a: 2: (s: 4: "TEXT"; s: 7259: "Hip-hop and tattoos have always been a means of expression for musicians. Recently, more and more people are getting tattoos in the most prominent place - their face to it is better to express yourself and show your inner world. ”We decided to make a selection of domestic performers who got a tattoo on their face.
1. Lottery Billz
A young and promising artist not so long ago got himself a tattoo in the form of a crying heart flying away on wings. The artist interprets his tattoo as follows: "Where love should be with understanding, only tears of suffering appear ..". The author told us that he decided to get a tattoo to remind people of the importance of helping and understanding each other in this world.2.Yung Pretty
A young performer from St. Petersburg made the following tattoos on his face: a nickname above his eyebrow, two tears on his cheekbones, a cross on his right cheek, and also a crossed out heart, meaning that there is no place for heartfelt feelings in his head.
To love and play ( playand loveunder the eyes) - everything that the performer can do.
"Candyman" is a reference to the movie.
13 is an unlucky number so that people do not think to do stupid things towards the artist.
The Omen sign as the personification of the child, to whom everything is destined.
Maple leaf - Yura recalls his childhood, he did not go to school yet and fell from a large metal fence, and when he fell, he saw “helicopters” (maple seeds) falling with him, and time seemed to have stopped.
Crystallization sign on the right cheek - "Let's just say, I sniffed out my kilogram .. I won't be anymore."
K5 - a tattoo in honor of his team (Kadis, PAPA, Code10 are also there).
4. Young Gipsy
The artist has a huge number of tattoos on his body and several on his face. One tattoo is a symbol Ohm(?) or Aum - it is believed that this sound was the first and the universe appeared from its vibration. It is also considered a sacred sound. The second is the inscription "Family" above the eyebrow and tears, thus the performer shows grief for his family: he lost his father and recently divorced his wife.
5.044 Rose
The artist made himself a rose tattoo in honor of his nickname.
6. Jacques-Anthony
Jacques tattooed himself with the inverted word "Game", thereby showing that he "turned" it over.
7. Face
Face made tattoos on his face in early 2017. There are two inscriptions under his eyes Hateand Love(hate and love). As Ivan explained in one of his interviews, these are the two emotions that he experiences most often, and the inscription "Numb" is interpreted as the inner state of the artist. He said that until recently he felt Numb(which means numb or helpless in translation).
8. KIZARU
Oleg also has several tattoos on his face. One of them is JEFE. According to him, she reminds him of his time in prison. During this time, he received important life lessons, in memory of which he got a tattoo. He also has another devil horn tattoo, as on the cover of his debut album "Mas Fuerte", and another symbol, the meaning of which the artist did not mention.
Many representatives of the genre were stuffed with this and that. Lil Wayne, Djigan, Shiloh, MC Ride and other tattoo lovers in our article.
Tattoos are perhaps one of the hottest and most controversial topics of discussion these days. Parents forbid, young people throw off sketches of VK to each other, every now and then promising everyone around that they are about to start beating their first tattoo.
In fact, in the current time, namely the XXI century, in an era when old values \u200b\u200band moral principles are losing their significance, and new norms of behavior are replacing them, a tattoo is the most neutral way of self-expression. Over the past summer, I noticed how much the percentage of tattooed people has been mutilated. Now, you won’t surprise anyone, many people have “body painting”, although earlier it was possible to observe only people with “partakas” and prison marks. In rap, on the other hand, tattoos have always been considered prestigious. They varied in theme - from belonging to gangster groups to a banal stage image. Here's a quick guide to some of the world's tattooed rappers.
IsaiahToothtaker
Not the most famous representative of the list, but it is he who is directly related to tattoos. Meet Isaiah the Tooth Picker, the owner of the Staring Without Caring tattoo parlor. Just look at this huge dagger "piercing" his face - the artist's image of the "tooth picker" and "tooth breaker" is sustained inside and out. Taking into account Isaiah's love for expensive brands, "grills" and gold jewelry, it can be concluded that the tattoo business is not only fun and whim, but also a profitable business. So people who are versed in commercial endeavors may well have a lucrative income from this.
Awl
In Russia, tattoos from time immemorial were considered a mark of all bandits. So Shilo from the "Krovostok" group looks like a criminal element who has just thrown back from the zone, despite the fact that the "tattoos" that decorate him do not look like "prisoners". I am sure that many are familiar with the work of this group, and therefore I have no doubt that Anton Shilo's tattoos make the same impression as the musical repertoire of "Krovostok". Shilo really looks like "the very character" that he appears in his tracks [despite the fact that he graduated from the Moscow State Academic Art School].
