Since nothing has officially been released about Season 8 of "Black Ink Crew Chicago," we can't be exactly certain which artists will be back. However, it appears that one less familiar artist will be on the VH1 show if a new season were to come out. On March 18, original cast member Charmaine Bey told her one million Instagram followers she quit "Black Ink Crew Chicago." Charmaine explained to her fans, "I'm no longer working with 'TV tattoo artist,' unfollowed any phony person I use to deal with from the show, hired all dope tattoo artist who represent Chicago, and my haters will still say my shop isn't legit."
Charmaine decided to branch out and start her tattoo shop, 2nd City Ink, after Season 6, cites Atlanta Black Star. Since then, the main cast members of the reality series have been a combination of employees from 9MAG and 2nd City. Now it seems she's stepping aside to focus solely on her own tattoo shop and being a mom of two, per BET. The reality star gave birth to her second child on February 12.
To big news in the social media world, she no longer follows the owner of 9MAG and original cast member, Ryan Henry, according to Urban Belle. Charmaine's decision to leave "Black Ink Crew Chicago" was, in part, also due to her current rivalry with Ryan, which she laid out in an Instagram post.
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