Inked - September 2021

In this issue

Welcome to Inked's 2021 Summer Issue! We've got a lot of very exciting things in store this time around, including a cover story with rapper Bhad Bhabie. We spoke to the rising star about how she's built her career after going viral as a teenager. Our second cover will feature the always gorgeous Taylor White. On our third cover we have "Jackass" alumni Steve-O, as we talked to the pioneering prankster about what's on his bucket list. Inside we have interviews with Reggaeton superstar Lunay, TikTok power couple Alex and Kelz and so much more.

SATURDAY MORNING GRAFFITI

Opake takes the cartoons of his childhood and puts them through a graffiti filter, transforming pop icons into something you’ve never seen before.

5 mins

Adam Weitsman

Social media forever altered our perception, in ways both large and small. Not only has it changed the way we look at other people, it changed the way we present ourselves to the world. With every post he makes on Instagram, Adam Weitsman is fully aware of the latter.

5 mins

INDICA FLOWER

Let’s say it one more time for the people in the back: Sex work is work. It’s a job and all the pleasure and arousal you see during a scene isn’t always genuine—it’s Oscar-worthy acting by skilled performers. “After one of my first mainstream shoots, my agent came to talk with me and was like, ‘We’re really going to have to work on your faces,’” pornstar Indica Flower says.

4 mins

JANTHAVY NORTON

Never in her wildest dreams did Janthavy Norton think she’d become an actor. But, by a strange twist of fate, this skater girl has found herself saying “see you later, boy” to ordinary life and hello to Hollywood. “Somebody randomly messaged me needing a chick skater for a campaign video for Nasty Gal,” skater-turned-actor Janthavy Norton says. “It was really random, but after that things just kept happening. People kept reaching out through word of mouth and that’s how I got into it.”

3 mins

CALBOY

Calboy is an artist who has experienced some of the best and worst things life has to offer. Sure, he’s made it in one of the most competitive industries on the planet, his debut single went 4x platinum and he’s collaborated with his heroes. But he’s also experienced tremendous loss for a 22-year-old. In a little over two decades, he’s lost friends and family to drug overdoses, heart attacks and coronavirus. He even said goodbye to his cousin, fellow rapper King Von, to gun violence last November. But instead of letting these losses get the best of him, he uses his stories to inspire others through his music.

4 mins

One Wild Boy

In this one we grill the one and only Steve-O, both literally and figuratively. In the conversation we spoke with the groundbreaking prankster about anything and everything, including the three Ts—tattoos, tranquilizers and turtles

8 mins

Building a Work of Art

To celebrate the release of the 2022 Indian Chief the legend-ary motorcycle company got together two of the world’s most sought after builders, Paul Cox and Keino Sasaki, to customize a bike for celebrated tattoo artist Nikko Hurtado.

10+ mins

Bhad Bhabie

Bhad Bhabie took her 15 minutes of viral fame and turned it into a viable career. The rapper dishes on her only fans and upcoming new music.

8 mins

El Nino

Reggaeton sensation Lunay discusses his new album, empowering women and the impressive legacy he’s already created at only 20.

5 mins

IVANA BELAKOVA

There are an infinite number of colors in our universe, and Ivana Belakova is on a mission to use all of them in her tattoos. Born and raised in a small town in Slovakia, Belakova grew up in a country where tattooing was almost nonexistent. Yet, despite her upbringing, she’s made tattooing her life’s work and her career has taken her around the world. Today she calls Los Angeles home and has attracted some of the biggest stars in Hollywood into her tattoo chair—from rappers to world-renowned adult entertainers. We chatted with Ivana to learn about her unique signature style, her first celebrity client and what sets her apart from the pack.

4 mins

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