# Black Ink Crew: Chicago

Black Ink Crew: Chicago is an American reality television series that airs on VH1 and premiered on October 26, 2015. It is the Chicago-based spin-off of Black Ink Crew. It chronicles the daily operations and staff drama at an African American owned and operated tattoo shop, 9MAG, located in Chicago, Illinois.

## Cast
### Cast timeline

Main cast members :
| Cast member | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons |
| Cast member | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7a | 7b |
| Ryan Henry | Starring | Starring | Starring | Starring | Starring | Starring | Starring | Starring |
| Kat Jackson | Starring | Starring | Starring | | | Guest | | |
| Charmaine Walker | Starring | Starring | Starring | Starring | Starring | Starring | Starring | |
| Phor Brumfield | Starring | Starring | Starring | Starring | Starring | Starring | Starring | Starring |
| Van Johnson | Starring | Starring | Starring | Starring | Starring | Supporting | | Supporting |
| Danielle Jamison | Starring | Starring | Starring | Starring | Supporting | Guest | Guest | |
| Don Brumfield | Starring | Starring | Starring | Starring | Starring | Starring | Starring | Starring |
| Lily Barrios | | | Supporting | Starring | Starring | Guest | | |
| Jess Simpson | | | | | | Starring | | |
| Miss Kitty | | | | | Guest | Supporting | Starring | Starring |
| Draya Penzo | | | | | | Supporting | Supporting | Starring |
| Prince Spencer | | | | | | Supporting | Supporting | Starring |
| Supporting cast members |||||||||
| Cast member | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons |
| Cast member | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7a | 7b |
| Ashley Brumfield | Supporting | Supporting | Supporting | Supporting | Supporting | Supporting | Supporting | Supporting |
| Rachel Leigh | Supporting | Guest | Supporting | Supporting | Guest | Supporting | | |
| Junior Diaz | | Supporting | Supporting | Supporting | Supporting | | | |
| Cobra Kat | | Supporting | Supporting | Supporting | Supporting | | | |
| Whitney Womack | | Supporting | Guest | | | | | |
| Ariel Perkins | | Supporting | | | | | | |
| Nikki Nicole | | Guest | Supporting | Supporting | Guest | Guest | | |
| Neek Bey | | | Supporting | Guest | Supporting | Supporting | Supporting | |
| Jenn Johnson | Guest | Guest | Supporting | Supporting | Supporting | Guest | | |
| Bella Tatted | | | | Supporting | Supporting | Supporting | | |
| Reese Hilburn | | | | Supporting | Guest | | | |
| Brittany Slam | | | | Supporting | Supporting | Supporting | Supporting | Supporting |
| Damn Gina | | | | | Supporting | Supporting | Supporting | Supporting |
| Shine Davis | | | | | Supporting | | | |
| Evenita McGruder | | | | | Supporting | | | |
| Adriana Garibay | | | | Guest | Supporting | | | |
| Fly Tatted | | | | | | Supporting | | |
| King Plug | | | | | | Supporting | Supporting | |
| Zach | | | | | | Supporting | | |
| Nina Austin | | | | | | | Supporting | Supporting |
| Ceaser Emanuel | | | | | | | Supporting | |
| Steven Morris | | | | | | Supporting | Supporting | Guest |
| Miriah Mark | | | | | | | Supporting | |
| Shogun | | | | | | | Supporting | Supporting |
| Ceci | | | | | | | Supporting | Supporting |
| Spyder | | | | | | | | Supporting |

