Lonzo Ball is an American professional football player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association. Apart from the sports, Lonzo Ball is famous for his sleeves tattoos which consists of portraits of legends from ‘Black History’, his birthdate, the area code, the angel dribbling a basketball, and many more. Let’s read further to know more details regarding his tattoos along with their meanings.
1. ‘Barak Obama Portrait’ Tattoo
Tattoo: ‘Barak Obama Portrait’ Tattoo on his left forearm.
Meaning: Lonzo Ball’s left forearm sleeve is wholly dedicated to the various African-American icons. One of them is the portrait of ‘Barak Obama.’ Lonzo got these portraits inked on his left arm, which act as a source of motivation for him during the difficult times. He uploaded the video on his Instagram account with the caption,
“When I think about the struggles in my life I look at the faces on this arm and realize a lot of people have been through much worse… #TMC #KeepGoing @stevebutchertattoos 💉💯.”
2. ‘Martin Luther King Jr. Portrait’ Tattoo
Tattoo: ‘Martin Luther King Jr. Portrait’ Tattoo on his left arm.
Meaning: The left arm of Lonzo Ball is featuring the best of ‘Black History’. He got the portrait of ‘Martin Luther King Jr.’ inked on his left arm by the tattoo artist, Steve Butcher.
3. ‘Rosa Parks’ Tattoo
Tattoo: ‘Rosa Parks Portrait’ Tattoo on his left forearm.
Meaning: Lonzo got the portrait of ‘Rosa Parks’ who is popularly known as ‘the first lady of civil rights’ and ‘the mother of the freedom movement’, inked on the inner portion of his left forearm. Again, this tattoo is inked by the tattoo artist, Steve Butcher.
4. ‘Jackie Robinson Portrait’ Tattoo
Tattoo: ‘Jackie Robinson Portrait’ Tattoo on his left arm.
Meaning: Lonzo got ‘Jackie Robinson Portrait’ tattoo inked on the inner portion of his left arm. This artwork is done by Steve Butcher.
5. ‘Malcolm X Portrait’ Tattoo
6. ‘Harriet Tubman Portrait’ Tattoo
7. ‘Motivated by Jesus Dedicated to the Game’ Tattoo
Tattoo: ‘Motivated by Jesus Dedicated to the Game’ Tattoo on his left wrist.
Meaning: Lonzo Ball got the phrase ‘Motivated by Jesus Dedicated to the Game’ tattoo inked on his left wrist. This was probably the first tattoo of Lonzo Ball.
8. ‘Born to ball because of him’ Tattoo
Tattoo: ‘Born to ball because of him’ Tattoo on his right wrist.
Meaning: Earlier, Lonzo had the tattoo of the phrase, ‘Born to ball because of him’ on his right wrist. Later, he modified this tattoo by adding three roses on this phrase.
9. ‘Born 2 Ball’ Tattoo
Tattoo: ‘Born 2 Ball’ Tattoo on his right forearm.
Meaning: Born 2 Ball is the name of debut mixtape by Zo. He got this tattoo inked on his right forearm. This tattoo is inked by the tattoo artist, Isaiah Negrete.
10. ‘Praying Hands’ Tattoo
11. ‘THE MARATHON CONTINUES’ Tattoo
Tattoo: ‘THE MARATHON CONTINUES’ Tattoo on his left shoulder.
Meaning: Just above the portraits of legends from ‘Black History’, Lonzo got the title ‘THE MARATHON CONTINUES’ inked in bold letters on his left shoulder.
12. ‘Big Baller Brand Icon’ Tattoo
Tattoo: ‘Big Baller Brand Icon’ Tattoo on his right forearm.
Meaning: Big Baller Brand is the name of an American Company that designs, manufactures, and sells clothes and shoes, launched by Lavar ball in 2016, which especially produced signature shoes for Ball brothers. Lonzo got the icon of this brand inked on his right forearm.
Later, Ball cut ties with the brand as he found the multimillion-dollar embezzlement scheme of Alan Foster, the co-founder of the company, Big Baller Brand. So, he covered this tattoo with the two red colored dices.
13. ‘ZO2’ Tattoo
Tattoo: ‘ZO2’ Tattoo on his right forearm.
Meaning: In May 2017, Big Baller Brand company announced November 2017, the release of its first signature shoe, the ZO2 for Lonzo Ball. Lonzo got the icon of this signature shoe inked on his right forearm. After his controversy with Big Baller Brand, no information regarding the modification of this tattoo is available.
14. ‘909’ Tattoo
Tattoo: ‘909’ Tattoo on his right forearm.
Meaning: Lonzo Ball got the area code ‘909’ of California inked on his right forearm, related to his birthplace.
15. ‘Angel dribbling the Basket Ball’ Tattoo
Tattoo: ‘Angel dribbling the Basket Ball’ Tattoo on his right forearm.
Meaning: The tattoo artist Isaiah Negrete inked ‘angel dribbling the basketball’ tattoo on Lonzo Ball’s right forearm.
16. ‘Birthdate’ Tattoo
17. ‘RIP Nnam 21’ Tattoo
Tattoo: ‘RIP Nnam 21’ Tattoo on his right forearm.
Meaning: Lonzo Ball got ‘RIP Nnam 21’ tattoo inked on his right forearm. This tattoo is related to the Chino Hills Basket Ball player, Nnamdi Okongwu, who died in 2014 while suffering from a brain injury in a skateboarding accident. The number 21 denotes the jersey number of Nnamdi Okongwu. Just near to this tattoo, a small cupid and a cross are also inked.
18. ‘Gateway to Heaven’ Tattoo
19. ‘Bible Script’ Tattoo
Tattoo: ‘Bible Script’ Tattoo on his right forearm.
Meaning: Just below his ‘Gateway to Heaven’ tattoo, Lonzo Ball got inked the Bible script Psalm 23:4, stating,
“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil. For you are with me.”
inked on his right arm.
20. ‘Cloud Shading and Stars Pattern’ Tattoo
21. ‘Cupid holding Basketball’ Tattoo
22. ‘Roman Numerals’ Tattoo
Tattoo: ‘Roman Numerals’ Tattoo on his right shoulder.
Meaning: Lonzo Ball got ‘roman numerals inked on his right shoulder. No more information regarding this tattoo is available.
23. ‘Red Cross’ Tattoo
24. ‘FEAR GOD’ Tattoo
Tattoo: ‘FEAR GOD’ Tattoo on his right arm.
Meaning: Lonzo Ball got the words ‘FEAR GOD’ inked on the inner portion of his right arm. These words are inked in bold letters with red-colored cloud shading around it.