Inking up the New Hustle?

A rapper with a tattoo is a familiar sight in hip hop.

Gone are the days when we used to associate tat's with rock stars and bikers, the new age hip hop star is no stranger to getting inked up as rappers all over the world have embraced the culture.

Even Soulja Boy got in on the act, making the front cover of Urban Ink for his tats.


But producer/rapper Swizz Beatz has gone one further and instead of getting more tat's he's taking up the position of, wait tattooist.

Have a look as Swizzy works his magic with the needle on fellow RuffRyder EVE.




Swizzy Tweeted he is "Taking this art thing to a new level".

Lil Wayne recently played the role of tatooist inking up his Young Money artist Tyga, is playing the role of tatooist the next thing for rappers?