### Main cast members

* Ryan Henry, owner of 9MAG and tattoo artist. Ex-boyfriend of Rachel. Ex-lover of Katrina.
* Van Johnson (seasons 1–5; recurring seasons 6–7B), tattoo artist
* Corey "Phor Brumfield" Robinson, tattoo artist. Ex-boyfriend of Nikki and Kat.
* Don Brumfield, piercer, manager, younger brother of Phor, and Ashley's husband
* Charmaine Walker (seasons 1–7A), owner of 2nd City Ink, wife of Neek Bey, ex-fling of Don Brumfield
* Liliana "Lily" Barrios (seasons 4–5; recurring season 3; guest season 6), tattoo artist and Junior's ex-girlfriend
* Katrina "Kat" Jackson (seasons 1–3; guest season 6), tattoo artist and Phor Brumfield's ex-girlfriend
* Danielle Jamison (seasons 1–4; recurring seasons 5–7A), ex-receptionist and Charmaine's cousin
* Jessica "Jess" Simpson (season 6), co-owner of 2nd City Ink and tattoo artist
* Karis "Miss Kitty" Phillips (season 7; recurring season 6; guest season 5), brand ambassador and brand manager for Black Ink, 2nd City Ink
* Andrea "Draya" Penso (season 7B; recurring seasons 6–7A), tattoo artist at 2nd City Ink & 9MAG
* Prince Spencer (season 7B; recurring seasons 6–7A), tattoo artist at 2nd City Ink & 9MAG

### Supporting cast members

* Ashley Brumfield (seasons 1–7), Don's wife
* Rachel Leigh (seasons 1, 3–4, 6; guest seasons 2, 5), Ryan's ex-girlfriend
* Cobra Kat (seasons 2–5), tattoo artist
* Junior Diaz (seasons 2–5), tattoo artist and Lily's ex-boyfriend
* Terrence (seasons 1–2, 4; guest season 3), Danielle's husband
* Whitney Womack (season 2), Don's daughter's mother
* Ariel (season 2), Charmaine's friend and Ryan's ex-lover
* NeekBey (seasons 3, 5–7A; guest season 4), Charmaine's husband
* Nikki (seasons 3–4; guest seasons 2, 5–6), Phor's ex-girlfriend and Kat's rival
* Jenn (seasons 3–5; guest seasons 1–2, 6), Van's girlfriend
* Reese (season 4; guest season 5), tattoo artist at Loyal Ink
* Bella (seasons 4–6), former 9Mag assistant
* Brittney Slam (seasons 4–7), 9Mag manager
* Gina (seasons 5–7), Ryan's assistant
* Shine (season 5), tattoo artist
* Evenita (season 5), Van's apprentice
* Adriana (season 5; guest season 4), Junior's girlfriend and Lily's rival
* Fly Tatted (season 6), former tattoo artist at 2nd City Ink
* Plug (seasons 6–7A), tattoo artist at 2nd City Ink
* Zach (season 6), former tattoo artist at 2nd City Ink and Draya's former love interest
* Steven (seasons 6–7A; guest season 7B), tattoo artist at 2nd Ciity Ink and Jess's best friend from London
* Nina Austin (season 7), Phor's ex-girlfriend and mother of their son
* Miriah (season 7A), Charmaine's friend and Prince's ex-girlfriend
* Hiram Emmanuél "Shogun" (season 7), lead artist at 9MAG
* Ceci (season 7), tattoo artist at 2nd City Ink & 9MAG

## Episodes

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 10 | 10 | October 26, 2015 (2015-10-26) | December 28, 2015 (2015-12-28) |
| 2 | 10 | 10 | October 3, 2016 (2016-10-03) | November 28, 2016 (2016-11-28) |
| 3 | 18 | 18 | July 19, 2017 (2017-07-19) | December 6, 2017 (2017-12-06) |
| 4 | 16 | 16 | May 30, 2018 (2018-05-30) | September 19, 2018 (2018-09-19) |
| 5 | 20 | 20 | January 2, 2019 (2019-01-02) | August 6, 2019 (2019-08-06) |
| 6 | 16 | 16 | December 4, 2019 (2019-12-04) | July 27, 2020 (2020-07-27) |
| 7 | 20 | 10 | October 4, 2021 (2021-10-04) | December 6, 2021 (2021-12-06) |
| 7 | 20 | 10 | August 9, 2022 (2022-08-09) | October 11, 2022 (2022-10-11) |

