'Black Ink Crew: Compton' Preview: KP waits to see who shows up for work at IAM shop

Drama unfolds after Nessie Blaze confronts Lemeir Mitchell about taking her ex's side
Kirkpatrick in 'Black Ink Crew: Compton' (IMDb)
Kirkpatrick in 'Black Ink Crew: Compton' (IMDb)

VH1's 'Black Ink Crew Compton' features tattoo shops run by Black artists across the whole country. As the restrictions amid the Covid-19 pandemic continue to be eased across the US, the entire IAM crew gets busy with opening a new tattoo shop.

After the great success of 'Black Ink Crew: New York' and 'Black Ink Crew: Chicago', 'Black Ink Crew: Compton' is back on the screens with Season 2. Season 1 of the show debuted in the year 2019. The show chronicles the daily operations and staff drama at an African American owned and operated tattoo shop, IAM Compton, located in California. All the artists have returned to the reality show with their own stories of struggles and successes amid the pandemic. Now they are all hoping to start something new and great together.

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Earlier, Episode 2 of the reality series titled 'Day of Reckoning' showed the sit-down between KP and Lemeir, during which a revelation catches Ceaser by surprise and leads to new alliances with the whole IAM crew. In Episode 3, titled 'All will be revealed', the crew members, including KP, Tim Simmons, Star and Cory, are surprised by who shows up at the IAM shop willing to work. Amid all this, Vudu Dahl meets with her biological father for the first time since her childhood.

KP invites the IAM team out to celebrate their new business license, but after Tim confronts Star about her managerial performance, she snaps back unexpectedly. The show gets spiced up when Nessie Blaze confronts Lemeir Mitchell about taking her ex's side when she needed his support. The drama-filled reality show has many fights and misunderstandings that are quite immature and distract them from their plan to open the tattoo shop. If you are curious to know what happens with the crew members and how does opening day proceed, then check out the show.

'Black Ink Crew: Compton' airs every Monday on VH1 at 9 pm ET/PT.

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