Kid ink
His name speaks for itself. This guy's skin really has a lot of ink. Probably, it is he who most of all "plays" on his image - the guy chose such a pseudonym for a reason. “I got my first tattoo at the age of 16, in a salon, together with my mother, according to my own sketch. At that time, my mother had 5 tattoos, so she did not mind. " Apparently, the guy's love for tattoos has progressed over the years, and it turned out exactly what we can observe now. It's for the best. If the performer draws inspiration from tattoos to create his tracks, this is at least unusual.
LilWayne
The owner of the Young Money label is a somewhat shocking man. Few people will endure the pain that the process of applying tattoo ink to the sensitive skin of the eyelids brings. But Weezy didn't stop there. He beat a tattoo on the inside of the lips, behind the ears, and the devil knows where else. Of course, some of the things that Mr. Carter put on himself look funny. However, who knows - maybe he would not have been exactly the rapper we know now, if not for the tattoos that cover the performer.
Young thug
Without a doubt, Young Thug is a freak. Piercings in the nose, cheek, and lips are an unusual look for a rapper. But the performer keeps up with the times, and we can say with confidence that he is open to new "looks" and experiments on his style. What can I say if this guy got himself the name of Birdman - the founder of Cash Money Records - on his own dignity. "Now every time all these bl @! # Have sex with me, they will know that they are fucking% # @ and with Birdman." A little later after this statement, the artist said that this was just a joke. Let's not hesitate, but you can expect that from a person like Thugger Thugger.
GucciMane
Finally we got to a kind of "headliner" of this list. Probably the winner in the "Stupidest Tattoo of the Decade" category. Every time you hear the name Gucci, what do you represent? That's right, the huge ice cream depicted on the rapper's right cheek. I'm not sure what exactly prompted the artist to decide on this: maybe he was the most frequent visitor to the ice cream trailer in childhood, or, you see, he dreamed of becoming an ice cream seller himself. Nevertheless, he gave all of us a reason to subtly “pin up” him (at the moment of the beef between Waka Flocka and Gucci Mane, the first, without thinking twice, called his diss “Ice Cream”), and he himself is difficult to confuse with anyone else. Perhaps it only seems absurd to the majority, but he himself put a sacred meaning into it?
Djigan
The physique of this person literally disposes to an unlimited number of tattoos. To say that he was "packed" to the limit, it was impossible a relatively short time ago - if you look at Dzhigan now - probably, there is practically no "living space" left on him. Anyone who likes to "pump up" can quite afford it. And the legendary composition "Tatu" was honored with his verse for a reason. Therefore, all lovers of the "rocking chair" and connoisseurs of the artist's work should take note - after you have worked well on your forms, do not hesitate to decorate them with a large number of tattoos.
Timati
A person who is "used to living in a suite from the cradle" will certainly not deny himself such a pleasure as a visit to a tattoo parlor. “I just won't find a place for this and that” - indeed, like his friend Dzhigan, Timati's only face remained intact. What can I say, if Vladimir Putin himself, at one time "responded" to Timan for his tattoos. And you say: "... society does not approve."
MC Ride (ex-Death Grips)
The artist's skin "carries" much more meaning than everyone else's. MC Ride's body is literally “filled” with occult symbols and voodoo signs. It doesn't just suit him “blackwork”. Each of these details is like a separate decoration of the Panic Room. The tattoos of the ex-vocalist Death Grips can frighten children, bring grandmothers to a heart attack, and make clergymen grab hold of the cross. Sometimes it seems that the MC Ride tattoo is a full-fledged part of the creativity of the disintegrated experimental team. His tattoos are as intimidating and aggressive as most of the band's tracks.
NachoPicasso
The list is completed by a representative of the M.O.O.R. Gang is a young Picasso, aka Nacho. Nacho expressed his love for tattoos on the track "Sweaters", as if confirming that "sleeves" alone are not enough for him. His body is covered in a "sweater" of tattoos. “My body is a timeline, my face is something ageless,” Nacho assures, saying that his tattoos are a whole story. Most recently, the artist posted the result of his last visit to the artist on his Instagram. The photo shows that the tattoo appeared right on the rapper's bald head. Indeed, if you wear a "sweater", then why not wear a "hat"?
Rap culture has always had a special attraction to decorating their bodies with tattoos. A rare rapper will refuse to fill in a memorable picture or a meaningful phrase, reminiscent of the hard times spent in the "ghetto". Alexey Dolmatov, acting under the stage name Guf (Guf), being a prominent representative of the rap crowd, also maintains this tradition of the genre and periodically replenishes his collection with new tattoos.
Music Tattoos
A completely obvious and natural phenomenon is the appearance of tattoos on a musician's body on a musical theme. And Guf, naturally, has a couple of such tattoos:
- A boombox (musical tape recorder) is conveniently located on the musician's right forearm, which has gone through quite a few transformations and corrections.
- A little higher than the famous tape recorder, the rapper later filled buttons resembling a music player control panel.
