LaMelo Ball Breaks Down His Tattoos

This right, or you want, the way you looking at it?

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First tattoo, I was,

I wanna say I was sixteen.

Pretty much you know,

you just want to tap for real.

So right here on my wrist,

just right here,

you got fear and then God.

Nah, my pops didn't- he wasn't tripping.

At the time I was already out of the house and stuff.

Like I always knew my brother was finna get tats,

me, I wasn't never tripping.

I was just like, yeah, if it happen, it happen.

If it don't, it don't.

But I knew I wasn't going to go crazy,

like tat my whole body or something like that.

I ain't gonna lie, it's temporary pain.

Like right when I get it, I mean,

I fell asleep on every single one of my tats, but I, oh,

actually the first one, if I had to pick, yeah.

I forgot to eat. My ass almost passed out.

That's when it hit me in my wrist, I'm like, hold on.

But nah I was good though.

Then, he was like, well, you ain't eat all day?

And I was like hell nah.

And he was like, no, you need some food.

I ate some food.

And then, I was good.

Chest piece, it's the one in the middle,

but the one pretty much represent me.

And it got the halo over it.

It's kind of like my sign in a way,

but it's like golden child. The one that's an angel.

He's got the wings and then it's pretty much a-

So it pretty much resembled myself, all my tats.

I get all my tats by my boy, Rock.

He been doing all my tats for real.

I get a little idea and go there and you feel me?

I throw the Melo sauce on it. And then it's there.

This is my whole arm.

I got, it's a baby lion looking at me.

Cause you feel me?

I always know I'm going to be little young Melo,

who I was around my family and all them.

But then, the big lion,

everybody can see that because obviously,

you see where I am now.

And then there's one of one above that

which was also resembles me, one of one.

Pretty much just all add up, you know.

Other arm, it's my logo, MB1, right there,

with the angel.

And then right here, this one,

this is my little partner in crime right here,

it's like my little twin.

It's damn near me in angel form,

but he got a face tat and it's a one and it say rare.

So rare one, you feel me.

Right here, sky is limit

it's a little rocket ship

and then this is the world,

with my old logo from my pops, the world is mine.

And now I'm pretty much the astronaut

because I'm out of this world, you know, not from here.

And sky's the limit,

you pretty much can do anything you put your mind to.

And that's all of them, for real.

Myself, nah everything come from my head.

It's all self made.

I feel like if you get a tat it should be, you feel me,

something that resembles you,

it's going to be on you forever. Something that makes sense.

You know, not just go in there get anything.

Nah, for real,

I'm just only going to get like little tats if anything,

but to be honest, I'm done.

Probably just something little,

something right here on the wrist.

Just little stuff, you know, behind,

nothing drastic. I got what I wanted.

I said I was going to get the two half sleeves chest

and then one leg. And that's what I did.

Usually what I say I'm going to do, then it happen.