Black Ink Crew: Los Angeles

Black Ink Crew: Los Angeles (formerly titled Black Ink Crew: Compton) is an American reality television series that premiered on VH1 on August 14, 2019. It is the Compton-based spin-off of Black Ink Crew. It chronicles the daily operations and staff drama at an African American owned and operated tattoo shop, IAM Compton, located in Compton, California.^[1][2]

Black Ink Crew: Los Angeles
Genre	Reality
Starring	Danny Kirkpatrick Lemeir Mitchell Nessie Blaze Christian Thomas Vudu Dahl Tim Simmons Erica Thompson Katrina Jackson Alana Kevin Laroy Nelly Vinteren Polo
Opening theme	"I Do What I Want"
Composer	iAMCompton
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	32
Production
Executive producers	Dan Cesareo Doug DePriest David Wolfgang Ken Martinez Kari Mcfarland Rick Hankey Davis Reidpath Daniel Blau Rogge Ceaser Emanuel Maricarmen Lopez Treiva Williams Phakiso Collins
Running time	42–46 minutes
Production companies	Big Fish Entertainment (2019) MTV Entertainment Studios (2020-present)
Original release
Network	VH1
Release	August 14, 2019 (2019-8-14) – present
Related
Black Ink Crew Black Ink Crew: Chicago

On May 8, 2023, VH1 announced that additional episodes of the second season would air from May 15, 2023, alongside the series rebrand to Black Ink Crew: Los Angeles.^[3]

Cast

Timeline of cast members

Main cast members

Cast Member	Seasons
	1	2A	2B
KP	Main
LeMeir Mitchell	Main
Vudu Dahl	Main		Guest
Ink Drippin'	Main		Supporting
Nessie Blaze	Main
Tim Simmons	Main
Barbie	Main		Supporting
Alana Marie	Supporting		Main
Cory SaintClair	Guest[a]	Supporting	Main
Polo		Supporting	Main
Mz. Ink Bomb		Guest[b]	Main
Amber Gonzalez		Guest[c]	Main
Katrina Jackson		Supporting[d]	Main
Kevin Laroy		Guest[e]	Main
Nelly Vinteren		Guest[f]	Main
Bookie Thompson		Guest[g]	Main
Deshay Jones		Guest[h]	Main
Supporting cast members
Kyla Pratt	Supporting
Danielle Emani	Supporting
Armani		Supporting
Star Divine		Supporting
Denai Marie			Supporting

Note:

1. Appears as recurring guest star.
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3. Appears as recurring guest star.
4. Added to the show from episode nine onwards.
5. Appears as recurring guest star.
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7. Appears as recurring guest star.
8. Appears as recurring guest star.

Main

IAM Compton

• KP (born Danny Kirkpatrick), the owner of InkArtMusic (IAM) Compton, a tattoo artist and a rapper
• Vudu Dahl, a tattoo apprentice at IAM Compton
• Ink Drippin' (born Christian Thomas), a tattoo artist at IAM Compton
• Tim Simmons, KP's cousin and the shop manager at IAM Compton
• Alana, a tattoo artist at IAM Compton
• Cory, lead artist at IAM Compton
• Polo, apprentice at IAM Compton
• Mz. Ink Bomb, a tattoo artist at IAM Compton
• Amber Gonzalez, permanent make-up artist at IAM Compton

Enigma

• Katrina Jackson, tattoo artist & owner of Enigma
• LeMeir Mitchell, tattoo artist at Enigma, formerly employed at IAM Compton
• Nessie Blaze, former tattoo artist at Enigma, formerly employed at IAM Compton
• Barbie (born Erica Thompson), shop manager at Enigma, formerly employed as shop receptionist at IAM Compton
• Kevin Laroy, tattoo artist at Enigma, appeared on seasons 5-7 & 10 of Black Ink Crew
• Nelly Vinteren, tattoo artist at Enigma
• Bookie Thompson, tattoo artist at Enigma
• Deshay Jones, tattoo artist at Enigma

