Freshly Inked!
Filed under: Rihanna
Rihanna performed on the Today show Friday morning and she showed off a new tattoo!
The singer is sporting some in atop her shoulder that looks like Roman numerals.
Wonder what significance it has to her???
RiRi already has little stars and several other tattoos covering her body.
[Photo via Getty Images.]
Posted: June 20, 2008 at 2:30 pm
She has such a unique style
it means 5.86 and her birthday is 2.88 so i don't know…
I was there this morning! .. not close enough to see the tatoo — not a fan anyways, she'd be prettier without it!
I bet it's her birthday. 4 1986
perhaps she wants to commemorate chernobyl? yeah right…
Her birthday is Feb 1988 and that says 4 - 86. Amanda Bynes is the only celebrity that I can find who was born in April '86. Maybe family??
it's 86 and i also thought it could b her b day but it's not her b-day
How about we stop wasting the first like 100 comments screamin 1st when you're really not. Next, actually read the other comments that say her birthday is FEB 20th 1986! So no geniuses its not her birthday in ink. Finally, if you can't stand the woman, why bother hating? Just be patient and I'm sure the encyclopedia of the teenage world aka wikipedia will have an answer for you kids.
i don't think '86' refers to 1986. if she wanted to say 1986, she would just have just added 'MCM.'
How about we stop wasting the first like 100 comments screamin 1st when you're really not. Next, actually read the other comments that say her birthday is FEB 20th 1988*! So no geniuses its not her birthday in ink. Finally, if you can't stand the woman, why bother hating? Just be patient and I'm sure the encyclopedia of the teenage world aka wikipedia will have an answer for you kids.
*correction
I can't for the life of me understand what the big deal is with this woman. Her voice is awful. Its nasally and flat. Well, the music industry sucks anyways, so I guess that's why this chick is doing so well. She'll be destitute by the age of 30.
Re: noko –
whatever. her hair is fuckin adorable. you're an idiot.
that's a year of her birth - 1986.
Its her friend Melissa's birthday….But this chick is overrated seriously
WFT IS EVERYBODY GOT TO COPY ANGELINA JOLIE..IT ONLY LOOKS GOOD ON HER WITH MANY TATTOOS AND IT ONLY SEEMS SEXY WHEN SHE SAYS SHE LIKES KISSING GIRLS..NOT LINDSEY LOHAN
it means 4-11-86. her best friend melissa's birthday.
in this particuler picture you cant see the "XI" though.
Re: emily –
that is not the year of her birth.
i was born in 87 and she's younger than i am.
its her best friends birthday
Journal of Biblical Literature, vol. LXXXVI, part IV
Re: emily – that is not the year she was born. i was born in 87 and she's younger than i am. its her best friends birthday. 4-11-86
CUTE dress!!!
eww! she looks disgusting with that outfit
its 4/86 u idiot…prob her bday
4 86? I saw some other comments and a few of you need to brush up on your Roman numerals. There is an actual world outside of America. Then again English is a bit of a struggle for you lot so let's not expect too much. Tally ho old chaps x
Re: lalal – It just cracks me up that eediots still write "FIRST!!" and then it turns out - Whoops, you're 23rd!
Oh yeah the tat - stop that now, missy. stoppit! Bad!
It means 4/86
IV= 4
LXXXVI= 86
L= 50
X= 10
How about forget the dumbass tattoo, and ask WHAT IN THE FUCK IS THAT NO TALENT BITCH WEARING? answer that, please!!!
Its a bar code to let us know when she has expired!!! 14 more minutes!!!!!
THE STARS ARE FOR HER AND CHRIS BROWN
THEY BOTH HAVE THEM
SO CUTE
FIND OUT WHAT THOSE NUMBERS STAND FOR.. COULD BE SOMETHING INTERESTING?!?!??!!
She tried to fucking hard to look edgy.. she looks stupid in that hat… the "fashion" is about to over shadow what little music she has.
