Rappers "Face" and Timati were saved by tattoos, but Morgenstern has not yet been found. Tattoos on the face of domestic rap artists Kinoclassika, which Dolmatov stuffed, and other art

"This and that" stuffed a lot of representatives of the genre. Lil Wayne, Djigan, Shilo, MC Ride and other tattoo lovers in our article.

Tattoos are perhaps one of the most relevant and controversial topics for discussion today. Parents forbid it, young people throw off VK sketches to each other, now and then promising everyone around that they are about to start hitting their first tattoo.

In fact, in the conditions of the present time, namely the 21st century, in an era when old values and moral principles are losing their significance, and they are being replaced by new norms of behavior, a tattoo is the most neutral way of self-expression. Over the past summer, I noticed how much the percentage of tattooed people has increased. Now, this will not surprise anyone, many people have “body painting”, although earlier it was possible to observe only people with “partaks” and prison marks. In rap, in turn, tattoos have always been considered prestigious. They varied in subject matter - from belonging to gangs to a banal stage image. Here's a short 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 associated with tattoos. Meet "Isaiah the Toothpicker" - the owner of the tattoo parlor "Staring Without Caring". Just look at this huge dagger “piercing” his face – the artist’s image of a “tooth picker” and “tooth crusher” is sustained inside and out. Taking into account Isaiah's love for expensive brands, grills and gold jewelry, one can conclude that the tattoo business is not only entertainment and whim, but also a profitable business. So people who are versed in commercial endeavors may well have a profitable income from this.

Awl

In Russia, tattoos from time immemorial were considered the mark of all bandits. So Shilo from the “Krovostok” group looks like a criminal element that has just leaned back from the zone, despite the fact that the “tattoos” decorating him do not look like “zekov’s”. I am sure that many people 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 same character” that he introduces himself to in his tracks [despite the fact that he graduated from the Moscow State Academic Art School].

Kid Ink

His name speaks for itself. There really is quite a lot of ink in this guy's skin. Probably, it is he who “plays” on his image the most - the guy chose such a pseudonym for a reason. “I got my first tattoo at the age of 16, in the salon, with my mother, according to my own sketch. Mom had 5 tattoos at that time, so she didn’t mind.” Apparently, the guy's love for tattoos has progressed over the years, and it turned out exactly what we can see now. It's for the best. If a 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 outrageous person. 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 the tattoo on the inside of the lips, behind the auricles and the devil knows where else. Of course, some of the things that Mr. Carter has done to himself are funny. However, who knows - perhaps he would not be exactly the rapper we know now, if not for the tattoos that the performer is covered with.

Young Thug

Without a doubt, the image of Young Thug is the image of a freak. Nose, cheek and lip piercings 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 "bows" and experiments on his style. What can I say if this guy stuffed himself with the name of Birdman - the founder of the Cash Money Records label - on his own dignity. “Now every time all these f@!# have sex with me, they will know that they fuck%#@ with Birdman too.” A little later after this statement, the artist said that it was just a joke. We will not doubt it, but you can still expect this from a person like Thugger Thugger.

Guccimane

Finally, we got to a kind of "headliner" of this list. Probably the winner of the "Silliest Tattoo of the Decade" nomination. Every time you hear the name Gucci, what do you imagine? That's right, the huge ice cream pictured on the rapper's right cheek. I'm not sure what exactly prompted the artist to decide on this: perhaps he was the most frequent visitor to the ice cream truck in childhood, or, you see, he dreamed of becoming an ice cream seller himself. Nevertheless, he gave all of us a reason to subtly “prick” him (during the beef between Waka Flocka and Gucci Mane, the first, without thinking twice, called his diss “Ice Cream”), and it’s hard to confuse him with anyone else. Perhaps this only seems absurd to the majority, and he himself put a sacred meaning into it?

Djigan

The physique of this person literally has an unlimited number of tattoos. It was impossible to say that he was "packed" to the limit a relatively short time ago - if you look at Dzhigan now - probably, there was practically no "living place" left on him. A lover of "pump up" may well afford it. And the legendary composition "Tatu" was honored with his couplet for a reason. Therefore, note to all lovers of the "rocking chair" and connoisseurs of the artist's creativity - after you have notably worked on your forms, do not hesitate to decorate them with a large number of tattoos.

Timati

A person who is “accustomed to living in a luxury from the cradle” will certainly not deny himself such pleasure as visiting a tattoo parlor. “I just can’t find a place for this and that one” - indeed, like his comrade Dzhigan, Timati only had his face intact. What can I say if Vladimir Putin himself, at one time, “reproached” Timan for his tattoos. And you say: "... society does not approve."

MC Ride (ex-Death Grips)

The skin of this artist "carries" much more meaning than everyone else. The body of MC Ride is literally "filled" with occult symbols and voodoo signs. He does not just go "blackwork". Each of these details is like a separate decoration for the Panic Room. Tattoos of the ex-vocalist of Death Grips can scare children, give grandmothers a heart attack, and force clergymen to grab a 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 in 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,” says Nacho, saying that his tattoos are a whole story. Most recently, in his Instagram, the artist posted the result of the last visit to the master. 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"?

The performer made himself a tattoo in the form of a rose in honor of his nickname.

Jacques-Anthony

Jacques tattooed himself with the inverted word "Game", thus showing that he "turned" it.

face

Face tattoos were made at the beginning of 2017. Under his eyes are two inscriptions Hate and 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).

