Have you ever looked at somebody’s tattoo and thought “what on earth were you thinking”? Well, so have we. And it’s even more wild because for all intents and purposes, tattoos are meant to be permanent (they can be removed but it’s not exactly the easiest or cheapest procedure).
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Either way, we don’t really get to have any say in what people choose to ink on their skin, no matter how strongly we feel against them. So the best we can do is to come up with a list of the most interesting tattoos. They are not all strange or dumb-sounding.
Here is a list of ZAlebs with the most interesting tattoos.
Khanyi Mbau
This tattoo of Khanyi Mbau’s is quite interesting, not so much because of its content, but more so because of its location. The star is fearless and does not shy away from big, controversial decisions; we all know it. But nothing says fearless and controversial quite like one of her tattoos.
In early 2021, the actress shared a picture of herself in a bodysuit on Twitter. Of course, she looked smoking hot – she is Khanyi after all. But that wasn’t the thing that caught everyone’s attention online.
Fans immediately noticed a tattoo peeking out from underneath her bodysuit, and the interesting part is that it is positioned right above her honeypot (if you know what I mean).
— KHANYI MBAU (@MbauReloaded) January 9, 2021
Of course the zoom gang was immediately present, but probably didn’t yield enough to know what the ink portrays. It did still get some interesting reactions on social media though.
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Emtee
Nothing Emtee does is basic or regular, so of course he got an out-there tattoo. After he got hugely successful and got two Mercedes Benz cars, he decided he loved the brand so much that he got a tattoo of the logo on his neck.
But then this is where it got messy. Emtee had a falling out with his then record label, Ambitiouz Entertainment. It got so messy it resulted in the label reclaiming all his awards and the two Mercs that he got while they were representing him.
Shortly after, he came forth to ask for advice on how to remove a tattoo. I guess if there is no longer a matching car, the tattoo makes no sense, right?
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Nasty C
Nasty C is no doubt a great rapper – probably one of Mzansi’s greatest at this point. But it looks like he bought his own hype so much that he went overboard.
In 2020, the rapper got a tattoo of the album he had just released, Zulu Man With Some Power, on his stomach.
Fans were confused because a trend like that would make no sense. Seriously, if he got the name of every album tattooed on his body, he would run out of skin pretty fast. Writing and releasing albums is, after all, his career. But to each his own, I guess.
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Atandwa Kani
It is not uncommon for people (even celebrities) to get tattoos of their idols, and our ZAlebs are guilty of doing it too – like AKA who recently got a big tattoo of the late Michael Jackson’s face on his arm.
Wild At Heart star Atandwa Kani played a great young T’Challa, alongside his doppelganger, the late Chadwick Boseman. Since the legendary actor passed away, Atandwa chose to honour him with ink, and we cannot say there is anything more beautiful and heartwarming than this.
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Mihlali Ndamase
Beauty influencer and YouTube sensation Mihlali Ndamase has one tattoo whose story is not just interesting, but super inspiring as well. She has a cute little tattoo of a semicolon behind her ear.
Anyone who is part of the mental health community knows what a semicolon tattoo means. It is usually used as an affirmation for those who are battling addiction, depression, suicide, as well other mental health struggles. To put it more beautifully, in literature, the punctuation represents a sentence that the author almost ended but didn’t, and it is used the same way in ink – to represent a life that almost ended through suicide but didn’t.
She got the ink in 2018 after she lost her father to suicide. It serves as a reminder that she is still here, and as she said, she means for it to be a beacon of hope for others who have considered taking their lives.
There you have it. Some are sweet but others are just plain odd. Would you get any of these tattoos or copy the concept behind them?
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