This is not a “walk-in, pick a design off the wall and get it tattooed” kind of shop. And now she’s planning on going back to finish her masters.ĭutchess is using her smarts to launch Pretty-n-Ink in her own way. She was in the top 10 of her class in high school and went on to graduate cum laude from North Carolina A&T.

If you can’t already tell, Dutchess is not your typical reality star. Plus, now that she’s big time, she feels like she can be a good role model for kids in this area.Īs she put it, “Growing up, I didn’t see enough successful young people that looked like me… I think it’s important that our young kids see that people from right here can be just as dope as they are.” Dutchess is from Lincolnton and her family all still live in NC.

So why did a reality star with 1 million Facebook followers decide to leave the splendors of New York and start a shop in Charlotte? She opened Pretty-n-Ink in December on South Tryon next to Tremont Music Hall (RIP). Known as “ The Dutchess of Ink ,” (Dutchess for short) she recently relocated from Harlem, NY to Charlotte, NC to open her own shop.

Dutchess of ink tattoo shop