Thu, 26 March 2009 20:53:44 ET
'It's powerful. It's protection. At least that's my interpretation of it,' N.Y.C. tattoo artist Bang Bang says of Rihanna's gun tattoo.
New York City tattoo artist Bang Bang has posted pictures on his of work he did for
Rihanna. He writes that the "Umbrella" hitmaker flew him from N.Y.C. to L.A. and had him work on tattooing a gun on her body.
"We've been talking about the idea for a year," Bang Bang tells Us Weekly of the new ink, which he gave her last Thursday at her Hollywood mansion. "She had a necklace with a gun, and I love it. I was like, 'How about the gun?'"
"I printed it out, put it on her shoulders," reveals Bang Bang. The pics show the 21-year-old singer with a gun drawing on both shoulders, but he only inked her right ribcage because "it took a little bit away from her face. She's so beautiful. That's not what we're going for!" Rihanna's quarter-sized tattoo "took about 15 minutes," he adds. "It's powerful. It's protection. At least that's my interpretation of it," Bang Bang explains.
Bang Bang also gave Rihanna's best friend Melissa Forde heart and star body art. "She's got the same gun on her hip," he says. "They've got, like, four of the same tattoos. They love each other."
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