- On the left shoulder, surrounded by heaped clouds, there is a rather large musical microphone (1930s format).
Musical tattoos by Alexey Dolmatov
I also have a microphone tattoo only on the inside of my shoulder. I am not a fan of Guf, but I am perfectly familiar with his work. And I made this tattoo because I myself am a musician. This, of course, is not the most original sketch, it seems to me that every fifth musician definitely has such a tattoo, but I like it!
Pavel, St. Petersburg
Love theme in Guf's tattoos
Everyone knows that any rapper is quite sensitive to the topic of the family: representatives of this musical direction often stuff tattoos dedicated to their mothers, children and beloved women... Here and Alexei such memorable tattoos more than enough.
The first tattoo that you should pay attention to is a rather large portrait of Aiza, Guf's ex-wife, under which there is an illegible, secret saying. This tattoo is located on the side of the musician. On the right leg, also dedicated to the beautiful wife, the tattoo "One love Vagapova" is stuffed.
Did you know? Tattoo "One love Vagapova", dedicated to the ex-wife of Alexei Dolmatov, is a pair. On the right leg of Aiza, a woman he once loved, there is also a tattoo "One love Dolmatov", of course.
Singer love tattoos
On the inside of the right forearm the following inscription flaunts: "Sami V.V.X." This is the name and date of birth of Sami, the beloved son of the famous rapper.
Inscription dedicated to Alexei's son
Tattoos dedicated to Moscow
Alexei Dolmatov never hid his tender feelings for Moscow, singing it in his texts or sharing with the press stories that happened to him in the capital. And no wonder: after all, here he was born and raised, here he became addicted to drugs, and then got rid of addiction, here he met love and became famous throughout the country. That is why the most famous and large-scale alexey's tattoos are dedicated to her, Moscow.
Intricate inscriptions on the rapper's body and their meaning
Like many rap musicians, Dolmatov has a huge number of all kinds of inscriptions on his body, the meaning of some of which is still not known to the public:
- "NOT." on the elbow - earlier the musician's elbow was decorated with this mysterious inscription, over the solution of the meaning of which not a single fan broke his head; it was later covered with a tape recorder tattoo.
- "Parental Advisory Explicit Lyrics" and Label "ZM" on the left chest.
- Under the right chest, "All cops are bastards" (in English) and a strange, bizarre lettering with a star.
- Through the entire stomach stretched the inscription "addiction" in English, which is a memory of defeated drug addiction.
- On the right hand there is an Arabic inscription, and on the left there are also lines of Arabic origin, the meaning of which the musician is silent about.
Almost all the rapper's inscriptions are presented in this photo.
Film classics, which Dolmatov filled, and other arts
The rapper is not only a passionate lover of music, but a fan of cinema, so he decided to immortalize the already eternal movie masterpieces on his hand. As you know, the singer's favorite films are "Scarface", "Reservoir Dogs" and "The Godfather", in connection with which his body is now adorned with the faces and crown phrases of Marlon Brondo, Al Pacino, as well as the five thugs from the acclaimed Tarantino film.
A movie classic on the body of a famous musician
Other tattoos on the singer's body include the image of the Indian leader, located on the right leg. Many fans believe that this tau is associated with Alexei's favorite track "The Leader".
Finding out the meaning of tattoos on the faces of Eljay, Scrooge, Legalize and other cool guys
Tattoos on the face are one of the hallmarks of the so-called "new school of rappers." They shock the grandmothers at the entrance more than the clogged sleeves. And if earlier face tattoos were part of the image of American hip-hoppers, now more and more Russian performers are making drawings for themselves. Read more about them in this collection.
ELJAY
And although the artist himself did not comment on this event in any way, the fans launched a whole discussion to get to the bottom of the meaning of the inscription.
From the conclusions: the inscription is a line of coordinates. Due to the poor clarity of the images, it is impossible to see the exact numbers. But the main version at the moment is Aljay's favorite place on Earth. It may be in Japan or Spain - the cultures of these countries influenced the early work of Eljay. It may also turn out to be a resting place where the rapper secretly traveled with his now wife Nastya Ivleeva.
Although, some fans joke that this is just the address of his Moscow apartment so that the artist does not forget where he lives.
MORGENSHTERN
The number 666 scares the superstitious, but rapper Morgenshtern is not one of them. He filled a rather large image of the "number of the beast" right above his eyebrow.
As it turned out, the musician did not put any sacred meanings into this drawing. He just knew that with such a tattoo he would definitely not be hired in the office. A trip to a tattoo parlor has become a non-return point in choosing a life path. No jackets or conferences. Only creativity. There is no turning back. Soon, the artist liked wearing little mermaids on his face so much that he added a note and a mace to the collection.
Rapper Face (real name - Ivan Dremin) got tattoos on his face at the moment when he realized: Face is no longer just a pseudonym. This is a symbol of the fact that he has become the “face of the younger generation”.
