![]() ![]() She first visited Malta when she three years old and says it’s “one of my favourite places in the world.” Hundreds of her second cousins still live there and she’s gone there for occasions such as a family wedding. She doesn’t speak any Maltese herself, but chose language because she is ethnically Maltese on her mother’s side (her father is Jamaican). The words “ Sliem għalik, Marija, Bil-grazzja mimlija” come from the Maltese language version of the Catholic rosary prayer, meaning “Hail Mary, Full of Grace.” ![]() When you’re well known, it can be hard knowing who to trust, but I trusted Bang Bang from the first time he tattooed me.”Įlla Eyre has a writing tattoo on the left side of her upper back. I was still early on in my tattoo game, so I trusted him as an expert more than I trusted myself because I didn’t know. “I was surprised when he wouldn’t put my first tattoo where I wanted it to go-up the back of my leg-but I was so shocked that I was actually open to his idea of moving it, and I’m glad I did. ![]() I knew he wasn’t going to try any funny shit or act crazy he was just going to do my tattoo.” So that’s why I wanted him to do my tattoo. He doesn’t give a fuck about me-he doesn’t know who I am and that is brilliant. “I remember thinking, this guy is gangsta as fuck. In fact he was so brutally honest that he told her it was a bad idea to get the Sanskit text on the back of her leg where she wanted it. He didn’t recognize who she was and didn’t treat her any differently, and she loved that he was honest with her. But before she was the jewel of his portfolio, she was just a girl who walked into his shop off the street and asked a lot of questions about piercings and tattoos. This was the first time tattoo that she got from Bang Bang, who has since become her go-to artist. He credits Rihanna with introducing him to a slew of celebrity clients and launching his career to the next level. In addition to the incorrect translation, the text of her tattoo is also missing the rest of the original prayer, which reads “pleasure, pain, birth, death.” Unfortunately, the tattoo was misspelled and translated to “long suffering, truthfulness, self-restraint, inward calm, fear and fearlessness” instead. In 2007, Rihanna got a Sanskrit prayer going down her right hip. The tattoo was supposed to translate to “forgiveness, honesty, suppression and control”, a quote from the Sanatana Dharma. ![]()
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