55 Hip Hop tattoos that will inspire you to get inked

1. Halsey dedicated a hand tattoo to the late rapper Juice WRLD.

Halsey paid homage to the late rapper as their collaboration 'Life's A Mess' dropped. The track features on his first posthumous album, Legends Never Die. Picture: Instagram

2. Cardi B got a huge butterfly and floral design on her back.

The 'Money' rapper chose a colourful tattoo to add to her growing collection. Picture: Instagram

3. Travis Scott revealed a new "free" tattoo on his face!

The rapper premiered the surprising new tattoo for his fans.

4. Chris Brown got a new Mortal Kombat tattoo on the left side of his head.

Tattoo artist Rafael Valdez posted the photo of Chris Brown's new head tattoo on Instagram, it's of Sub-Zero from Mortal Kombat.

5. Jhene Aiko cemented her love for Big Sean by getting her beau's face inked on her arm.

The soulful R&B singer made the bold move after a year of dating the rapper. Picture: Instagram

6. Drake paid tribute Denzel Washington's character in the 1990 Spike Lee film, 'Mo' Better Blues'.

The actor played fictional jazz trumpeter Bleek Gilliam in the movie. Picture: Instagram

7. The rapper also honoured OVO Sound affiliate, Anthony “Fif” Soares.

Fif tragically died after being fatally shot on 14th September 2017. Picture: Instagram

8. Drizzy paid homage to his mentor Lil Wayne by adding his face to his tattoo collection.

Nothing says "thank you" better than getting a person's face inked on your arm. Picture: Instagram.

9. Diddy's back tattoo features a realistic image of the Madonna and child.

“I got the front And She got my BACK" the entrepreneur said of the mammoth inking. Picture: Instagram

10. Drake got a large tattoo of one of his biggest inspirations Sade.

Drizzy called Sade one of the "most important women in his life". Picture: Instagram

11. Drake got a new 'More Life' tattoo to signify his new playlist project.

The rapper has been promoting the project with flower and bee emojis - which have been reflected in his latest ink. Picture: Instagram

12. Drizzy also got a 'Drakkar Noir' tattoo as a nod to his old Twitter handle.

The aftershave-inspired tatt appeared to be done by the same artist. Picture: Instagram

13. Amber Rose celebrated her love of La La Land with this bold tat of the Hollywood sign.

This is some serious arm inking. Picture: Instagram

14. Chris Brown got some unexpected tattoos - of two children holding guns.

They were done by LA based tattoo artist Rafael Valdez.

15. Skepta marked his friendship with Drake with an OVO tattoo. That's for life.

The Grime MC returned the favour, after Drake got his BBK label tatted last year. Picture: Instagram

16. Skepta also has a tattoo reading 'Forever' on his neck.

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17. After winning joint custody of his daughter, Chris Brown celebrated by getting a tattoo of Royalty.

The singer got the shoulder tat done while on the European leg of his 'Hell Of A Nite' tour.

18. Then revealed his new 'Venus De Milo' tattoo.

Breezy has had the head of the iconic ancient statue, believed to depict the Greek Goddess of love and beauty Aphrodite, inked on the back of his head.

19. Drizzy got a tattoo that reads 'Oktober Lejonhjärt' which in Swedish means, 'October Lionheart.'

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20. Earlier in the year Drake revealed his new BBK tattoo, reaffirming his friendship with Skepta.

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21. Rihanna got a new tattoo that reads '1988,' marking the year she was born.

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22. Iggy Azalea has had her tattoo dedicated to ex-boyfriend A$AP Rocky removed.

The Aussie singer was recently photographed with the tattoo plastered up after leaving a Cosmetic Laser Center. Flick the page to see what the tattoo once looked like. Picture: Splash

23. This is what the tattoo once looked like.

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24. They say one of the most painful places to get a tattoo is on your neck. Ask Breezy!

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25. Christina Milian got a tattoo dedicated to Lil' Wayne.

Christina Milian has revealed to E! a new tattoo she got dedicated to her boyfriend Lil' Wayne. The tattoo reads 'Love Hard... TnT,' which is thought to stand for Tina and Tunechi (Lil' Wayne's nickname). Picture: Getty/ E! Online

26. Tyga has been photographed with a tattoo that says 'Kylie Jenner' on his arm.

27. The Game got Mike Tyson's face tattooed on his fist.

"Now when the judge ask me in court if I whooped 40 glock ass I can truthfully say no & blame it on @MikeTyson .... My right hand man lol," Game captioned the post of his new tattoo on Instagram. Picture: Instagram

28. Kanye West recently got two new inks on his arms.

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29. One of North West's birthday and one of his mum's, both written in roman numerals.

