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Tattoo Artist Explains Rihanna's New Gun Body Art

March 27, 2009 02:21:00 GMT

Rihanna's tattoo artist BangBang says the inspiration behind the singer's new gun tattoo comes from her pendant.


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Tattoo artist BangBang has posted two pictures of Rihanna on his MySpace page, showing the singer having a new tattoo in form of gun etched on her body. One of the pics shows Rihanna having two gun inks drawn on both of her shoulders, whereas the other one shows her having the gun tattoo printed on her right ribcage.

"I really wanted to put it here... she loved em.. .but, cover girl wouldnt have liked it much... and they pay the bills!" BangBang writes under the first mentioned picture. "Ended up doing it on her ribs...", he writes under the other snap.

"I think it's very empowering, very protective," the tattoo artist of Eastside Ink in New York tells E! News about the meaning behind Rihanna's new gun tattoo. "She had a necklace that had the same little gun on it, and I loved it. I told her she should get it tattooed."

Asked whether the tattoo has something to do with Rihanna's February altercation with Chris Brown, BangBang says, "I think that if anything did happen with her that the tattoo has nothing to do with it. I wasn't there. I don't know what happened, but she's very much herself. She's very happy, and she loves getting tattoos. I don't think it has anything to do with it."

Rihanna flew BangBang from New York to her home in Los Angeles last Thursday, March 19 to ink "one of her friends for a birthday present," the tattoo artist explains, adding "But she wound up tattooing herself!" It "took about 15 minutes" for BangBang to finish Rihanna's new body art, the picture of which can be seen on BangBang's MySpace.

Furthermore insisting that he doesn't know the extent of Rihanna's relationship with Chris Brown, BangBang tells E! News, "That's her personal life, and I am her friend. She's perfect. She's doing great."

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posted by wtf on Jul 26, 2009
research jz and beyonce, kanye and everyone else who throws up the eye of horus sign dez mfs sold their soul research that shit and keep in mind that satan was over the music department in heaven b4 he was cast down yuh these ppl are famous but if you rly pay attention to their lyrics there is actually a message within a message theyre all being decieving and no 1 would have no idea unless they learn about these symbols and shit
posted by Sxc me on Mar 30, 2009
Haha Rhianna Your The Best Girl!! Girl im waiting to here a New Song this Year...
posted by new york! on Mar 30, 2009
ya'll are mad ignorant. that's all i got to say. atleast she's got more tallent then all of ya'll haters on here. HELLO SHES FAMOUS YA'll ain't muthafuckers!
posted by ciara<3 on Mar 27, 2009
haha damn straight :S
posted by blinky on Mar 27, 2009
She's perfect? Perfect my azz... She's a perfect dumb bitch, if any. A truck driver has more class than this overrated and fake "artist". She can't sing, she can't think, and obviouslt without make up (did you see the pic of the tattoo all around the web showing the tat up? She's HORRID makeup-less) she's far from glam. Rihanna... boring, untalented, stupid. A perfect match for brainless, indeed.

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