Musicians have had a long love affair with tattoos. Rihanna has proved to be a big tattoo fan herself, so when the pop star wants to get inked there's no place she'd rather head to than East Side Ink located in Alphabet City in Manhattan.
Rihanna has a long history with the NYC tattoo parlor, and she has an even stronger professional relationship with one of Ink's tattoo artists who goes by the name BangBang. The artist has inked Rihanna with some of her most well known tats, including the stars on her back, the Roman numerals on her shoulder and the word "Shhh" on her finger. BangBang even tattooed a gun on her ribcage earlier this year.
On his MySpace page, BangBang has photos of Rihanna and the various tats he's done for her. Last night, Rihanna became a tattoo artist herself and inked an "R" BangBang's leg. (Unfortunately, that got her into a bit of trouble.)
East Side Ink owner Yadira told MTV News that although she's been getting inked with them for some time now, it was the first time she's ever inked someone herself. "We had a blast," Yadira added. "It was so funny and cute."
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