Celebrities have also passed through for tattoos and parties - including a bachelorette party for DMX’s fiancée - and the shop often turned into a local tourist attraction. In recent years, Ceaser, Teddy, Walt, Donna, Bae, Donna, and Tatti held things down as the core group at the original Black Ink location on 113 th and Lenox. O Sh*t, Dutchess, Teddy, Sassy, Alex, and Walt rounded out the cast in that inaugural year of the show, and there’s been a revolving door ever since. When fans first met Ceaser onscreen, he and Puma were tight friends living out their dream as businessmen in their community. Ceaser Emanuel of ‘Black Ink Crew’ attends grand opening at Black Ink Atlanta in 2020 | Paras Griffin/Getty Images Black Ink at 113 th Street has a lot of historyĪs a TV series, Black Ink Crew has seen plenty of people come and go through the years. Ceaser recently revealed what happened to the OG Black Ink shop. When season 1 of Black Ink Crew dropped on VH1 in 2013, viewers were introduced to Ceaser Emanuel and crew at his Harlem tattoo shop.Īfter the reality show grew in popularity, that flagship location became a hotspot for fans who wanted to get tattooed or to snap a picture with a cast member.Īffectionately referred to as “113th,” it helped launched a franchise and a few careers, but its fate was left up in the air.

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