Black Ink Crew

Black Ink Crew
Genre	Reality
Starring	Ceaser Emanuel Dutchess Lattimore Puma Robinson JaKeita "Sky" Days Teddy Ruks Donna Lombardi
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	65
Production
Executive producer(s)	Dan Cesareo Doug DePriest Ken Martinez Kari Mcfarland Rick Hankey Shelley Sinha Susan Levison Co-Executive Producer David Wolfgang
Running time	42-43 minutes
Production company(s)	Big Fish Entertainment VH1 Productions
Release
Original network	VH1
Picture format	480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Original release	January 7, 2013 – present
Chronology
Followed by	Black Ink Crew: Chicago
External links
Website

Black Ink Crew is an American reality television series that airs on VH1 and debuted on January 7, 2013.^[1] It chronicles the daily operations and staff drama at an African American-owned and operated tattoo shop in Harlem, New York.^[2] The second season premiered on September 23, 2013,^[3] with the season returning on March 31, 2014, for five more episodes.^[4] The third season premiered on January 26, 2015,^[5] with the season returning August 24, 2015 for eight more episodes and a reunion special on October 19, 2015.^[6] On August 31, 2015 VH1 announced a spin-off called Black Ink Crew: Chicago will premiere October 26, 2015. Black Ink Crew has been renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on April 4, 2016.^[7]

Cast

Main	Seasons
	1	2	3	4
	Current
Ceaser Emanuel	Main
Dutchess Lattimore	Main
Puma Robinson	Main
JaKeita "Sky" Days	Recurring		Main
Teddy Ruks	Recurring			Main
Donna Lombardi			Recurring	Main
	Former
O'Shit Duncan	Main
Sassy Bermudez	Main			Recurring
Alex Estevez	Main

Recurring	Seasons
	1	2	3	4
	Current
Walt Miller	Recurring
Kathie Arseno	Recurring
Quani Robinson	Recurring
Melody Mitchell				Recurring
Naeem Shareef				Recurring
Young Phoenix				Recurring
	Former
Tiffany Winter		Recurring

Current

• David "Ceaser" Emmanuel  (Season 1–present) — Owner of Black Ink.
• Cristana "Dutchess" Lattimore  (Season 1–present) — Tattoo artist for Black Ink and Ceaser's fiancé.
• Paul "Puma" Robinson  (Season 1–present) — Former public relations manager, owner of Art2Ink.
• JaKeita "Sky" Days  (Season 3–present) (Recurring Seasons 1–2) — Receptionist of Black Ink.
• Shariff "Teddy Ruks" Homer  (Season 4–present) (Recurring Seasons 1–3) — Assistant manager and Ceaser's cousin.
• Donna Marie Lombardi   (Season 4–present) (Recurring Season 3)— Former apprentice of Ceaser & Dutchess, tattoo artist and piercer for Art2Ink.

Former

• Richard "O'Shit" Duncan  (Seasons 1–4) — Tattoo artist for Black Ink.
• Ashley Nicole "Sassy" Bermudez  (Seasons 1–3) (Recurring Season 4)— Former manager of Black Ink, manager of Art2Ink.
• Alex Estevez  (Seasons 1–2) — Former receptionist of Black Ink.

Recurring

• Walter "Walt" Miller  (Season 1–present) — Previous manager.
• Kathie Arseno  (Season 1–present) — O'Shit's baby mama.
• Shaquana "Quani" Robinson  (Season 1–present) — Puma's wife.
• Melody Mitchell  (Season 4–present) — Tattoo artist for Black Ink.
• Naeem Shareef  (Season 4–present) — Tattoo artist for Art2Ink.
• Young Phoenix  (Season 4–present) — Tattoo artist for Art2Ink.

Former Recurring

• Tiffany Winter  (Season 2) — Previous receptionist and Ceaser's little sister.

Episodes

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			Season premiere	Season finale	Reunion
	1	13	January 7, 2013	March 25, 2013
	2	18	September 23, 2013	April 28, 2014
	3	21	January 26, 2015	October 12, 2015	October 19, 2015
	4	12	April 4, 2016	June 27, 2016

Season 1 (2013)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original air date	U.S. viewers (million)
1	1	"Welcome to Harlem, U.S.A."	January 7, 2013	1.77[8]
2	2	"Oh S**t!"	January 14, 2013	1.80[9]
3	3	"You Got Served, Son!"	January 21, 2013	1.33[10]
4	4	"Baby Mama Drama"	January 28, 2013	1.59[11]
5	5	"Mixxxy Madness"	February 4, 2013	1.83[12]
6	6	"What Happens in Vegas..."	February 11, 2013	1.28[13]
7	7	"This, That, and the Third"	February 18, 2013	1.69[14]
8	8	"In the Dirty, Dirty"	February 25, 2013	1.75[15]
9	9	"So Much on My Biscuit"	March 4, 2013	1.53[16]
10	10	"Krazy With a K"	March 11, 2013	1.55[17]
11	11	"Judgment Day"	March 18, 2013	1.37[18]
12	12	"Dropping the "M" Bomb"	March 25, 2013	1.50[19]
13	13	"Family First"	March 25, 2013	1.48[19]

