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When Monica gave birth to her first daughter in September 2013, she already had a few tattoos for her two sons. She got this portrait of her daughter Laiyah Shannon Brown on her right bicep in January 2017, when Laiyah was three years old, forever immortalizing her toddler photo. The realistic image was inked by artist Luke Dyson at The Lab Tattoo in Miami.
Monica has a large tattoo on her right thigh of purple, blue, and red roses which includes the names of her two sons — “Romelō” on the top and “Rodney” on the bottom.
Monica Brown has red hearts tattoo on her right wrist.
Monica Brown has a tattoo on the right wrist of her zodia sign – Scorpio.
Monica Brown has a tattoo of a rose and chain around her left ankle.
Monica Brown has the name Edna and a Chinese symbol inked on the back of her neck.
Monica Brown has a floral design tattoo on her lower back.
Monica Brown has the word “love” and two red hearts tattooed on her left hand.
Monica used to have the word “knot” above the portrait of Jesus on her upper left arm. “Knot” is the nickname of her boyfriend Jarvis Weems and she got this tattoo as a memorial to him after he died by suicide in 2000. A few years later, she covered up his name with a flower over each letter.
His passing caused a major upheaval in her life. She felt unable to work and took a hiatus from her music career in order to heal. She cared for his daughter during that time and considered the young girl “the best therapy.”
The death was all the more traumatic because she witnessed it firsthand. She and Knot were visiting the grave site of his brother, who had died in a car accident two years earlier, when he pulled out a gun and shot himself in the head. “Someone passing is very different than seeing someone take their life, or if you’re there when someone else has taken their life. I think those situations make me the person I am today,” she told MTV. “People would never expect some of the things I’ve experienced and some of the things I’m not shy to talk about.”
Monica Brown has red hearts tattooed around her right wrist.