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30. Rick Ross got not one, not two, but seven new tattoos on his face.

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31. They include the logo of the basketball team he backs, Miami Heat.

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32. He also got Meek Mill's 'Dreamchasers' logo and the log of his favourite sunglasses brand!

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33. But it's this Drake tattoo that's a real sign of the time... Yes, that is an emoji on Drake's arm1

The tatoo is the 'praying hands' emoji next to a '6' - which marks Drake's Toronto area code. The tattoo on his other arm reads 'Everything happens for a reason sweet thing'. Picture: Instagram.com/dr_woo_ssc

34. Trey Songz has a poem inked on his chest.

The poem on Trey Songz chest reads: “To God I pray may April’s showers rain on her Forrest and grow the strength that started with one Rose.” It means he prays that his mother (April) is strong enough to raise his brother (Forrest) the way his grandmother (Rose) raised her to be. Got all that? Picture: Getty

35. Rick Ross has Rich Forever tattoo on his chin. Ouch.

We all know Rick Ross has a lot of tattoos, but here's once of his most unusal - yes that does say "Rich Forever" on his chin. Picture: Instagram

36. Chris Brown's sleeves.

Breezy has tattoo sleeves on both arms filled with meaningful inks. One is of two ninjas battling one another with the text 'Darkness to Light' – it apparently represents how he feels he shifted from a bad path to a positive one.

37. Jhené Aiko

Jhené Aiko recently posed in a Calvin Klein campaign showing off her tighty whiteys as well as her many tattoos.

38. One our our favourite Drizzy tattoos has to be this one of his dad's mugshot!

Drake has a tattoo of his dad's mugshot. Drizzy senior, aka Dennis Graham, posted an emotional tweet when he saw the tattoo saying; 'This means the world to me, my baby'. Picture: Instagram.

39. Chipmunk's arms are covered in interesting designs.

Chipmunk already has sleeves on both arms, and he's not about to stop; "I’m definitely addicted. My back is next. I’ve even been thinking of getting some on my eyelids so that when I’m asleep my eyes are open". Really?

40. Rihanna's neck reads 'Rebel Flower'

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”.

41. Kid Ink's skeleton bones.

Kid Ink says the bones he has tattooed on his hands were the most painful he's ever had (and there's been over 100!) followed closely by the tiger on his neck and over his Adams apple.

42. Pharrell has a guardian angel on his neck.

Top New York tattoo artist Anil Gupta inked this guardian angel design on Pharrell's neck. He says he first decided to get tatted up when he saw Lenny Kravitz's sleeves and thought "I gotta have that" Picture: PA

43. Tyga's chest.

Tyga is tatted all over his chest, arms, neck and hands. Amongst it all there are dollar signs, roses, money bags and he has 'Family' written across his back. Picture: Getty

44. Ja Rule believes 'pain is love.'

Ja Rule has "Pain is Love" written on his chest along with angel wings on his back.

45. Eve's paw prints!

Eve has two paw prints tattooed on her the top of her breasts. Not sure we're feeling this one. Just us? Picture: PA

46. Rick Ross' dollar bills.

Two of Rozay's most unique tattoos are of a five dollar bill with Abraham Lincoln's face and a one dollar bill of George Washington's face. Picture: PA

47. The Game has several neck tattoos.

This summer The Game made headlines when he was refused service at a restaurant because of his tatts - he then called on his Twitter fans to boycott the US eatery. Picture: PA

48. Drake will always have the 416 with him.

Last year drake got a huge '416' tattooed on his right rib cage - the area code for his hometown of Toronto. Notice that the '4' is only slightly bolded so it also reads '116,' it's thought that this represents Aaliyah's birthday - January 16th.

49. Snoop Dogg's epic Nate Doff tribute.

Snoop Dogg paid legendary tattoo artist Mister Cartoon a visit when he wanted to pay homage to fellow rapper and close friend Nate Dogg who passed away at age 41 in 2011.

50. Eminem's portrait of Hailie, his daughter.

Eminem has a portrait of his daughter Hailie on his left arm covered with roses to represent his love for her. He also has the words 'Bonnie and Clyde' written below it. It's the title of a song that was on his debut album 'Slim Shady'. Picture: PA

51. Nicki Minaj has Chinese writing on her left arm.

Written in Chinese, Nicki got this tat done around the age of 16, it means "God is always with you". Picture: PA

52. Lil Wayne's massive 'M.O.B' tattoo.

The most notorious of Lil Wayne's tattoos is "M.O.B" written across his chest, which stands for "Money Over..." you can guess the rest. Altogether the rapper has over 100 tatts including ones on his face and neck. Picture: PA