Supporting cast members

• Kyla Pratt, KP's girlfriend, an actress and silent partner in his business
• Danielle Emani, Lemeir's girlfriend and high school sweetheart, a business partner in his food truck business
• Star Divine, KP's former business partner and shop manager of IAM Compton
• Denai, co-manager at Enigma

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	10		August 14, 2019 (2019-8-14)	October 16, 2019 (2019-10-16)
2	22	12	February 21, 2022 (2022-2-21)	May 9, 2022 (2022-5-9)
		10	May 15, 2023 (2023-5-15)	July 17, 2023 (2023-7-17)

Season 1 (2019)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"The Marathon Begins"	August 14, 2019 (2019-8-14)	0.94[4]
2	2	"The Era of Hope"	August 21, 2019 (2019-8-21)	0.78[5]
3	3	"Opening Up"	August 28, 2019 (2019-8-28)	0.65[6]
4	4	"Cheers, Cheers to Three Musketeers"	September 4, 2019 (2019-9-4)	0.69[7]
5	5	"The Naked Truth"	September 11, 2019 (2019-9-11)	0.59[8]
6	6	"Big Bear, Oh My!"	September 18, 2019 (2019-9-18)	0.73[9]
7	7	"Big Bear Jail"	September 25, 2019 (2019-9-25)	0.64[10]
8	8	"Granny Off Her Rocker"	October 2, 2019 (2019-10-2)	0.68[11]
9	9	"Yahwea or the Highway"	October 9, 2019 (2019-10-9)	0.69[12]
10	10	"You Can't Run From The Devil"	October 16, 2019 (2019-10-16)	0.73[13]

Season 2 (2022–23)

No. overall	No. in season	Title [14]	Original release date [15]	U.S. viewers (millions)
11	1	"You're Not Compton By Yourself"	February 21, 2022 (2022-2-21)	0.35[16]
12	2	"Day of Reckoning"	February 28, 2022 (2022-2-28)	0.28[17]
13	3	"All Will Bee Revealed"	March 7, 2022 (2022-3-7)	0.23[18]
14	4	"From Compton to the Vatican"	March 14, 2022 (2022-3-14)	0.19[19]
15	5	"Hanging With the Opps"	March 21, 2022 (2022-3-21)	0.19[20]
16	6	"The Compton Ultimatum"	March 28, 2022 (2022-3-28)	0.18[21]
17	7	"Barbie Picks at Her Bone"	April 4, 2022 (2022-4-4)	0.21[22]
18	8	"The Lost Season"	April 11, 2022 (2022-4-11)	0.26[23]
19	9	"New Teams, Same Dreams"	April 18, 2022 (2022-4-18)	0.22[24]
20	10	"Birthday Dahl"	April 25, 2022 (2022-4-25)	0.17[25]
21	11	"It's Tattoo Taco Tuesday!"	May 2, 2022 (2022-5-2)	0.18[26]
22	12	"Black Ink Crewtopia"	May 9, 2022 (2022-5-9)	0.17[27]
Part 2
23	13	"A Tale of Tattoo Cities"	May 15, 2023 (2023-5-15)	0.16[28]
24	14	"Face the Music"	May 22, 2023 (2023-5-22)	0.11[29]
25	15	"Tattooing With the Enemy"	May 29, 2023 (2023-5-29)	0.15[30]
26	16	"Keyed Up and Locked Out"	June 5, 2023 (2023-6-5)	0.17[31]
27	17	"When Kat's Away, the Kevin Will Play"	June 12, 2023 (2023-6-12)	0.17[32]
28	18	"IAM Is an Enigma"	June 19, 2023 (2023-6-19)	0.17[33]
29	19	"Here Comes Lava Girl"	June 26, 2023 (2023-6-26)	0.13[34]
30	20	"Eyes on the Prize"	July 3, 2023 (2023-7-3)	N/A
31	21	"Nobody Puts Barbie In A Corner"	July 10, 2023 (2023-7-10)	0.15[35]
32	22	"The Cost Of Having It All"	July 17, 2023 (2023-7-17)	0.16[36]

See also

• List of tattoo TV shows