Melissa Benoist
Melissa Benoist has a tattoo on the back of her neck of a feather in shades of black and gray ink and the word “free.” in a typewriter style font.
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Katya Elise Henry
Katya Elise Henry has a cross tattoo on the back of her neck. (more…)
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Rihanna
In August 2010, Rihanna got a tattoo of the text “rebelle fleur” written in script on the left side of her neck. The tattoo translates to “rebel flower”. Many people claimed since the adjective usually comes before the noun in French, the phrase should say “fleur rebelle.” However Rihanna stands by the tattoo and swears it’s not a mistake. In a text message to the artist Bang Bang, she said:
“Rebelle Fleur translates to rebel flower, NOT rebelious flower, its 2 nouns so in that case fleur does not HAVE to be first! Fyi, cuz they will ask”.
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Rihanna
One of Rihanna’s most visible and famous tattoos was inked in 2008. It was started by a tattoo artist in L.A, then finished in New York by her favorite tattoo artist Bang Bang. The stars match former boyfriend Chris Brown’s trio of stars behind his ear. (more…)
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Cara Delevingne
One of Cara Delevingne’s newest tattoo was unveiled on Instagram on October 1, 2016 and revealed a pair of eyes eyes on the back of her neck. The artwork was designed to give the illusion that the tattooed eyes are following the viewers around the room when they move from side to side.
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Keke Palmer
Keke Palmer showed off a new tattoo on the back of her neck in an instagram post in June 2016. The tattoo of Nubian pyramids and the words “Queen of Kush” represents her African ancestry as well as female empowerment. Keke explained the history of Kush on her instagram:
The Kingdom of Kush or Kush was an ancient African Nubian kingdom situated on the confluences of the Blue Nile, White Nile and River Atbara. (1050/1070 B.C. – 350 A.D.) but at the height of its power in about 700 B.C. the Kingdom of Kush controlled the entirety of Egypt itself with Kushite Pharaohs ruling. What I love most is it’s history’s of female rulers!! In school, we very rarely ever learn about female rules and never about African rulers. Amanirenas was one of the most famous Queens of Kush. She reigned from about 40 B.C.E. to 10 B.C.E. She is one of the most famous kandakes(means queen really but that was the title back then), because of her role leading Kushite armies against the Romans from in a war that lasted five years ? (27 BCE – 22 BCE). She was able to communicate a peace treaty that favoured the Kushites, granting them land and an exemption from future taxation. She has been described as brave, with one eye #MyAncestors P. S. “Egypt” is a Greek word meaning black, hence the rename when they invaded. ???✨? (shoutout to @threekingstattoo in Brooklyn ✍
She has been learning about the ancient history of Africa and wanted to pay tribute to the better chapters of her people’s history, since so much of African-American history is tragic. She told Hot 97:
[I’m] just trying to learn more about myself and learn about the history outside of America, my American history. I want to learn more about my ancestors over in Africa. I don’t want to always think about slavery as the only thing that happened to black folks. We actually have another history that we don’t really hear that much about where we were kings and queens. I want to hear more about that.
The tattoo is often misinterpreted since “kush” is also slang for marijuana. Keke knew this would happen and doesn’t mind because it gives her the opportunity to set people straight and teach them about the history of her people. She says she wants it to be “a conversation piece” and hopes that people who see her on the street will ask about it.
Hailey Baldwin
Hailey Baldwin hit up Jon Boy in NYC for another tattoo. This time she had the word “seek” tattooed on the back of her neck in cursive script and black ink.
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Sofia Richie
Sofia Richie has another religious themed tattoo on the back of her neck. “13:4” refer to a verse from Corinthians that reads “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud”.
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Kreayshawn
Kreayshawn celebrated Mother’s Day in May 2014 by getting a tattoo of her son’s name “Desmond” on the side of her neck. It’s placed above the ice cream cone which was her first tattoo and is one of her favorites. She has another tattoo just behind her ear as well.
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Jahan Yousaf
In July 2016, Jahan Yousaf and her sister Yasmine got matching neck tattoo which are half of a yin-yang symbol in a paisley style. Artist Bang Bang told Rolling Stone “One of them is gonna get a positive image. The other’s gonna get the negative. So they kinda match and go together. When they look at each other, you’ll see both sides.” The yin-yang represents the duality of opposites.