Season 2 (2013-14)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original air date	U.S. viewers (million)
14	1	"Premiere"	September 23, 2013	1.60[20]
15	2	"Dutchess Ink"	September 30, 2013	1.60[20]
16	3	"No Structure to the Madness"	October 7, 2013	1.63[21]
17	4	"These Are Minions!"	October 14, 2013	1.88[22]
18	5	"The Year of the Puma"	October 28, 2013	2.29[23]
19	6	"You're a Wreck!"	November 4, 2013	2.39[24]
20	7	"I Did Not Sleep With That Woman!"	November 11, 2013	2.64[25]
21	8	"Something in the Water"	November 18, 2013	2.35[26]
22	9	"Have Several Seats"	November 25, 2013	2.28[27]
23	10	"You Got Some Stupid Ears"	December 2, 2013	2.17[28]
24	11	"Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil"	December 9, 2013	2.03[29]
25	12	"S..t Happens"	December 16, 2013	2.03[30]
26	13	"From Wedlock to Headlock"	December 23, 2013	1.53[31]
27	14	"Cease and Desist"	March 31, 2014	2.24[32]
28	15	"We All Got Problems"	April 7, 2014	1.72[33]
29	16	"The Break-Up"	April 14, 2014	1.95[34]
30	17	"Baby Mama Role Call"	April 21, 2014	1.96[35]
31	18	"Season 2 Finale"	April 28, 2014	1.96[36]

Season 3 (2015)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original air date	U.S. viewers (million)
32	1	"Premiere"	January 26, 2015	2.12[37]
33	2	"Extra Baggage"	February 2, 2015	1.97[38]
34	3	"Paris, Bitches!"	February 9, 2015	1.93[39]
35	4	"C'est La Vie"	February 16, 2015	1.87[40]
36	5	"Ain't No Thing But a Chicken Wing"	February 23, 2015	1.76[41]
37	6	"Rikers or Rehab?"	March 2, 2015	1.96[42]
38	7	"No Leg to Stand On"	March 9, 2015	1.94[43]
39	8	"Movin' Funny"	March 16, 2015	1.94[43]
40	9	"Sky is the New Black"	March 23, 2015	1.93[44]
41	10	"Now It's Turned All the Way Up"	March 30, 2015	1.81[45]
42	11	"This Is Not a Talk Show"	April 6, 2015	1.86[46]
43	12	"All You Did Was Mess Up My Hair"	April 13, 2015	1.95[47]
44	13	"Searching for a Friend"	August 24, 2015	2.23[48]
45	14	"Water Slides & Shade"	August 31, 2015	2.39[49]
46	15	"This Ain't No Call Time"	September 7, 2015	1.94[50]
47	16	"Your Dream, My Nightmare"	September 14, 2015	1.93[51]
48	17	"We Want Pre-Nup"	September 21, 2015	2.04[52]
49	18	"Sky Code"	September 28, 2015	2.17[53]
50	19	"Let Us Pray"	October 5, 2015	2.18[54]
51	20	"Ain't No Party Like a Black Ink Party"	October 12, 2015	2.07[55]
52	21	"Behind the Ink"	October 19, 2015	2.53[56]

Season 4 (2016)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original air date	U.S. viewers (million)
53	1	"Black Ink for Life!"	April 4, 2016	2.21[57]
54	2	"Green Eyes, Moist Lips"	April 11, 2016	2.19[58]
55	3	"Sixty Bad, Forty Good"	April 18, 2016	2.41[59]
56	4	"The Dutchess and the Frog"	April 25, 2016	2.25[60]
57	5	"Orange Is the New Black Ink"	May 2, 2016	2.28[61]
58	6	"Shots Fired"	May 9, 2016	2.19[62]
59	7	"The Butt Party"	May 16, 2016	2.05[63]
60	8	"The Tao of Kathie"	May 23, 2016	2.17[64]
61	9	"The Dutchess of Charlotte"	May 30, 2016	1.62[65]
62	10	"The Facts About Max"	June 6, 2016	2.08[66]
63	11	"Inside Hands"	June 20, 2016	2.12[67]
64	12	"Southbound and Uptown"	June 27, 2016	2.18[68]

See also

• List of tattoo TV shows

External links

• Official website
• Black Ink Crew at the Internet Movie Database

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