### Season 1 (2015)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | "We Run Chicago" | October 26, 2015 (2015-10-26) | 1.80 |
| 2 | 2 | "What You Don't Understand Is, I Do Understand" | November 2, 2015 (2015-11-02) | 1.90 |
| 3 | 3 | "Phor Play" | November 9, 2015 (2015-11-09) | 2.03 |
| 4 | 4 | "Ain't No Prop, Clown" | November 16, 2015 (2015-11-16) | 1.73 |
| 5 | 5 | "New York, New Problems" | November 23, 2015 (2015-11-23) | 1.75 |
| 6 | 6 | "You're Not God and You're Not My Daddy" | November 30, 2015 (2015-11-30) | 1.92 |
| 7 | 7 | "Kat Fight!" | December 14, 2015 (2015-12-14) | 1.71 |
| 8 | 8 | "Yacht Rocked" | December 21, 2015 (2015-12-21) | 1.65 |
| 9 | 9 | "The Don Sets in Paradise" | December 28, 2015 (2015-12-28) | 1.96 |
| 10 | 10 | "Goodbye Doesn't Mean Forever" | December 28, 2015 (2015-12-28) | 1.78 |

### Season 2 (2016)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 11 | 1 | "The Nicki Minaj of 9 Mag" | October 3, 2016 (2016-10-03) | 1.56 |
| 12 | 2 | "Prison on the Outside, Party on the Inside" | October 3, 2016 (2016-10-03) | 1.38 |
| 13 | 3 | "99.999998 Percent" | October 10, 2016 (2016-10-10) | 1.74 |
| 14 | 4 | "A New Kat-itude" | October 17, 2016 (2016-10-17) | 1.73 |
| 15 | 5 | "Broke on Bourbon Street" | October 24, 2016 (2016-10-24) | 1.66 |
| 16 | 6 | "Congratulations, You Played Yourself" | October 31, 2016 (2016-10-31) | 1.38 |
| 17 | 7 | "Cobra Gets Rattled" | November 7, 2016 (2016-11-07) | 1.79 |
| 18 | 8 | "Basic People Have Threesomes" | November 14, 2016 (2016-11-14) | 1.75 |
| 19 | 9 | "Que Grande" | November 21, 2016 (2016-11-21) | 1.91 |
| 20 | 10 | "Team Don" | November 28, 2016 (2016-11-28) | 2.12 |

### Season 3 (2017)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 21 | 1 | "The New Barack and Michelle Obama" | July 19, 2017 (2017-07-19) | 0.88 |
| 22 | 2 | "You Need Jesus" | July 26, 2017 (2017-07-26) | 1.03 |
| 23 | 3 | "The Return of Cobra" | August 2, 2017 (2017-08-02) | 0.91 |
| 24 | 4 | "Kat's Back" | August 9, 2017 (2017-08-09) | 0.91 |
| 25 | 5 | "Work Is Work, But Can You Twerk?" | August 16, 2017 (2017-08-16) | 1.06 |
| 26 | 6 | "This One Time at Van Camp" | August 23, 2017 (2017-08-23) | 1.01 |
| 27 | 7 | "My Cousin Janelle" | August 30, 2017 (2017-08-30) | 1.07 |
| 28 | 8 | "Surprise, I'm Pregnant!" | September 6, 2017 (2017-09-06) | 1.13 |
| 29 | 9 | "I Like My Tamales Real" | September 13, 2017 (2017-09-13) | 1.07 |
| 30 | 10 | "Freeze My Fupa!" | October 9, 2017 (2017-10-09) | 1.11 |
| 31 | 11 | "Lola From Nola" | October 18, 2017 (2017-10-18) | 1.02 |
| 32 | 12 | "I Feel Like Beyonce" | October 25, 2017 (2017-10-25) | 1.04 |
| 33 | 13 | "Chi-Cabo – Part 1" | November 1, 2017 (2017-11-01) | 1.08 |
| 34 | 14 | "Chi-Cabo – Part 2" | November 8, 2017 (2017-11-08) | 1.02 |
| 35 | 15 | "My Little Sir Brumfield" | November 15, 2017 (2017-11-15) | 1.00 |
| 36 | 16 | "I Cleared My Truth" | November 22, 2017 (2017-11-22) | 0.87 |
| 37 | 17 | "Everybody Loves Kat" | November 29, 2017 (2017-11-29) | 1.02 |
| 38 | 18 | "Go Ahead, Becky" | December 6, 2017 (2017-12-06) | 1.20 |

