David Lawrence Brewster Jr. popularly known by his stage name Dave East, is an American rapper and actor from Harlem. He started rapping in 2010. Dave began his career by selling drugs to support himself and his career choice and thus releasing six mix tapes. Dave has multiple tattoos on his body, most of them include the inks of the people close to his heart, followed by the religious tattoos. He came into limelight through his album, ‘Black Rose‘. Dave, before coming to rapping as his career, he used to play basketball and football at Springbrook High School in Silver Spring, MD near Washington, D.C. Let us explore his heavily tattooed body.

When asked if he regrets any of his tattoos.

“Nope, because when I look at them they all bring me back to a time in my life. I might have waited because I got a lot of tats when I was dead broke. I had to mess with the tat dude around the corner and the work he had and when I got a couple of dollars I could get some official tat people. So I might have waited. I would’ve waited until I got a doper tattoo artist.”

1. ‘Logo on Right Arm’ Tattoo

2. ‘Basketball’ Tattoo

Tattoo: On the top left shoulder Dave has got a tattoo of a basketball inked. On the top and bottom of the ball we can see the letters, ‘D’ and ‘B’ inked, respectively.

Meaning: This basketball tattoo tells us about his link to Basketball sport, which he used to play before becoming a rapper. The letters ‘D’ and ‘B’ are the symbols used for his own name, Dave, and ‘B’, is used to denote ‘Basketball’. Before landing into the rapping career, Dave was known as a very dedicated player and also had a very impressive career.

3. ‘Date’ Tattoo

Tattoo: On the corner of his left eyebrow Dave has a date inked as, ‘3.9.16’.

Meaning: This date tattoo is dedicated to the day when his daughter, Kairi Chanel Brewster, was born on March 9, 2016.