black ink crew new york is back for its 10th season, can't believe it's been 10,
the gang of ink masters are bringing more tattoos
and more drama all while trying to adjust in their
post caesar world and I sat down with two of the stars of the Hit Vh one series,
puma and young bae to discuss all the DEETs, take a look at this.
Hi guys, it's so good to have you here, young bae,
I want to start with you black ink crew new york back for its 10th season
and you're gonna be taking on the new task of becoming a mentor at the shop.
So let's talk about how this impacts you on and off the show here,
this is a pretty big deal,
I mean I feel pressured, you know,
like now I got to be a role model for everybody when I'm not perfect, you know,
so I'm just trying to catch myself every time I make mistakes every time I talk crazy,
act crazy thing crazy, you know,
I was just trying to catch myself so I can be the mentor that I need to be, I love that,
Okay and puma, this season,
we're also gonna see you navigate your work life balance,
I mean what are you most excited for fans to sort
of learn about you in this next chapter of your life?
I'm just seeing me navigate through this new chapter of my life and just being uh
a parent and a business owner and dealing with all the
craziness that is in my life and making it all happen,
you know, as
best I can
guys,
by the way we have to talk about the show in sort of
the post cesar era I mean we know he was fired from the show
but puma, what is it sort of impact on the show?
Does it impact some of the relationships on this?
Uh yeah,
a little bit and then you know that caesar is still our family and our brother,
you know what I mean?
And the situation is very unfortunate and it's wrong,
he knows he was wrong and we all know what
he did was wrong but we have to keep pushing forward
and making it happen because the brand is bigger than one
individual and we got to just make it keep shining,
you know Yeah baby, what do you think about that?
I mean,
you know I just know that caesar regrets it and
he knows he's wrong and he's working on himself right
now and he's focusing on that as he should and
also we're gonna keep this black and crew legacy going,
you know, because like huma said it's not about one individual, we are a whole unit,
you know,
Absolutely and puma,
there was an interesting moment in the show because you guys
head to Orlando for black ink boot camp this season,
what was the team bonding experience?
Like would you recommend this bootcamp to anybody?
Um I've been with certain situations yes,
I would totally recommend but you need to start with boot camp,
what you need to do is stop.
Yeah, but when you guys see it,
you'll totally understand what I'm talking. Wait babe, did you not like it?
Did you not like it at all?
No, it's like this, just put it this way
every day at black ink is hard,
it's blue camp every single day. If you work at black ink,
who am I always trying to make it extra hard for people? Like why?
Why? It's a great time to tell us why?
Building, bringing us together. We do that every day. Wait, wait, wait.
Did you think
did you think it brought you guys together?
Oh no, no,
I'm gonna keep working on it, I'm gonna get there
to figure this out.
Okay guys, I,
I gotta ask you after all these years of
doing this show and being in the tattoo industry,
what has been the craziest, maybe weirdest,
maybe even the most memorable tattoo either of you guys have ever done?
Uh come on, don't do it, don't do that to me. You go first.
I mean, I've seen some very odd situation, you know, people,
people putting body parts on odd places on their body.
Like I've seen somebody put a body part on their thumb
nail.
Yes,
so many penis tattoos by the way, I love this conversation,
beg your also the ceo of diamond tattoos and two on two apparel.
I mean, how does sort of continuing to work on this show,
sort of help you grow your business and also maybe draw more penis tattoos?
I mean, yes, I mean,
black helped me tremendously with my clothing business and you know, just,
I get a lot of publicity from the show and I'm so grateful for the show.
You know, now my, you know, clothing business, you know,
to onto apparel is in foot locker and I have a lot of other big department stores
with reaching out to me and they want me to be in their stores and you know,
it's amazing as a business owner.
I mean, you can't get better than this.
And thanks for those two stars of the hit VH One series, black ink crew,
new york puma and young bae.
Season 10 premiering Tonight Friends E P. M Eastern on VH one.