### Season 4 (2018)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 39 | 1 | "The Takeover Begins" | May 30, 2018 (2018-05-30) | 1.15 |
| 40 | 2 | "9Mag Is Dead" | June 6, 2018 (2018-06-06) | 1.01 |
| 41 | 3 | "Tom, Dick, and Cobra" | June 13, 2018 (2018-06-13) | 1.10 |
| 42 | 4 | "A Whole New Squad" | June 20, 2018 (2018-06-20) | 1.07 |
| 43 | 5 | "New Lease, New Reese" | June 27, 2018 (2018-06-27) | 1.08 |
| 44 | 6 | "The H.B.I.C." | July 11, 2018 (2018-07-11) | 1.10 |
| 45 | 7 | "White Tacticals" | July 18, 2018 (2018-07-18) | 1.03 |
| 46 | 8 | "Do The Hussle" | July 25, 2018 (2018-07-25) | 1.09 |
| 47 | 9 | "Barbie Tingz" | August 1, 2018 (2018-08-01) | 0.96 |
| 48 | 10 | "All Phor One" | August 8, 2018 (2018-08-08) | 1.03 |
| 49 | 11 | "The Last Supper" | August 15, 2018 (2018-08-15) | 1.21 |
| 50 | 12 | "Reese, Scheduled" | August 22, 2018 (2018-08-22) | 1.03 |
| 51 | 13 | "Neek and You Shall Find" | August 29, 2018 (2018-08-29) | 1.10 |
| 52 | 14 | "One Time At Adult Camp" | September 5, 2018 (2018-09-05) | 0.92 |
| 53 | 15 | "I'm the New You" | September 12, 2018 (2018-09-12) | 1.00 |
| 54 | 16 | "Welcome to 9Mag...Again!" | September 19, 2018 (2018-09-19) | 1.13 |

### Season 5 (2019)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 55 | 1 | "9MAG is Forever" | January 2, 2019 (2019-01-02) | 1.07 |
| 56 | 2 | "Give Me a Smoothie Gina" | January 9, 2019 (2019-01-09) | 0.96 |
| 57 | 3 | "Tattoo Shop of Horrors" | January 16, 2019 (2019-01-16) | 0.93 |
| 58 | 4 | "Michael Jackson is Alive!" | January 23, 2019 (2019-01-23) | 0.87 |
| 59 | 5 | "She's Here If You Evenita" | January 30, 2019 (2019-01-30) | 0.94 |
| 60 | 6 | "Phor" | February 6, 2019 (2019-02-06) | 0.89 |
| 61 | 7 | "Potato with a Scarf On" | February 13, 2019 (2019-02-13) | 0.86 |
| 62 | 8 | "I Didn't Say I Hate Her (I Just Don't Like Her)" | February 20, 2019 (2019-02-20) | 0.92 |
| 63 | 9 | "I Hope You Make It to America" | February 27, 2019 (2019-02-27) | 0.76 |
| 64 | 10 | "Lacuna Matata" | March 6, 2019 (2019-03-06) | 0.83 |
| 65 | 11 | "Don't Come for Queen Latifah" | June 4, 2019 (2019-06-04) | 0.74 |
| 66 | 12 | "Ryantology" | June 11, 2019 (2019-06-11) | 0.66 |
| 67 | 13 | "Team Bonding!" | June 18, 2019 (2019-06-18) | 0.72 |
| 68 | 14 | "From Chi-ami to Sky-ami" | June 25, 2019 (2019-06-25) | 0.78 |
| 69 | 15 | "The Cover Up is Worse Than the Crime" | July 2, 2019 (2019-07-02) | 0.77 |
| 70 | 16 | "What Is This, A Reunion Show?" | July 9, 2019 (2019-07-09) | 0.73 |
| 71 | 17 | "The Steve Harvey Show" | July 16, 2019 (2019-07-16) | 0.71 |
| 72 | 18 | "Deja Vu" | July 23, 2019 (2019-07-23) | 0.79 |
| 73 | 19 | "The Vianna and the Long Haitian" | July 30, 2019 (2019-07-30) | 0.88 |
| 74 | 20 | "Period, End of Sentence" | August 6, 2019 (2019-08-06) | 0.82 |

