited to be here at the convention.
I love this type of creative atmosphere.
But I do have a bone to pick.
They got me stuck here in some janky-ass booth.
I know I booked this last minute,
but can a girl get some elbow room?
♪♪♪♪
- Hey!
- Now this is a booth. I love it!
[Barbie] I'm a little worried for Nelly
after hearing from her about the argument
she had with Kevin.
She's acting real uneasy now that he showed up.
So I'm gonna keep a close eye on the situation
to make sure nobody makes a fool of themselves
at this convention.
We do, we work well together as a team.
- Look, hey! - That's what I'm sayin'.
We got it done together.
♪♪♪♪
[DeShay] [bleep], somebody gotta make sure [bleep]
don't chew each other's head off.
Last night was pretty heated, and since
nothing got resolved, you can feel the tension in the air
between Kevin and Nelly.
We gotta make sure we represent right
at this convention, and I don't know
what to expect between these two.
♪♪♪♪
- Oh, [bleep]!
[laughter]
What's up?
- Can we please borrow your printer?
I'm searching for a printer right now.
We didn't really need to use Ink Bomb's printer.
Honestly, I just heard that Alana was newly single,
and Brandon's always had a thing for her.
What you getting covered up?
- My ex's name.
- Huh...
So right now, we just putting feelers out.
You know, go on out there, my little young apprentice.
- What's going on with Alana, where she at?
- She's supposed to be here. - For real?
- Hopefully she'll be here soon.
- Okay, I might have to come by.
You know, she's single, I'm single...
- Uh-huh. - So I slid in them DMs.
You feel me? I had to, I had to.
I've been chopping it up with her a little bit.
- That's what's up. - Yeah.
- Alana's a cool girl.
I'll probably slide in her ear when she comes,
I'll be like, somebody was looking for you.
- She gonna know who it is.
♪♪♪♪
- Mika. - Finally!
- This is our booth? It's small as [bleep].
- Thank you, that's what I said.
- I'm super excited for today.
This is really a big deal for me.
I'm like, gonna be the only permanent makeup artist
at a tattoo convention, so I kinda feel like
a fish out of water.
I just wanna prove that I belong here
in this environment, and I'm just as talented
as a tattoo artist.
I mean, there's a lotta people here, this looks kinda cool,
just our workspace is a little cramped.
- Yeah, and I'm pissed about it,
'cause look at-- each artist
got one station to they self.
Like, why would they put us in one [bleep] booth?
- It's too cramped.
- It don't make no sense.
- We gonna make it work, but still.
- I am, I am, I am pissed about it.
♪♪♪♪
- You cool tying your hair up?
Alright.
Oh, [bleep].
[Nessie] Oh, my God.
What is Kevin doing right now?
♪♪♪♪
- What?
- The booth is very small.
If you don't have clients,
then you should wait on the other side.
- I'm staying in this booth...
- Are you bringing money into the booth?
- You know what, Amber, you are so [bleep] disrespectful
and you wanna bring up...
[overlapping bleeps, arguing]
- ♪♪ I do what I want ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
- I know I said I wasn't gonna talk to Nelly, but,
the tension is this booth is thick,
and I know the team can feel it.
So I just feel like something needs to be said
so we can move past it.
But are we good?
- For me, it turned left
when you were telling me "[bleep] Sayir."
- Mm-hmm. - I don't hear past the anger.
- It was coming from a space of emotion
regardless if it was anger or not.
For me, in that moment, it was "[bleep] Sayir".
But that's my relationship with her.
- No, and that's what I want it to be.
- And so I just wanted it to be a situation
where I got a chance to hear you,
and you got a chance to hear me. - And I did.
You are entitled to feel how you feel, as am I.
I never wanna disrespect you,
and I don't ever want you to disrespect me.
I'm not disregarding your feelings.
- Because that's the point I was trying to make--
- And I get it. Between the lines, I heard you.
- Thank you, and that's--
that's literally the whole thing to me
was just I didn't want it to be one-sided.
We talked about it in a space where, like--
I mean, granted, alcohol, yes.
- I would've preferred it to be a sober conversation,
but this right here is perfect. - For sure, for sure, yeah.
Honestly, I talked to Nelly just so the shop can see us
kinda kumbaya and move on,
but as long as she's being controlled by her teacher,
I know I'm not gonna get through to her.
So, [bleep] it, it is what it is.
- We moving past it. - We're moving past it.
- Let's get the [bleep] over it.
- Alright, so, good energy. - We're good. Air hugs.
[Nelly] I'm glad Kevin and I were able to clear the air.
I really don't need an apology,
but I damn sure need some respect.
Right now, I'm just focused on doing this tattoo on Barbie,
and doing what I came here to do.
You ready? [laughter]
-♪♪ Look at that, look at that ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
♪♪ Give you my word, yeah ♪♪
♪♪ I put in work ♪♪
♪♪ I do the work ♪♪
♪♪ Coming in first ♪♪
[DeShay] The convention is very important for us.
We wanna come in changing the stigma
of how people already view us as Black artists.
The higher-ups in this industry
don't feel like all Black artists
can perform as well as them.
- ♪♪ I love it, I love it, I'm gettin' it ♪♪
[DeShay] Showing the world that we are elite
is critical and crucial, and I'm really glad
that the Kevin and Nelly drama didn't spill into things
because it would just undo all the hard work that we did
for our reputation that we tryna build.
- ♪♪ I keep it locked in ♪♪
♪♪ I never drop in ♪♪
♪♪ Gotta stay boppin' ♪♪
♪♪ Look here with the constant ♪♪
[Nessie] This is honestly what I've been looking for
for my whole tattoo career.
This is my first time being a part of a team,
like I can actually say that.
Like, Enigma is my team, these are my peoples, you know?
