She uses her artistic skills to paint colorful, street-art collages and write her own music. When she’s not tattooing, she’s hustling. In the tattoo world, Blaze specializes in black and grey portraits, floral pieces, and script. “We have to work 10 times harder, go 10 times harder and be even better than the men at our jobs.” “”Being a female tattoo artist in a male-dominated industry is everything,” says Blaze. But her creative energy had other plans for her. Prior to tattooing and her career in music and art, Blaze was going to school and studying to be a doctor. Nessie Blaze is a tattoo artist, rapper, and mural painter who recently moved to the Los Angeles area from Philadelphia. Joining the crew for this debut season of the Compton-based series are two female tattoo artists- Nessie Blaze and Vudu Dahl. The shop features all-black artists and support staff. The series follows celebrity tattoo artist Danny “KP” Kirkpatrick as he builds a crew to open and run IAM Compton, the first tattoo studio in Compton.

Following the smash success of the original Black Ink Crew reality show based in New York City and the spin-off in Chicago, VH1 is bringing the franchise to the West Coast with the debut of Black Ink Crew Compton.

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