3:08 pm - 09/11/2012
Chris Brown's latest piece of body art isn't your average butterfly or rose tattoo.
In Las Vegas on Monday, the "Don't Wake Me Up" singer, 23, debuted a brand-new, still red tattoo on his neck. The image appears to be of a glamorous -- but battered -- woman -- with a black eye, scratches and bruises on her face. The startling stamp conjures up memories for many of his ex-girlfriend Rihanna, who was photographed similarly blooded and bruised after Brown assaulted her in February 2009.
Not so, Brown sources insist to TMZ. "It's a random woman." Indeed, Brown's rep told Gossip Cop that the pictured woman "is not Rihanna."
Still connected over three years after Brown's shocking attack, the twosome caused a huge stir at last Thursday's MTV Video Music Awards when Brown congratulated his ex, 24, on her Video of the Year award with a kiss on the lips and an affectionate hug.
Chris Brown's new neck tattoo is NOT Rihanna's face ... or a battered woman for that matter -- at least according to the singer's rep -- who insists it's actually a Mexican-themed skull in commemoration of Dia de los Muertos.
Chris' rep tells us, "His tattoo is a sugar skull (associated with the Mexican celebration of the Day of the Dead) and a MAC cosmetics design he saw. It is not Rihanna or an abused woman as erroneously reported."
According to the tattoo artist, CB brought him the "sugar skull" design from a MAC ad the singer had seen.
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Is Chris Brown's Tattoo of Battered Woman's Face?
Chris Brown's latest piece of body art isn't your average butterfly or rose tattoo.
In Las Vegas on Monday, the "Don't Wake Me Up" singer, 23, debuted a brand-new, still red tattoo on his neck. The image appears to be of a glamorous -- but battered -- woman -- with a black eye, scratches and bruises on her face. The startling stamp conjures up memories for many of his ex-girlfriend Rihanna, who was photographed similarly blooded and bruised after Brown assaulted her in February 2009.
Not so, Brown sources insist to TMZ. "It's a random woman." Indeed, Brown's rep told Gossip Cop that the pictured woman "is not Rihanna."
Still connected over three years after Brown's shocking attack, the twosome caused a huge stir at last Thursday's MTV Video Music Awards when Brown congratulated his ex, 24, on her Video of the Year award with a kiss on the lips and an affectionate hug.
Chris Brown's new neck tattoo is NOT Rihanna's face ... or a battered woman for that matter -- at least according to the singer's rep -- who insists it's actually a Mexican-themed skull in commemoration of Dia de los Muertos.
Chris' rep tells us, "His tattoo is a sugar skull (associated with the Mexican celebration of the Day of the Dead) and a MAC cosmetics design he saw. It is not Rihanna or an abused woman as erroneously reported."
According to the tattoo artist, CB brought him the "sugar skull" design from a MAC ad the singer had seen.
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Enjoy.
oh shit son
he's going to haev to live with that reputation forever though (which is fine)
Edited at 2012-09-11 08:13 pm (UTC)