Was Pac the first mainstream rapper with tattoos?

[JadeB]

I couldn't think of any rapper before him that had tats

 

[bigde09]

One of the first. The way he was marketed was the blueprint for a lot of rappers in the late 90s early 2000s

 

[FS4LFE]

No homo but he was probably the first rapper with “aura”.

 

[CouldntBeMeTho]

Think about @Another Man's tattoos brehs

 

[CouldntBeMeTho]

No homo but he was probably the first rapper with “aura”.

@ba'al

 

[Brolic]

No homo but he was probably the first rapper with “aura”.

@Tupac in a Business Suit

 

[JadeB]

Think about @Another Man's tattoos brehs

Tattoos are artwork. I can admire @Another Man's art

 

[DOSDUMUNI]

I was gonna try my hand at guessing LL and Ice T but OP might be right

 

[RedBull]

No homo but he was probably the first rapper with “aura”.

LL was.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Idk for sure but Treach might be the first

 

[Plankton]

Idk for sure but Treach might be the first

@ the 2:24 mark Papa shows off her scorpion tat on her chest in the Let's Talk About Sex video. This was before we ever saw Pac with tats. If Treach had tats in the 3rd verse of the Opp video they aren't visible like Pepas. Both videos were out in 91 but I don't know which video was 1st

 

[BmoreGorilla]

@2:24 Mark Papa shows off her scorpion tat on her chest in the Let's Talk About Sex video. This was before we ever saw Pac with tats. If Treach had tats in the 3rd verse of the Opp video they aren't visible like Pepas. Both videos were out in 91 but I don't know which video was 1st

Well here we have the answer

 

[Paper Boi]

nah he was just the only one walking around with his shirt off

 

[Black Hans]

Yeah, I think so. Black people didn't really do all these tattoos till 2pac and Dennis Rodman. Tattoo culture is a white/Latino thing.

 

[Sniper]

Yes he was the first rapper that I can think of that had a few of them to make them popular.

Jodeci was the first Black celebrities\musicians that I remember to get lots of them and that was before Pac, but Pac was the first rapper to have a few to make it popular.