I busted my ass to get here, and this has given me
an opportunity to prove that I have what it takes,
and that I am one of the best artists.
So I'm excited to have my chance amongst the best.
- ♪♪ If it ain't the outcome ♪♪
♪♪ Forget it like Alzheimer's ♪♪
♪♪ Legends and all-timers ♪♪
♪♪ Only ones I grind with ♪♪
- Don't nothing come close to the feeling I get
when I'm slaying on these tattoos, baby.
I'ma remind everybody at Enigma
what your boy really do for a living.
Coming back with an award
would really, really put that stamp down
and let Kat know what's up.
Your boy got his eye on that first place prize.
-♪♪ I love it, I want it, I want it, I love it ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
- Hi, how are you?
- He do microblading. - You microblade?
What shop you at?
- Okay. - Let me get you some change.
Uh, yeah, thank you, I appreciate it.
Nice meeting you. Thank you.
So how you feel about the convention?
- So far, so good.
I'm happy to be here, I'm excited.
♪♪♪♪
- Excuse me.
- Uh-oh. - Uh-oh what?
- Hey, team.
- Oh, [bleep].
- ♪♪ I do what I want ♪♪
- ♪♪ I love it, I want it, I love it, I want it ♪♪
- ♪♪ I do what I want ♪♪ ♪♪♪♪
- Uh-oh. - Uh-oh what?
- Here come lava girl. - Hey, team.
- Oh, [bleep].
Hi, Alana.
- Hi, sorry I wasn't here earlier.
Hey, Amber.
It looks good, I love the setup.
So after thinking it over,
I decided to take Ink and Vudu's advice
and just show up to the convention.
So today I'm here to tattoo some walkups,
and tomorrow I am Ink Bomb's model
for a tattoo competition.
And Ink Bomb gave me a heads up that Amber's here,
but I'm not gonna let that bother me.
I'm only here for one purpose,
and that's to prove to everybody
that I can work really hard.
Y'all been tatting? Oh, no, you don't tatt,
you do eyebrows. You did eyebrows?
- You said what? - You did eyebrows?
- Don't even come over here faking like everything's cool...
- Hold on, y'all. - I don't like you,
that's cool, that's fine.
- Get your little tattoo,
and then you can get out of our booth.
- Out of your booth? Amber, this a tatt--
you're so petty.
I'm not wasting my time around you,
so shut the [bleep] up, you can shut the [bleep] up.
[Amber] I'm cool with Ink Bomb inviting Alana here
so she can be her model for a tattoo, but I really
didn't think she was gonna have the balls to show up.
Now I'm just looking like where are you gonna go,
we have this small-ass booth?
Like, move the [bleep] along, thrifty.
- Hi. - You look good.
- Look at that hair.
- I know, I just dyed it.
- You tatting today?
- Um, maybe, but the energy
over there's a little weird, so I don't know.
- I need y'all to get along, man, we can't...
- It's cool, though, it's not gonna slow up your bag.
- You stay over there, she stay over here,
we good, we good.
- So I try to go into the booth
and be cordial, but she don't wanna be cool,
so I had to walk away before I started a big argument.
- We don't need none of that over here.
- Would you like an Enigma shirt?
- I already got the...
- Oh, you can't have two shirts?
- [laughter] - Stop.
[laughter continues]
- I'm leaving, I'm leaving, bye, guys.
[Alana] There's a clear difference
between the type of people that work at Enigma
and the type of people that work at IAM.
You have the cute ones like Brandon
that are sweet, funny,
and then you have the crazy-ass bitches
like Amber that talk [bleep] about you behind your back
then get mad when you call them out on it.
Alright, this is our booth.
Amber, I know we don't like each other,
and that's fine, but I wanna be at this booth,
we don't gotta like each other,
we don't gotta talk or argue,
but we do gotta be professional,
and we both represent Ink Art Music.
- At the end of the day, I'ma keep it cute,
you keep it cute.
Don't say nothing to me, don't say nothing--
- I don't wanna say [bleep] to you.
- Respect me, and I might respect you.
- I don't give a [bleep] what you have to say
but like I said, we are in this booth,
so I'ma keep it professional...
- I need both y'all bitches to just stop.
We're at a tattoo convention, guys, like, come on.
It's making me regret having to ask
either one of them to come here.
They're both acting like children,
and I came here to work, not play mom.
You just-- you don't say nothing,
and you don't say nothing, that's it,
we just working, alright?
- I feel like the booth is very small.
If you don't have clients,
then you should wait on the other side
or try to go get some...
- Ink Art Music booth. - 'Cause I got clients.
- So I'm staying in this booth.
- Are you bringing money into the booth?
- You know what, Amber?
You are so [bleep] disrespectful
and you wanna bring up...
- [bleep]!
- Oh, my God, they're fighting. Oh [bleep]!
- The way she embarrassed me at the convention, I don't even wanna be around her. - It's over now, at this point.
It's like, alright, you did what you did...
- No, no, no, no, no...
- Alright, well, Alana, [bleep] you too, then.
- I miss tattooing, being in my element.
But you know, I wanna be here
and I wanna be there at the same time.
I wanna believe that you can do it all.
- You a big dog, I get it.
- I feel like I started late.
- Oh, you putting this up in the competition?
- Yeah. - Then I'm putting two in.
[Nessie] I'ma keep my head down and now I just
hope I get this tattoo done in time.
I need a trophy today.
- The party is [bleep] here!
I had to bring my homegirl Lexi...
[all cheering]
- If KP and Tim knew I was here,
they'd be so [bleep] mad.
- Who cares what they think, though?
Like, you could do what the [bleep] you wanna do.
So what's your next move?
- Oh my goodness, is that KP?
♪♪♪♪
- ♪♪ MTV ♪♪