![]() It’s like I have a little bit of everything but I still manage to remain Sassy. I meet all different types of people, and I absorb so many different cultures, different ideas, but I still remain myself. Sassy: If you go to any country in the world that makes the AK-47, and you take it apart, and then you replace some of the parts that were made in a different country, you can still put the gun together, and that is how I am. It was just too much.ĪE: You have a tattoo of an AK-47 on your back. I’m trying to make sure that never happens again. Sassy: It’s never gotten that crazy again. It was wild.ĪE: Did that put a damper on the partying, or are the nights at Black Ink just as wild as before? So there was a royal rumble down at Black Ink and the cops came and shut it down. groupies) around, and once the mixies got full of Hennessy, they had a falling out with some of the girls. There was too much Hennessy getting poured, too many mixies (i.e. Sassy: If I am not mistaken, that was my birthday! I had planned a little get together at Black Ink before I had my big party downtown, and it just got crazy intense. In one of the press videos you tell us of a party that went out of hand, where the cops, detectives and fire department showed up. But it’s mostly just high tension, a lot of yelling a screaming, and then everyone goes about their day.ĪE: Black Ink seems to be a hangout place in addition to being a tattoo shop. You can argue it out if you want to, but it doesn’t need to get physical.ĪE: Have things gotten physical at any point? ![]() I always try to keep people together, sane and calm as much as possible because the personalities there are so large. ![]() Sassy: I’m the peacemaker of the shop! I’m the glue. How would you describe your role in the dysfunctional family that is the Black Ink staff? Caesar had me help with a small event at the shop, and it went really well, so he said he wanted me in marketing and promotions, and I’ve been there ever since.ĪE: There are a lot of strong personalities at the shop, and sometimes people end up butting heads. The event was super successful, and he told Caesar about me and that I should be a part of the team. I used to do corporate events, and he offered me a chance to come by the shop to help with an event to see what I could bring to the table. I met Puma at an event where he was working, and we just kind of clicked. Sassy: I got affiliated with them through Puma. Sassy: I was born and raised in Camden, New Jersey and I moved to Harlem around 10 years ago.ĪE: How did you end up working at Black Ink? Seen as the calm and even-keeled cast member in a sea of crazy, Sassy took time to talk to about drama on the show, her relationship with her ex, coming out to her family, and being a role model for young African-American lesbians.Ī: Where were you born and raised? In the last episode of VH1’s Black Ink Crew, a reality series about a tattoo shop in Harlem, events and marketing manager Sassy came out when she ran into an ex-girlfriend at a tattoo convention in Vegas.
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