Carmelo Kyam Anthony better known as MELO and Carmelo Anthony is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent. Carmelo has been named an NBA All-Star ten times and an All-NBA Team member six times. He began playing at his school level and he gained the limelight by winning the school’s first NCAA championship in men’s basketball in 2003. Besides, he is one of the high body tattooed basketball players. His inks range from lots of motivational words to few inks which highlight his Basketball game connection. Let us explore his amazing body inks.

Carmelo in one of his interviews also revealed how he had to cover up his first ink from his mother because he knew she would not be happy about it. It was Ravens Logo which he had got at the age of 16 years on his arm.

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ARM TATTOOS

RIGHT ARM TATTOOS

1. ‘WHO CAN I TRUST’ Tattoo

Tattoo: The tattoo in Carmelo’s right inner bicep contains the words, ‘WHO CAN I TRUST’.

Meaning: This ink is another representation of Carmelo’s personality as to how cautious he is of making friends and trusting people around him. He seeks to reflect through these phrase ink that he is not sure of whom he should trust in life.

2. ‘Flaming Basketball Design with his Name Initials’ Tattoo

Tattoo: Exactly on his right shoulder Carmelo has a tattoo of the basketball inked along with his own name initials, i.e CA inked. The earlier tattoo just had a basketball and his name initials. However, he got it changed by turning the basketball ink into a flaming basketball tattoo by adding the flames on the top side of the basketball.

Meaning: This is the second flaming basketball ink on his body which shows Carmelo’s deep dedication for his love for basketball and his ever-increasing love for his career in the game.

3. ‘Live Now Die Later’ Tattoo

Tattoo: On the right arm of Carmelo there lies an ink of Comedy Tragedy Masks which reflects the Angry and Happy Faces. The emoticon masks also carry the words written over and under them as ‘LIVE NOW DIE LATER‘. Additionally, the angry face mask also shows the dagger which is passing through its head.