Inked Mag Staff
July 16th, 2015
The Kings & Queens of Music
Imagine if we were able to gather music’s most compelling and successful male and female artists from the 1940s to today all in one room? Unfortunately that would be impossible.…
Imagine if we were able to gather music’s most compelling and successful male and female artists from the 1940s to today all in one room? Unfortunately that would be impossible. Not all of them are still living and we have a pretty small office.
What we are able to do is to create a gallery of tattoo portraits of our idols. The incredible portrait tattoos accompanying the brief bios of these rappers, rock stars, jazz singers and pop icons showcase the talent of various artists such as Nikko Hurtado and Carlos Rojas. Ranging from Elvis Presley to Biggie Smalls and Taylor Swift, the icons have one thing in common–they’re the faces of an industry that makes or breaks the dreams of millions.
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