Kizaru

Oleg also has several tattoos on his face. One of them is "JEF". According to him, it reminds him of being in prison. During this time, he received important life lessons, in memory of which he got a tattoo. He also has another tattoo in the form of a devil's horn, as on the cover of his debut album "Mas Fuerte", and another symbol, the meaning of which the artist did not mention.

Lottery Bills

A young and promising artist not so long ago made himself a tattoo in the form of a crying heart flying away on wings. The performer 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.

The performer made himself a tattoo in the form of a rose in honor of his nickname.

Jacques-Anthony

Jacques tattooed himself with the inverted word "Game", thus showing that he "turned" it.

face

Kizaru

Lottery Bills

Representatives of rap culture have always experienced a special craving for decorating their bodies with tattoos. A rare rapper refuses to stuff a memorable picture or a meaningful phrase, reminiscent of the old, hard times spent in the "ghetto". Aleksey Dolmatov, performing under the stage name Guf (Guf), being a prominent representative of the rap party, also maintains this tradition of the genre and periodically replenishes his collection with new tattoos.

Music tattoos

An absolutely obvious and natural phenomenon is the appearance on the body of a musician of tattoos on a musical theme. And Guf has a couple of such tattoos, of course:

On the right forearm of the musician, a boombox (music tape recorder) is conveniently located, which has gone through quite a few transformations and corrections.
A little higher than the famous tape recorder, the rapper later stuffed buttons resembling a music player control panel.
On the left shoulder, surrounded by heaps of clouds, there is a rather large musical microphone (1930s format).

Tattoos on a musical theme by Alexei Dolmatov

I also have a tattoo in the form of a microphone only on the inside of my shoulder. I am not a fan of Guf, but I am very 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 a similar tattoo, but I like it!

Pavel, St. Petersburg

Love theme in Guf tattoos

Everyone knows that any rapper is quite reverent about the topic of the family: representatives of this musical direction often stuff tattoos dedicated to their mothers, children and beloved women. So Alexei has more than enough of such memorable tattoos.

The first tattoo that you should pay attention to is a rather large portrait 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 lower leg, also dedicated to the beautiful wife, there is a tattoo “One love Vagapova”.

Did you know? The tattoo "One love Vagapova", dedicated to the ex-wife of Alexei Dolmatov, is a pair. On the right leg of Aiza, the woman he once loved, there is also a tattoo “One love Dolmatov”, of course.

Singer love tattoos

The following inscription flaunts on the inside of the right forearm: "Sami V.V.X.". This is the name and date of birth of Sami, the favorite son of the famous rapper.

Inscription dedicated to the son of Alexei

Tattoos dedicated to Moscow

Alexei Dolmatov never hid his tender feelings for Moscow, singing about it in his lyrics 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 got hooked on 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 Alexei'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:

"NO." 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 over by a tape recorder tattoo.
"Parental Advisory Explicit Lyrics" and "ZM" label on the left chest.
Under the right breast "All policemen are bastards" (in English) and a strange, bizarre inscription with a star.
The inscription “addiction” in English stretched across the entire stomach, which is a memory of the defeated drug addiction.
There is an Arabic inscription on the right hand, and lines of Arabic origin on the left, the meaning of which the musician is silent about.

Almost all the rapper's inscriptions are presented in this photo

Film classics, which Dolmatov stuffed, and other art

The rapper is not only a passionate lover of music, but a fan of cinema art, so he decided to perpetuate the already eternal film 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 signature phrases of Marlon Brondo, Al Pacino, as well as five thugs from the sensational film Tarantino.

Film classics on the body of a famous musician

Other tattoos on the singer's body include the image of an Indian leader, located on his right leg. Many fans believe that this tau is related to Alexei's favorite track "Leader".

Finding out the meaning of tattoos on the faces of LJ, Scrooge, Legalize and other tough guys

Facial tattoos are one of the signs of the so-called "new school of rappers". They shock the grandmothers at the entrance more than clogged sleeves. And if earlier a tattoo on the face was 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, the fans launched a whole discussion to get to the bottom of the meaning of the inscription.

From the conclusions: the inscription is a string 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 LJ's favorite place on Earth. It may end up in Japan or Spain - the cultures of these countries influenced LJ's early work. It may also turn out to be a vacation spot 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.

MORGENSTERN

The number 666 scares the superstitious, but rapper Morgenshtern is not one of them. He tattooed 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 definitely would not be hired by the office. A trip to the tattoo parlor has become a point of no return in choosing a life path. No jackets and conferences. Only creativity. There is no way back. Soon, the artist liked to wear rusunki 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."

Widespread fame came to Ivan 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. In addition, there is a reference to the cult song of the band Linkin Park.

The rapper knocked out two more inscriptions on his face under the right (HATE) and left (LOVE) eyes. As the performer himself admitted, by doing 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.

LEGALIZE

The pyramid on the chin of Legalize is the very first of Andrey Menshikov's many tattoos. She, according to the rapper, does not carry any occult meanings. At the beginning of his career, the League made it to shock and surprise.

But over time, journalists increasingly asked the musician obsessive questions about the secret meaning of the drawing. 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 tattoo - a crown on his forehead.

In the documentary film dedicated to Roman Super, the League appeared with thick bristles, which made it rather 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, over the rapper's right eyebrow, the word Edy, an abbreviation of the name Edward, is stuffed. And above the left is the inscription NOT GUILTY, translated from English as “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.

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