WHO CARES?
I found it, she is so profound! Barf
Canto IV, lxxxvi: From all the Pope makes yearly 'twould perplex.
It is strange that it should be the Pope and the Sultan who are the chief encouragers of this branch of trade — women being prohibited as singers at St. Peter's, and not deemed trustworthy as guardians of the harem.
Re: tippy – ha ha, not funny
Well its 4-86. Its not her birthday or chris brown. It can't be a sibling either because she is the oldest and was born in 1988.
The entire tattoo says 11-4-86 in roman but I have no idea what the significants is…
If this ET lookin ass ho gets anymore ink shes gonna start lookin like a lesbian biker
it's her best friend Melissa's birthday!! 11-4-86
It´s a date, big deal.
It refers to the fact she makes about 486 dollars a minute while we sit and figure her tat out
How is no one talking about when she messed up the lyrics and the backing track played??
EEWWW DISGUSTING, HATE HER.
ahh shes beautiful
i love her
wtf is she wearing?????????
I would say that it's 4 - 86, but she's born in february 88, so it's not a birthday
she was born in february of 1988 so thats definitely not her birthday
gorgeous girl ugly hat pointless tattoo that is all
That's gay.
The other tattoo is a date in roman numerals on her shoulder… XI•IV•LXXXVI (11-04-86) which means the date is April 11, 86 NOT November 4, 86. This has a very special and important meaning to Rihanna. It’s her best friend and assistant, Melissa Forde’s birthday!! Nope, it’s not Rihanna’s (February 20, 1988) or Chris Brown’s (May 5, 1989) birthday!!!
This makes us question her motives… why would you have the birth date of your best friend in your body with such a visible and large tattoo!!?!?!
When asked about Chris Brown, Rihanna says she is not in love. On the other hand Rihanna is always accompanied by Melissa anywhere she goes… even the shower:
no, it say 1986 -gotta be her birthday
maybe it's when her parents found out that they were pregnant with her!?
HER again..and again..and again…
YAWN
Re: cja11 – it think its het bday tooo!
Im new to this what does "First" mean everyone seems to write it? Please help….
as far as i know/remember…
IV = 4
L = 50
XXX = 30
VI = 6
and if the sequence at the left is bigger than the next one, you have to add both…
so we have…
4 DOT 50 + 30 = 80 + 6 = 86
and now we have…
4 . 86
seems like a birthday to me o.O
She is so beautiful! I love her voice! keep it up girl!
She looks like a bellboy.
roman numerals…little stars….my 1ST Thought…victoria beckham…& duh!
rihanna is hot, hot, hot, and i eat at the same thai place that she does! woohoo!
fucking yawn…every fucking ppstar has had the roman numerals cause its like oh so fucking clever to count in another fucking number
It's a Shakespeare Sonnet - LXXXIV
1. Who is it that says most, which can say more,
2. Than this rich praise, that you alone, are you,
3. In whose confine immured is the store
4. Which should example where your equal grew?
5. Lean penury within that pen doth dwell
6. That to his subject lends not some small glory;
7. But he that writes of you, if he can tell
8. That you are you, so dignifies his story.
9. Let him but copy what in you is writ,
10. Not making worse what nature made so clear,
11. And such a counterpart shall fame his wit,
12. Making his style admired every where.
13. You to your beauteous blessings add a curse,
14. Being fond on praise, which makes your praises worse.
Re: bree –
HOW? It says 4.86. Learn how to read roman numerals, you do that in school. Maybe go back? Look it up online before you talk?
OMG SHE'S FUCKING COVERED IN TATTOOS.
HOLY SHIT JUST COVERED!!!
….
She does look cute but the hat doesnt do anything for her with this outfit.
The numerals stand for 1986. IV = 19 and LXXXVI = 86
Maybe its the year she was born or something.
