Rapper Post Malone: The sad story behind his face tattoos

Every tattooed person has some background story behind their tattoos, so does Post Malone.

Austin Richard Post who is popularly known as Post Malone, a rapper by profession considers himself as an ugly- a– motherf—er and that’s the reason why he has his face covered with tattoos. Another reason why he gets his body inked is to piss his mom off.

Till date, the class rapper has 2 American Music Awards, a Billboard Music Award, and an MTV Video Music Award attached to his name. He rose to fame two years ago and has achieved enough fame. with his specialization in hip-hop, R&B, pop, and rock.

In a recent interview, Malone, 24 told that the tattoos are a way of a cover-up. He is a kind of an insecure person, insecure of his looks. To gain some self-confidence, he has covered all his face with a lot of tattoos, and he believes that he looks at himself with those tattoos he finds himself to be a cool kid. It’s a bit difficult to keep a count of the number of tattoos he has.  Adding to that he said that since he was a small kid he was obsessed with knights and medieval times and ancient Egypt and ancient Rome and s—.

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Most recently, the famous tattoo artist Kyle Hediger inked a ball and a chain on Malone’s right cheek to keep his collection of tattoos going ahead. Kyle Hediger shared a zoomed picture of Post showing his latest tattoo.

The rapper of Texas origin has a funky tattoo that reads ‘ALWAYS TIRED’ underneath his right and the left eye respectively. Along with that, he has a ‘STAY AWAY’ tattoo just above his right eye.