

CBS Local's DJ Sixsmith caught up with Emanuel to discuss the another season of the hit reality series, the opening of a new shop in Brooklyn and his love for New York City. "With that whole COVID thing, that was one of the scariest experiences ever," said Emanuel.

"It was horrible and I caught it in the beginning in March. My mom came up here and then she got sick. She had to go to the hospital and was put on a ventilator. We used to write with Arnold's writing fluid - a London ink, which was of a bluish tint at first, but turned black a few hours after. The world still hasn't gotten back to how it used to be. four words and dash inserted above wordspace and of and Brook in Brooklyn in black pencil. Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1777E. Deleted in black ink: of men inserted above del. Fragment from the Book of the Dead of the Goldworker Amun, Sobekmose. A lot of people don't know that the whole 113th shop is gone. The black ink you see most often is used for writing the letters of the hieroglyphs or hieratic text and is almost always a carbon black ink. We were in a fight to save it and then this whole COVID thing happened."Įmanuel has taken his tattoo businesses all over the country to other big cities like Chicago, Houston and Milwaukee.

The Bronx native has over 10 tattoo shops nationwide and has seen the tattoo business dramatically change since he opened up his first spot. While the business has grown tremendously over the year, nothing will ever beat having shops in New York for Emanuel. The thing with New York is that it's just home," said Emanuel.
