Yelawolf is an America-based rapper, singer, and songwriter who started his career as a singer in 2005. He has got numerous tattoos on his body. Let’s have a look!
1. ‘Slumafia’ tattoo on the right side of his face
2. ‘CALM DOWN’ Tattoo
Tattoo: ‘CALM DOWN’ tattoo on his left hand.
Meaning: In an interview, he said,
It was right after I got a ruptured spleen injury. I was like in ICU for a few days, and then assisted living for almost a month and a half. And it’s pretty close to my last day of that injury, so it says, ‘Calm Down,’ because it was just … I got bullets and beer [tattoos], and just wildin’ out man. Even after the injury. I got this tattoo right before I left assisted living straight to tour in Australia. We flew straight from Madison to Atlanta for a connection flight, and I got this before I got on my flight to Australia.”
3. Tattoo on his right forearm
4. ‘SLUM’ tattoo on his chin
Meaning: In an interview, he said,
It says, Slum for Slumerican. It was probably the most regretted tattoo that [I have]. I like it, but Fefe was like crying and it was dramatic. I went to the shop and I saw some kid who got, Slumerican tattooed across his whole forehead. I was like, ‘Hell no, man. I mean I started this s**t.’ I already had Slumerican across the top of my hairline, but I was just like, ‘Man, I’m about to go there. You know, let people know.’ And then it’s a game changer. It’s like a taboo spot, almost. I mean I had my eyes, and the top of my hairline done, and no one reacted to tattoos like they did to this one. The airports were like, ‘Really?”
5. Cross Tattoo
Tattoo: ‘Cross’ tattoo on the left side of his neck.
Meaning: Cross tattoo symbolizes the event of the crucifixion of Jesus. It also denotes faith in Christianity.
6. ‘NASHVillE StRUGGLE’ tattoo on his left hand
7. Tattoo on his left earlobe
8. Fish Tattoo
Tattoo: ‘Fish’ tattoo on his left forearm.
Meaning: A fish tattoo symbolizes confidence, prosperity, wealth, inspiration, happiness, and change.
9. Tattoo on his right earlobe
10. Tattoo on his left shoulder
11. ‘Riders of The Storm’ Tattoo
12. Tattoo on the right side of his neck
13. Tattoo on his left arm
14. Flying Bird Tattoo
Tattoo: ‘Flying Bird’ tattoo on his left arm.
Meaning: Flying bird tattoo symbolizes freedom, travel, direction, and blessings.
15. Tattoo on his left hand
16. ‘Fefe’ Tattoo
Tattoo: ‘Fefe’ tattoo near his left eyebrow.
Meaning: Fefe is the name of Yelawolf’s wife with whom he got married in 2019.
17. ‘GOD’S SON’ Tattoo
18. Tattoo on his right hand
19. ‘Slumerican’ Tattoo
Tattoo: ‘Slumerican’ tattoo on his hairline.
Meaning: Slumerican is the name of an independent record label founded by Yelawolf in 2012. In an interview, he said,
I went to the shop and I saw some kid who got, Slumerican tattooed across his whole forehead. I was like, ‘Hell no, man. I mean I started this s**t.’ I already had Slumerican across the top of my hairline, but I was just like, ‘Man, I’m about to go there. You know, let people know.’ And then it’s a game changer. It’s like a taboo spot, almost. I mean I had my eyes, and the top of my hairline done, and no one reacted to tattoos like they did to this one. The airports were like, ‘Really?”
20. ‘WHISKEY’ Tattoo
Meaning: In an interview, he said,
I got whiskey across my knuckles, for ‘Whisky In A Bottle,’ just for a video I did a few months ago … I got ‘Love Story’ just for the cover of the album.”
21. Tattoo near his right eye
22. Tattoo on his right arm
23. Tattoo on his left hand
24. Sugar Skull Tattoo
Tattoo: ‘Sugar Skull’ tattoo on his left torso.
Meaning: Sugar Skull tattoos are the symbols of remembrance and honor for the dead. It signifies the ‘Day of the Dead.’
25. Rose Tattoo
Tattoo: ‘Rose’ tattoo on his left hand.
Meaning: Rose tattoo symbolizes new beginnings, love, feelings, emotions, passion, and mature love.
26. ‘Country Fresh’ Tattoo
27. ‘forgiveness’ Tattoo
Tattoo: ‘forgiveness’ near his chin area.
Meaning: In an interview, he said,
Forgiveness. I got it in Canada on tour. [It means] just to be forgiven. Forgiving somebody is easier than to be forgiven by someone. So it was really just about asking for forgiveness for things.”
28. ‘Red Rose’ tattoo on his chest
29. ‘Faith’ Tattoo
30. ‘Sugar Skull’ tattoo on his right torso
31. Cross Tattoo
32. ‘333’ Tattoo
Meaning: In an interview, he said,
333 is just … well it was a way for me to tell Fefe I love her online for a while. And it’s also just a time of birth. And three three’s is a very like powerful run of numbers. Three, three, three is nine. After nine is zero … Nine is the highest number in math no matter how many billions, and trillions you count after nine it’s all back to zero.”
