BLACK INK CREW: COMPTON is a spin-off of the popular series Black Ink Crew, which originally focused on the daily operations and drama within a tattoo shop in Harlem, New York. Shifting the focus to a tattoo shop located in Compton, California, BIC COMPTON follows the lives of KP, the shop's owner, and his employees as they navigate the challenges of running a business in the tattoo industry and the local community.

For the marketing and show packaging, it was important to aesthetically differentiate Compton from its predecessors and highlight the unique character that the City offers. Cast vignettes shot throughout Compton paint a vivid picture of the lives of this crew and establish Compton as that secondary character in the process.