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.

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.

Cast

Timeline of cast members + Main cast members Seasons 1 2A 2B KP colspan="3" LeMeir Mitchell colspan="3" Vudu Dahl colspan="2" colspan="1" Ink Drippin' colspan="2" colspan="1" Nessie Blaze colspan="3" Tim Simmons colspan="3" Barbie colspan="2" colspan="1" Alana Marie colspan="2" colspan="1" Cory SaintClair colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" Polo colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" Mz. Ink Bomb colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" Amber Gonzalez colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" Katrina Jackson colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" Kevin Laroy colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" Nelly Vinteren colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" Bookie Thompson colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" Deshay Jones colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" Supporting cast members Kyla Pratt colspan="1" colspan="2" Danielle Emani colspan="3" Armani colspan="1" colspan="2" Star Divine colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" Denai Marie colspan="2" colspan="1"

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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 1 (2019)

Season 2 (2022–23)

See also List of tattoo TV shows

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