33. Tattoo on his right hand
34. ‘RED’ Tattoo
Tattoo: ‘RED’ tattoo on the right side of his neck.
Meaning: In an interview, he said,
Comin’ up out of Alabama it was always, like you know, being called a redneck or something, you know, derogatory. I just wore it. I mean I’m not really a redneck … not because I don’t want to be. I mean wouldn’t care, but I just know like a real redneck, like I don’t even qualify. I’m not that good at hunting, I don’t know how to fix cars, like I haven’t even earned that. But I got it on my neck, because … well for instance opening up for Wu-Tang Clan in Europe. I was getting heckled and at the end of my song I just jumped in the crowd, and I was like, ‘Hey motherf***er, you wanna say something? You can have the mic.’ And he started [saying], ‘You f***in’ redneck. You redneck piece of s**t, you.’ And I’m like ‘Yup, exactly. That’s exactly why I got it tattooed on my neck, because I know what you’re thinking.’ It’s just about wearing it. It’s like, call me a name for so long I’m just going to be it.”
35. Tattoo on his left torso
36. Tattoo on his left forearm
37. Tattoo on his abdominal area
38. Tattoo on his right arm
39. Tattoo on his right forearm
40. Tattoo on his left forearm
41. Tattoo on his right arm
42. ‘GLORY OVER PAIN’ Tattoo
43. Tattoo on his right torso
44. Tattoo on his left arm
45. Tattoo on the left side of his neck
46. Tattoo on his right wrist
47. Tattoo on his back
48. Tattoo on his chest
49. Tattoo on his back
50. Tattoo on his right arm
51. ’till my end’ tattoo on the right torso
52. Jesus Tattoo
Tattoo: ‘Jesus’ tattoo on his back.
Meaning: Jesus’ tattoo symbolizes faith and respect for Christianity. It also signifies the event of the crucifixion of Jesus. In an interview in 2015, he said,
I had Jesus piece I started like five years ago I outlined it. And because I don’t see it, I don’t think about it. It’s the traditional Jesus like looking up at the light. People have seen this photo forever, but we literally took the canvas off the wall, and laid tracing paper and traced it. So it’s huge. It’s like his head is my entire back from the neck down to my waist.”
53. ‘Portrait of Children’ Tattoo
Tattoo: ‘Portrait of Children’ tattoo on his back.
Meaning: Yelawolf got the tattoo of his three children on his back.
54. ‘Roses’ tattoo on his back
55. ‘Raise Hell And Go To Hell’ tattoo on his back
56. ‘Three Thirty Three’ tattoo on the left side of his head
57. Tattoo on the left side of his head
58. Tattoo on his hairline
59. Tattoo on his abdominal area
60. Tattoo on his right forearm
61. Tattoo on his right arm
62. Tattoo on his left arm
63. Tattoo near his left wrist
64. ‘Tiny Stars’ tattoo on his left hand
65. Tattoo on his left forearm
66. Tattoo on his left ribcage
67. Tattoo on his back
68. Tattoo on his back
69. Elephant Head Tattoo
Tattoo: ‘Elephant Head’ tattoo on his left leg.
Meaning: According to Yelawolf, this tattoo is one of the most painful tattoos he got inked on his body while on Warped Tour. In an interview, he said,
I had like cankles for two weeks. It was terrible. One of the shins is a big elephant head, and then it’s got the Alabama ‘A’ close to my ankle. And then the other one has got a big raccoon jumping out of a trash can. It says, ‘White Trash’ on it. The elephant’s the mascot for the Crimson Tide [of the University of Alabama]. That was just nostalgic to me comin’ up under a house of Crimson Tide fans — my grandfather and great-grandfather, and generations of it. I’m proud to be from Alabama. And the ‘White Trash’ thing was just like the ‘Red’ on my neck.”
70. ‘A’ Tattoo
Tattoo: ‘A’ tattoo on his left leg.
Meaning: Yelawolf got this letter ‘A’ inked for Alabama. In an interview, he said,
One of the shins is a big elephant head, and then it’s got the Alabama ‘A’ close to my ankle. And then the other one has got a big raccoon jumping out of a trash can. It says, ‘White Trash’ on it. The elephant’s the mascot for the Crimson Tide [of the University of Alabama]. That was just nostalgic to me comin’ up under a house of Crimson Tide fans — my grandfather and great-grandfather, and generations of it. I’m proud to be from Alabama. And the ‘White Trash’ thing was just like the ‘Red’ on my neck.”
71. ‘Raccoon’ tattoo on his right leg
72. ‘White Trash’ tattoo on his right leg
73. ‘One-Eyed Jack of Diamonds’ Tattoo
Tattoo: ‘One-Eyed Jack of Diamonds’ tattoo on his left hand.
Meaning: In an interview in 2015, he said,
Me, DJ Clever, and Bones both got sevens. Three sevens is a jackpot, so now before every show we, you know, ‘seven up.’ And the One-Eyed Jack of Diamonds we also got. The Highwaymen have a record, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash were the Highwaymen. And they have a record called ‘The Silver Stallion.’ And that’s been our song the whole tour. One of the lines is, ‘Ride like the One-Eyed Jack of Diamonds.’ So we got the One-Eyed Jack of Diamonds.”