Ivan became widely known in 2017, when his album No Love was downloaded by 7.9 million people. In the spring of the same year, the inscription Numb appeared above the rapper's eyebrow. The word is translated from English as "numb", "numb" or "helpless" - this is how Dremin remembers his state in his school years. It also contains a reference to the iconic Linkin Park song.
The rapper knocked out two more inscriptions on his face under his right (HATE) and left (LOVE) eyes. As the performer himself admitted, by this he wanted to convey the idea that love and hate are the main feelings that live in a person, and through the prism of which we all look at the world.
LIGALIZE
The pyramid on Legalize's chin is the very first of the numerous tattoos by Andrey Menshikov. She, according to the rapper, does not carry any occult meanings. At the beginning of his career, Liga made it to shock and surprise.
But over time, journalists increasingly asked the musician obsessive questions about the secret meaning of the picture. Therefore, the League had to come up with a legend that the pyramid looks like the letter L, with which his pseudonym begins.
In 2018, on the eve of the release of the Young King album, Andrey posted on Instagram a photo of a fresh crown tattoo on his forehead.
In the documentary dedicated to Roman Super, Liga appeared with thick stubble, which makes it difficult to see the very triangle. The crown was hidden behind a cap pulled over his forehead. Matured?
SCROOGIE
Scrooge (Eduard Vygranovsky) has been thinking about going to a tattoo parlor for two years, because his relatives, as the artist himself admitted, do not really approve of tattoos.
Now the word Edy, an abbreviation of the name Edward, is stuffed over the rapper's right eyebrow. And above the left - the inscription NOT GUILTY, translated from English "innocent".
In addition to the inscriptions, Scrooge also has graphics on his face, numbers on his ears and a continuation of the tattoo he got on his neck.
Photo: black-star.ru, Instagram @morgen_shtern, @sayonaraboy, @ligalizemc, @facepublicenemy
Domestic rapper Alexei Dolmatov, along with his ex-wife Aiza, are big fans of tattoos. Their bodies are almost entirely covered with many interesting tattoos. Today we'll talk about all Guf's tattoos, tell you their meaning and show a photo.
If we evaluate all the tattoos together, then we can distinguish several main plots. The first - Moscow and everything connected with it... As a member of the Centr group and an independent artist, Guf paid tribute to his hometown and the area in which he grew up.
Yet some of the tattoos are dedicated to the wife... As we remember, several works on Isa's body are also dedicated to her now ex-husband.
Other Guf tattoos are images of various characters, inscriptions and more. In other words, let's discuss each in turn.
The word NO and a tape recorder under the elbow
This is one of the first Guf tattoos. All fans remember the famous one, which has undergone various modifications and improvements several times. There are also many rumors about the word "NO". In some sources, you can find information that this is an abbreviation with a rather bold decoding. Nevertheless, I do not want to write about what we do not know for sure.
Tattoo with microphone on left shoulder
On the rapper's left shoulder, there is another evidence of belonging to music -. Pretty standard storyline for musicians.
Moscow lettering on the back of the neck
The first tattoo dedicated to Moscow is located on the artist's neck. The inscription was made in English. Pay attention to the very unusual font!
Guf's tattoo on the back: a panorama of Moscow
The famous 7 skyscrapers are located along the entire width of the artist's back. The black and white tattoo once again reminds of the beloved city of Guf.
Scheme of Zamoskvorechye on its side
Quite an interesting and unusual work is located on the side of the young performer. This is a schematic drawing of the central district of Moscow. Someone may consider this to be an overkill. However, the idea of \u200b\u200bsuch a tattoo is unique and interesting in itself.
Movie heroes on the right shoulder
A very high quality and memorable work can be seen on the musician's right shoulder. These are the heroes of their favorite films Reservoir Dogs, The Godfather and Scarface.
Label name on chest
For quite a long time Guf has been an independent artist who organized his own label ZM Nation. The label's logo flaunts on the musician's chest.
Couple tattoo in honor of Aiza
In the article about Isa, we have already shown a pair tattoo that he and Guf made on the lower leg. One love Vagapova - written on Guf's leg. As you might guess, the last word denotes the maiden name of the ex-wife.
Son's birthday
We also remember how important the birth of a son is in the life of Guf and Aiza. The guys captured this event in the form of tattoos. We saw the name of the child on Isa's hand, while Guf's date of birth is filled with Roman numerals: V.V.X, which means 05/05/2010.
Lettering
There are quite a few different inscriptions on the artist's body. Here you can see the famous tattoo of football hooligans - ACAB or all cops are bastards, a few lines on the arm, the Arabic word "Hashish".
In conclusion, we can say that Guf was and remains one of the brightest performers on the Russian rap scene, and not only his music speaks for him, but also numerous tattoos on his body.
