That’s why it bummed me out you asked me that question because I really never ever thought about that s–t until right now because that loss in itself helped propel me to the man I am right now. And then from then, I haven’t stopped opening up shops. Black Ink owner, and noted hardass, Ceaser employs some close, and very vocal friends that make up the 'Crew. As soon as she left, three months later, I opened up Black Ink Atlanta. In the heart of Harlem, Black Ink is the only black-owned and operated tattoo parlor as well as one of the most famous in the country. “And at that point is when I started expanding. You got this s–t,’” said the Black Ink Crew star and shop owner. “Now it’s like God put me in a position that basically, ‘N-gga, don’t ever rely on nobody. The light at the end of the tunnel for him, he says, is that the loss helped to define the man that he is today. I didn’t have to rely on someone like, ‘Yo, could you do this for me? Could you do this for me so I could succeed?’” But that loss made me who I am right now because I was forced to figure it out. I had two shops at the time, and I’m just still trying to figure it out. He added, “So when she left, I had to start second-guessing everything you feel me? Because I didn’t know business. There’s a lot of things we didn’t grow up knowing like logistics of business and s–t like that.”Įmanuel went on to explain that it really affected him in that he wasn’t able to share things about his business with his then partner any longer. It was the fact that, knowing when you had somebody who like…Jim knows, we from the hood. Because you know… it’s not the fact that you know what I mean, me and her split and all that over s–t. “But my most defining loss of my life I have to say was is when I lost my fianceé. “You know the funny thing is, I never really thought about that s–t until you really said that s–t,” Ceaser confessed.
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