### Season 6 (2019–20)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 75 | 1 | "The Future is Female" | December 4, 2019 (2019-12-04) | 0.72 |
| 76 | 2 | "Proper Excited" | December 4, 2019 (2019-12-04) | 0.74 |
| 77 | 3 | "World's Best Dad!" | December 11, 2019 (2019-12-11) | 0.60 |
| 78 | 4 | "Second City, Welcome Kitty" | December 18, 2019 (2019-12-18) | 0.59 |
| 79 | 5 | "My Big Fat Neek Wedding" | January 1, 2020 (2020-01-01) | 0.58 |
| 80 | 6 | "Glenda" | January 8, 2020 (2020-01-08) | 0.75 |
| 81 | 7 | "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye" | January 15, 2020 (2020-01-15) | 0.74 |
| 82 | 8 | "The Itty Bitty Kitty Committee" | January 22, 2020 (2020-01-22) | 0.63 |
| 83 | 9 | "Some People Like Cake, Some People Do Not Like Cake" | January 29, 2020 (2020-01-29) | 0.65 |
| 84 | 10 | "Don's Latest Snapchat Video" | February 5, 2020 (2020-02-05) | 0.69 |
| 85 | 11 | "Hot Off the Presses" | February 12, 2020 (2020-02-12) | 0.68 |
| 86 | 12 | "Rumor Had It" | February 19, 2020 (2020-02-19) | 0.64 |
| 87 | 13 | "Chicago Ain't That Big" | July 6, 2020 (2020-07-06) | 0.58 |
| 88 | 14 | "Mucus Still Plugged" | July 13, 2020 (2020-07-13) | 0.55 |
| 89 | 15 | "Other Side of the Pond" | July 20, 2020 (2020-07-20) | 0.54 |
| 90 | 16 | "The Shutdown" | July 27, 2020 (2020-07-27) | 0.52 |

### Season 7 (2021–22)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 91 | 1 | "Ready To Reclaim Our Time" | October 4, 2021 (2021-10-04) | 0.41 |
| 92 | 2 | "Second Episode, Second City" | October 11, 2021 (2021-10-11) | 0.37 |
| 93 | 3 | "What Happened With Us" | October 18, 2021 (2021-10-18) | 0.35 |
| 94 | 4 | "Always and Phorever" | October 25, 2021 (2021-10-25) | 0.37 |
| 95 | 5 | "Pros and Conventions" | November 1, 2021 (2021-11-01) | 0.33 |
| 96 | 6 | "This Platform is Black Ink Crew" | November 8, 2021 (2021-11-08) | 0.40 |
| 97 | 7 | "Is There A Doctor In The House?" | November 15, 2021 (2021-11-15) | 0.35 |
| 98 | 8 | "A Prince Among Women" | November 22, 2021 (2021-11-22) | 0.30 |
| 99 | 9 | "Did You Make That Comment About Charmaine?" | November 29, 2021 (2021-11-29) | 0.36 |
| 100 | 10 | "Put on Your Casper Suit" | December 6, 2021 (2021-12-06) | 0.35 |
| 101 | 11 | "Welcome to the World of Being Seen" | August 9, 2022 (2022-08-09) | N/A |
| 102 | 12 | "Here Kitty Kitty" | August 16, 2022 (2022-08-16) | N/A |
| 103 | 13 | "Fright of Our Lives" | August 23, 2022 (2022-08-23) | N/A |
| 104 | 14 | "Phorplay" | August 30, 2022 (2022-08-30) | N/A |
| 105 | 15 | "It's All Relative" | September 6, 2022 (2022-09-06) | 0.28 |
| 106 | 16 | "Gin and Juke" | September 13, 2022 (2022-09-13) | 0.21 |
| 107 | 17 | "Dude, Where's My Car?" | September 20, 2022 (2022-09-20) | 0.22 |
| 108 | 18 | "I Love Lisa and Lisa Loves Me Back" | September 27, 2022 (2022-09-27) | 0.21 |
| 109 | 19 | "Hey, I'm Walkin' Here!" | October 4, 2022 (2022-10-04) | 0.21 |
| 110 | 20 | "Is This the End?" | October 11, 2022 (2022-10-11) | 0.25 |