

When Ceaser makes it clear that Donna is not welcome inside the Black Ink shops, Alex is forced to choose between his relationship and the crew. After a rocky trip to Atlanta, Alex returns to the Brooklyn shop without Donna and must navigate his relationship with the crew. Though he finally makes amends with Ceaser, Alex still has trust issues with his former coworkers. Fresh from rehab for his bad back, Alex works to recover from his injury. Will Tatti be found guilty or innocent? Will she continue with Black Ink or have to say goodbye to her franchise dreams?Īlex is one of the best tattoo artists in Brooklyn, but when Donna works her way back into the Black Ink family, Alex struggles with his future in the industry. Refusing to let her legal situation dictate her life, Tatti moves forward with her career at Black Ink and hopes Ceaser will ultimately see her potential. Tatti questions her future at Black Ink after Ceaser tells her she can't own her franchise until her case is closed. Overwhelmed with trying to juggle it all, Tatti admits to Puma that she is facing serious federal charges in a drug case that threatens her freedom and everything she has worked hard to accomplish. Tatti hopes to gain more responsibility at the shop, all while playing surrogate mother to her younger cousins living under her roof. The pandemic has served as a time of focus, responsibility and hard work for her, and she became a first-time homeowner and grew several of her side businesses, including becoming a personal trainer. Her relationships in the shop have grown, and she is no longer looked at as the bad guy. Will her unexpected love interest cause a rift with the rest of the cast?Īfter struggling with coworker relationships, Tatti has adopted a new Zen personality. Love hits Bae hard from someone she would never expect! After her divorce from Rob, Bae finds herself happy in another relationship with a new boo. Feeling ostracized by her crew, Bae takes some time alone but eventually returns to the shop once she accepts that it was a learning experience for everyone involved. During the second Black Ink Battle of the season, things take a wrong turn for Bae when she is accused of making a colorist remark to a client. Bae decides to make a positive impact by organizing a Stop Asian Hate and Black Lives Matter march across the Brooklyn Bridge. Bae must also deal with racist comments, and she stands with the Asian American and Pacific Island community to #StopAsianHate.

After opening a shop in New York City, Bae balances being a single mother and running her business. With only $73 to her name, she made ends meet by taking any job that came her way and using her street smarts and charm to land a job as a tattoo artist, despite never having tattooed in her life. Young Bae moved to New York City in 2007, leaving behind an abusive father and a difficult home life in Seoul, South Korea. As his personal goals fall into place, will his loyalty to Black Ink and Ceaser ruin the life that Teddy is building? To everyone's surprise, he announces to Ceaser and the crew he is moving to Atlanta to pursue acting full-time.
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With a successful movie premiere under his belt, Teddy decides he likes the way he looks on the big screen. When he asks the shop to babysit her while he runs some errands, Kimchi disappears, and they scramble to find her before Teddy returns. Teddy doesn't agree with how Ceasar is handling the situation with Cheyenne, but can he keep it a buck with his cousin without causing strain between them? Teddy becomes a dog dad to Instagram famous puppy Kimchi and delights in spoiling her rotten. Things get weird between Teddy and Ceaser after Teddy is a no-show at Ceaser's press conference. Teddy started his music label and management company RGLR LVNG, and invested in a studio space. With the street life far behind him, Teddy is on a new level! He spent much of the pandemic growing his flourishing relationship with his wife and investing in music, his second love.

Teddy's role at Black Ink has changed over the years, from shop manager to VP of operations and now president, with financial investments in multiple Black Ink shops. Since then, he's always kept an eye out for his cousin Ceaser.

Teddy, born and raised in the Bronx, New York, first came to Black Ink after distancing himself from life on the streets.
