| Alt Name: | Black Ink Crew: New York |
| Genre: | Reality television |
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| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 10 |
| Num Episodes: | 196 |
| List Episodes: | List of Black Ink Crew episodes |
| Runtime: | 42–43 minutes |
| Network: | VH1 |
| Company: | Big Fish Entertainment (2013–2020) MTV Entertainment Studios (2021–present) |
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Black Ink Crew is an American reality television series that premiered on January 7, 2013, on VH1.[1] It has aired ten seasons and chronicles the daily operations and staff drama at an African American–owned and operated tattoo shop in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.[2]
The show's success has resulted in similar spin-off series based in Chicago and Los Angeles.[3] [4]
Black Ink Crew second season premiered on September 23, 2013,[5] with the season returning on March 31, 2014, for five more episodes.[6]
The third season premiered on January 26, 2015,[7] with the season returning August 24, 2015 for eight more episodes and a reunion special on October 19, 2015.[8]
The show was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on April 4, 2016. In December 2016, the series was renewed for a fifth season, which premiered on January 18, 2017. The sixth season premiered on December 6, 2017. On August 20, 2018, the series was renewed for a seventh season, which premiered on September 19, 2018, with the season returning March 13, 2019, for eight more episodes. On July 24, 2019, the series was renewed for an eighth season, which premiered on August 14, 2019, with the season returning on February 26, 2020, for ten more episodes. On March 8, 2021, the series was renewed for a ninth season, which premiered on April 19, 2021.[9] The second half of season nine premiered on February 21, 2022.
On September 27, 2022, the series was renewed for a tenth season, which premiered on October 18, 2022. The second half of season ten premiered on May 15, 2023.
| Main cast members | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cast member | Seasons | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| Ceaser Emanuel | colspan="1" | |||||||||
| Dutchess Lattimore | colspan="5" | |||||||||
| O'Shit Duncan | colspan="1" | |||||||||
| Alex Estevez | colspan="8" | |||||||||
| Puma Robinson | colspan="3" | |||||||||
| Sassy Bermudez | colspan="1" | |||||||||
| Sky Days | colspan="2" | |||||||||
| Ted Ruks | colspan="7" | |||||||||
| Donna Lombardi | colspan="5" | |||||||||
| Melody Mitchell | colspan="3" | |||||||||
| Walt Miller | colspan="1" | |||||||||
| Young Bae | colspan="5" | |||||||||
| Miss Kitty | colspan="2" | |||||||||
| Tatti Ritter | colspan="2" | |||||||||
| Alex | colspan="1" | |||||||||
| Spyder | colspan="1" | |||||||||
| Supporting cast members | ||||||||||
| Cast member | Seasons | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| Quani Robinson | colspan="3" | |||||||||
| Kathie Arseno | colspan="4" | |||||||||
| Tiffany Winter | colspan="8" | |||||||||
| Naeem Sharif | colspan="2" | |||||||||
| Young Phoenix | colspan="3" | |||||||||
| Tiffany Perez | colspan="5" | |||||||||
| Kevin Laroy | colspan="1" | |||||||||
| Nikki Duncan | colspan="2" | |||||||||
| Jadah Blue | colspan="3" | |||||||||
| Tokie Renet | colspan="3" | |||||||||
| Des Raymond | colspan="2" | |||||||||
| Genesis Ezekiel | colspan="2" | |||||||||
| Mama Bae | colspan="1" | |||||||||
| Krystal Kills | colspan="4" | |||||||||
| Charmaine Walker | colspan="3" | |||||||||
| SuperDope Q | colspan="2" | |||||||||
| Mike Ac | colspan="1" | |||||||||
| London | colspan="2" | |||||||||
| Rokmatic | colspan="3" | |||||||||
| Jessica Miller | colspan="1" | |||||||||
| Crystal Torres | colspan="1" | |||||||||
| Euni Ruks | colspan="2" | |||||||||
| Vanity | colspan="2" | |||||||||
| Desiree | colspan="2" | |||||||||
| Van Johnson | colspan="1" | |||||||||
| Draya Penzo | colspan="2" | |||||||||
| Suzette Samuel | colspan="1" | |||||||||
| Bux | colspan="2" | |||||||||
| Nychelle | colspan="1" | |||||||||
| AMH | colspan="1" | |||||||||
| Liza | colspan="1" | |||||||||
| Made Rich | colspan="1" | |||||||||
| Jahnova | colspan="1" | |||||||||
| Santana | colspan="1" | |||||||||
| Trilla | colspan="1" | |||||||||
| Ink Dreamy | colspan="1" | |||||||||
| Miracle | colspan="1" | |||||||||
See main article: List of Black Ink Crew episodes.