- Tattoos are addictive.
I don't know why.
I think it's maybe the aftermath of it,
you know when you look at it, it's like
damn it was worth it.
Like everybody says ah, I don't wanna get one,
the moment they get one, [fingers snapping]
you look up, a year later you have a whole sleeve.
Especially if it comes out
the way you want it to like it's mm-mm.
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My first tat, I was 14.
It's more detailed now.
My first tat was literally this basketball and my name.
Just an outline of like a Clip art basketball.
And my mom had to give me permission,
she actually went with me, and she loves Nike,
so she ended up getting Nike checks on both of her ankles.
Then as I just got older, I went down to the praying hands,
the praying hands were next.
Philippians 4:13, one of my favorite scriptures.
And then that's when the clouds and the stars came,
that was my first Porsche.
And my second tat, you see the stars
that say BEL going down.
I Have four brothers and each one of the letters represents
one of my brothers.
I like to sketch and draw and a lot of people don't know
is that I drew a lot of my tats.
It takes a long time for me to
just say I'm going to get a tat,
like I really do my homework on it
and make sure that it is perfect, and the way I want it,
and make sure there is always meaning.
Cause I never get anything without meaning.
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- I have a couple, one's actually out here.
His name is Poncho.
Unbelievable work. He actually did my torso.
So he did my stomach, my cross,
two roses that represent my grandparents.
I have a guy in DC named Sebastian,
who pretty much did everything else,
from my arm, to my leg sleeve, my chest, he did as well.
So I'm pretty, pretty inked under.
Leg sleeve's done by Sebastian.
Number three is one of my favorite numbers.
It shows a pyramid with the clock on it,
and the clock says 3:30.
That's what time I was born.
This is one of my favorites on the side,
says walk by faith and as a man
like walking up to the gates of heaven.
Brotherly love, there on my ankle.
That really hurt, that probably hurt more than any of them.
That one and my anniversary on my achilles.
And the inside of my arms is faith, it's an ambigram,
so if you read it upside down it says hope,
going the other way.
And I have one on the other side,
it says family, and then it says forever upside down.
These are like one of my first tats.
None on my right leg, none on my right forearm either.
I feel like if I can go back I wouldn't have any of them,
the right side of my, arm or my leg.
I think it'd be pretty cool if I just had like
one side of your body tatted and the other side not.
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St. Louis Cardinals, so from St. Louis, have to have to have
my Cardinals the arch, 314.
Still not done because I want to add my own street name
like in this little space here.
And then I have my brother's keeper.
Have my parents on ribbons up top.
I always think it out before I get it.
That's one thing I don't want to have
is a regret getting a tat cause that bad boy not going away.
I love art. So, to me, it's a form of art.
I've always admired like everybody's skill like to tattoo.
Like I've actually tattooed my best friend before.
This is an experience for sure.
Like, if I will really like take drawing seriously,
I would consider being a tattoo artist.
Like I love to just watch guys perfect their craft.
And this is pretty cool.
It depends on where you get it.
Wherever sun doesn't hit your body, is going to hurt.
The inside of your arm is going to hurt.
Your legs are going to hurt.
Ribs especially hurt more than anything, like bones hurt.
That was eight or nine for me.
I'm really supposed to have three roses,
but I was like I can't do it no more.
So just left it at two. [laughs]
If you're about to get a tat, make sure
you're 110% sure it's what you want.
If you're getting it in a different language,
make sure that it's exactly what you want it to be.
Because there's no going back.
I mean, you can pay the money to get it removed but
it's like why go through that.
It's gonna hurt but hopefully it looks dope, so.
I like tats, so, I'm, I'm, I'm for them.