Chest Tattoos

Faith Evans

R&B singer Faith Evans commemorated her marriage to record label executive Todd Russaw with a tattoo on her chest that says “Faye & Todd For Ever” with a rose and heart. Unfortunately their relationship was not forever as the tattoo proclaimed, and they filed for divorce in 2011 after 14 years of marriage.

The rose itself is a cover-up of another tattoo. Looking closely, there are some black letters that can be seen through the red ink. Her original tattoo was “BIG ❤ Faye” for her husband The Notorious B.I.G., who died in 1997. She added the rose to cover-up BIG’s name, while leaving the heart and her own name visible.

She began dating Todd in 1997 while she and BIG were separated.  They married in 1998 after Biggie’s death and she changed the tattoo shortly after.

Faith is still sporting Todd’s name years after the divorce and we don’t know if she has plans to ever cover or remove it. She remains in close contact with Todd as the former couple have two children together.

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Skylar Grey

Skylar Grey has a tattoo on her chest which says “Woodrat.” She spent some time living in the woods which gave her perspective on life. She told Jump Philly “it was great because I found so much peace. I found myself again out there. I feel like I lost myself for a while after moving to L.A. and pursuing my dream and getting caught up in the whole weird world. I needed to reconnect with who I was. It was a soul-searching journey. It changed me.”

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Eve

Eve’s most famous tattoo are the paw prints on her chest which have become her signature — “like a birthmark,” she says.  Some of her other tattoos are in more discrete places and aren’t well know to her fans or the public.  Her paw prints, however, are almost always on display, even though it’s not intentional.  She told Coveteur:

I don’t dress around them.  I used to when I was getting started, but now, I never really think about them. Sometimes, they’ll pop out and I’ll be like, ‘oh, right, that’s right.  They’re still there.’

The iconic ink actually predates her rap career.  She was young when she got the tattoo and was scared of showing it to her mom, especially since she got it on a dare!  She knew that she wanted paw prints, but a friend encouraged her to choose this prominent and sexy location.  She told Seth Meyers:

It was a dare.  A friend of mine at the time — I wanted to get some dog paws, as you do, and I was like ‘I want to put them somewhere cool’ — she was like ‘I dare you to just put ’em on your chest.’ And I was like ‘Really? All right!’ … I didn’t take any persuading at all.  And I did it and I was excited about it, and then thought about my mom.  And then when my mom saw them she was like “Really? That it the tackiest thing I’ve ever seen.” … Years later I said to her I kinda had a thought like ‘mom, what do you think if I maybe got them removed, just asking.’ And she was like “No, you can’t do that! That’s how people know you!’ … Everybody comes around, it’s fine.

By now the tattoos are a lot paler than when she first started, but she doesn’t have any plans to get them darkened.

I kind of like that they’re faded.  They’ve grown with me.

The paws have a little bit of a claw scratch mark above the toes which makes them look even more badass.  That blend of toughness and sexy femininity defines Eve’s rap persona as the “Ruff Ryders’ First Lady.”

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