Rihanna's got a gun – in the form of some new tattoos.
In photos posted on MySpace on Wednesday by a tattoo artist who goes by the name BangBang, the "Disturbia" singer is shown with a small gun tattoo under her right arm.
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"She flew me to LA to tattoo her friend for his birthday and I just suggested we should tattoo her – I printed out a picture of the gun and stuck it on her and she loved it," BangBang told Access Hollywood's Billy Bush in an interview for Access Hollywood and "The Billy Bush Show."
In another photo, Rihanna has a temporary version of the same tattoo drawn on both shoulders, but according to BangBang's caption, she decided not to ink them there permanently.
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"I really wanted to put it here… She loved em… but CoverGirl wouldn't have liked it much and they pay the bills!" he wrote in the photo caption.
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However, he told Billy on Thursday they decided to move them so as not to take away attention from her face.
"You look at the tattoos instead of her face, and she's so beautiful I don't want to take away from her," he said.
Rihanna is a spokesperson for the makeup company, who would not comment on the star's newest body art when reached by Access.
"Out of respect for our CoverGirls, we do not share information regarding their personal lives," a rep for CoverGirl told Access.
The singer has a number of tattoos, including a trail of stars on her neck and the word "Shh…" on her index finger. In other photos on his MySpace, the New York-based BangBang, who works at East Side Ink, takes credit for many of them.
So why a gun?
"She had always worn a necklace with a gun," BangBang told Billy. "I have guns tattooed on me. They're very strong, they signify power, and she's very empowered."
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