Re: NJPat – My bad…. IV is 4 so maybe she was born 4/86
Re: kria –
That was a horrible thing that happened.
rihanna is beautifull and a great girl and singer,i love rihanna,rihanna please come to Portugal
I think it will all be pretty disappointing when you find out you wasted part of your life over thinking a tattoo someone you will never meet has on her shoulder.
Tattoos are stupid. It's like your doodling on your body but it stays FOREVER. A body shouldn't be a piece of scratch paper. Don't "doodle" on yourself girl !!! Get henna or sticker tatts. Tattoos look very unnattractive on older lady's. TRA……SHAY
4-86
ewww i hate her new haircut !!!
Wikipedia has her DOB as February 20, 1988, so it's definitely not her birthday
Hmm, April 1986… why would that be significant? Chernobyl?
Well, Chernobyl means wormwood, maybe she just likes absinthe.
It means 4 and 86 but i dont know what it could mean cause her birthday is feb 20, 1988….so that cant be it….and this is right…i googled it
Perez!!….i just found out that there is more to the tattoo….its actually
11.4.86….there is a part that means 11 under her strap….i have heard that it could possibly be her bestfriend melissa's birthday!
first day of the summer solstice
6/20/2008
this makes NO sense at all….
4-86
Her strap is covering another roman numberal: XI (11) so her tattoo represents the 11th of April 1986 which is her best friend Melissa's birthday.
It won't mean anything to her in 10 years. Why stuff up that beautiful looking shoulder with that mark. Tattoos are ugly - especially on women.
it means 11-4-1986…
(the picture is not complete)
xxx Salima
it shows 4-86 not 85. It might be her bday…
Has she joined the Foreign Legion? Is she among the gendarmes? I'm glad she's found financial success, but let's not confuse hype with talent.
Robyn Fenty's a pretty girl, I'll give her that. But tattoos are atrocious.
4-86, certainly her birthday. Stupid! No imagination at all… She should have inked her momma's phone nr instead, so she could be brought home if she got lost!
It would have been more helpful not to have those PH watermarks directly over what we're to be looking at.
I LOVE RIHANNA!!
The tattoos may look pretty cool on her skin now, but 30 years from now, the will be a mess!
I certainly don’t understand why a pretty girl would disfigure her body this way by branding herself!
Infact, I don’t know why tattoos have become such a huge favourite. Now, maybe if they saw what tattoos look like on a 60+ person who is wrinkly, they may just change their minds!
actually i think it's 4 and 87… might be a birth date. her dress may be covering up the first part…
translate to 4 and 87. probably some sort of brithdate but not hers - she was born feb 20 1988 and it's not chris brown's. he was born may 5 1989.
Why would anyone with glowing and clear skin that beautiful make a choice to junk themselves up like a Los Vegas billboard? Big. Mistake.
4-86
and NO it's not her birthday because she was born on february 20, 1988. AND Perez doesn't mean the significance as to WHAT IT MEANS ! He means what does it have meaning TO HER …
maybe her and chris brown got together on april 8th, 2006 ? that's my guess; or probably someone who was special to her.. family..
those r numbers that stand for the birth date of her best friend
It says 4*86
4-86 & she was born in Feb…..ya'll say u fanz…..gtfo
from italy…it means 4-86…why not 1986? it would be MCMLXXXVI
Rihanna whore!!!
Her tatoo means April 1986 : because IV means 4 in roman numbers,which is also the 4th month of the year, and LXXXXVI means 1986.
American people really don't have personal culture !
April 1986 is when Chernobyl happened…could it be that??? Weird
its 4-84, I guess she was born on april 86
I'm a lover of body ink but that tat is shabby… and i bet she paid top $$$ for it too. Why the f##k would you get it done there? Rhiana give us a clue?
Re: Grr – SHE WAS BORN February 20, 1988
It's her best friends date of birth and her bf got hers on her shoulder as well
I think it could be a date ,maybe ..-04-1986