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want them on the show ; I ’ m glad we ’ re on this topic now , because if you ’ ve seen my work and love my character the way I am , you can ’ t put me on the show and make me do something I don ’ t want to do . I don ’ t give a fuck how much money you ’ re offering me , it ’ s not gonna happen . Tattoo artists who have struggled to get here , put 18 years in , I put everything on the line , my daughter , my wife , and I ’ m not gonna let a TV show , or anybody tell me who I am as a person . So they wanted me on the show to be the black dude who can give them the hip hop spin thing , that ’ s not who the fuck I am . If you want a street dude , I ’ m from New York , but I suppress it because I ’ m a fa-

want them on the show ; I ’ m glad we ’ re on this topic now , because if you ’ ve seen my work and love my character the way I am , you can ’ t put me on the show and make me do something I don ’ t want to do . I don ’ t give a fuck how much money you ’ re offering me , it ’ s not gonna happen . Tattoo artists who have struggled to get here , put 18 years in , I put everything on the line , my daughter , my wife , and I ’ m not gonna let a TV show , or anybody tell me who I am as a person . So they wanted me on the show to be the black dude who can give them the hip hop spin thing , that ’ s not who the fuck I am . If you want a street dude , I ’ m from New York , but I suppress it because I ’ m a fa-

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