Rihanna Tries Her Hand At Being A Tattoo Artist
Rihanna, a known tattoo enthusiast, was spotted hanging out at East Side Ink tattoo parlor in NYC this week and was even spied doing a bit of tattooing herself. It turns out that Ri Ri got the itch to do some inkin’ so she reportedly tattooed a few East Side Ink employees with little umbrellas. Unfortch for Rihanna and the parlor, what she did was in violation of NY health codes since she is not a licensed tattoo artist and is actually illegal! Whoops!
Rihanna picked up a tattoo needle [Wednesday] night at a parlor in NYC — which would be totally fun and cool, if it wasn’t also incredibly illegal. We’re told RiRi tattooed three of East Side Ink’s artists with umbrellas and the letter R. None of her pet projects cared that she didn’t have a license — but the NYC Law Department does. They say Rihanna could be slapped with three misdemeanors for the offense, each with its own hefty penalty — as much as $300 for the first offense, $500 for the second and $1,000 for the third. Sources say the tattoo shop could also face considerable fines of its own if the NYC Law Dept. decides to open an investigation. The NYC Health Department [tells] TMZ: “Only licensed tattoo artists can administer tattoos in the city according to the City’s Health Code. We are sending someone down to follow up on this.”
Whoopsie! While I’m sure that neither Rihanna nor anyone associated with East Side Ink meant to break any laws, it’s important that strict health codes are adhered to at tattoo parlors. With all of those needles involved in the process, it would be tragic if anything of a communicable nature happened on the premises. To be honest, I doubt anything of note will come of this unintentional violation … but hopefully everyone learned a valuable lesson. Think before you ink, y’all!
Tags: East Side Ink, Rihanna
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July 3rd, 2009 at 10:40 am
Doesn’t the police dept have bigger issues to deal with?
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:47 am
Apparently it’s only an offense if you get paid for your services. So if she didn’t get paid to tattoo she should be in the clear.
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:55 am
It’s one of those things you can get away with if you’re not famous. Unfortunately for her, cameras follow her every move.
July 3rd, 2009 at 11:02 am
why in the world would they let her do it? those people are fools. and really an umbrella?
July 3rd, 2009 at 11:18 am
Close the ink parlour. Really…cuz if I wa sa patron & found out the don’t adhere to the health code i would be more than a tad upset.
Makes no differecne for what reason.
They need to be shut down.
NellyBoy
July 3rd, 2009 at 7:08 pm
yeah i’m sure a couple thousand bucks is really gonna break her bank lmao