Tips: E-mail at or send on Twitter at john_starcasm. John Sharp is a Starcasm’s chief editorial correspondent-at-large. (Photo credit: Does Ceaser own Black Ink Chicago via VH1 / Instagram) You can catch new episodes Wednesday nights at 9 on VH1. Which isn’t to say that we won’t see Ceaser try another, more serious takeover in the future - especially now that Black Ink Crew Season 7 is airing. “I know Cease trying to build an empire, you know,” he acknowledges. In a confessional, Ryan specifically says that it’s not just 9Mag: the entire city of Chicago is closed to Ceaser and his brand-building ways. But it’s also clear that Ryan doesn’t want anyone horning in on his territory. “Everything’s for sale,” Ceaser shoots back.Īgain, both Ceaser and Ryan are smiling and laughing throughout the exchange, which appears to be (mostly) lighthearted. When Ceaser asks about a purchase price, Ryan says that 9Mag “motherf*ckin ain’t for sale, god damn it.” Ceaser, picking up what Ryan is laying down, says “I own one-two-three,” and that Chicago is on his banner “by association.” You own that, that, and that,” Ryan says, pointing at the first three cities on the list: New York, Atlanta, and Chicago. “Hey Cease! I got a f*ckin bone to pick with you. So Ryan, half swaggering and half joking, decided to call Ceaser out. While working at the Philadelphia Tattoo Convention, Ryan noticed that “Chicago” appeared in a list of Black Ink-affiliated cities on a banner in Ceaser’s booth. The topic of ownership (and territories) came up during a brief, comical exchange in Black Ink Crew Chicago Season 3. Black Ink Crew Chicago winked at this issue once before The two are connected only by brand and TV cameras. And while Ceaser has an executive producer credit on the original Black Ink Crew TV show, he doesn’t have one for Black Ink Crew Chicago. So while Ceaser got the ball rolling on the Black Ink Crew TV franchise, he had nothing to do with Ryan Henry’s shop in Chicago. Filming in 9Mag began in 2014, and Black Ink Crew Chicago debuted in late 2015, one week after the original Black Ink Crew wrapped up its third season. The successful new shop caught the eye of VH1 execs, who were already looking for a second tattoo parlor in a different city for a potential Black Ink Crew spinoff. The network ordered a full season, and the show debuted on January 7, 2013.Īt the same time and 800 miles to the west, 9Mag opened in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. Ceaser’s success (and a prior relationship with VH1) led to a rebranding and the Black Ink Crew pilot, which was well-reviewed. Ceaser’s brother Joaquin died in a Brooklyn tattoo parlor, and Ceaser - who was already an artist, tattoo artist, and graphic designer - decided to take a risk and open his own shop, naming it after Joaquin. It’s this difference that appears to be confusing viewers.Ĭeaser opened Joaquin’s Ink, his first shop, in 2011. (Black Ink Philadelphia is scheduled to open in late 2018.)īut you have to remember that there’s a big difference between the chain of tattoo shops called Black Ink and the reality TV franchise called Black Ink Crew. (Though, to be fair to Ryan, it’s not clear that he wants the same thing.) As of this writing, Ceaser owns tattoo parlors in New Orleans, Atlanta, Orlando, and New York City - where he has two. But does Ceaser own Black Ink Chicago? And what’s the relationship between Ceaser and 9Mag’s Ryan Henry? The confusion, it turns out, stems from the fact that both men have high-profile shops under the same brand, even though the brand has only to do with the TV side of things.ĭoes Ceaser own Black Ink Chicago? Or does Ryan Henry?īlack Ink Crew the TV show came before its Chicago variant, which means Ceaser Emanuel got a head start in the mogul game. ![]() And Ceaser, who just opened up his newest Black Ink tattoo parlor in New Orleans, now has a network of five shops nationwide, with a sixth on the way later this year. Black Ink Tattoo and 9Mag both rose to reality TV fame under Ceaser Emanuel’s ever-expanding Black Ink Crew brand.
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