An East Village tattoo parlor where singer Rihanna illegally inked the employees now has an indelible stain on its record.
Inspectors, tipped off that the pretty “Umbrella” crooner had left her mark on three people who work at East Side Ink, found another unlicensed artist working there when they went to investigate, and slapped the business with a fine.
The inspection was made a day after Rihanna tattooed an umbrella and her initial “R” into workers as paparazzi snapped her artistry from outside.
The citation — which includes a fine of between $200 and $2,000 — did not involve the Rihanna incident, because the inspector got to the tat shop hours after the star had left, the city Department of Health said.
“We got a call from a celebrity media outlet that Rihanna had been at the parlor and that she had been tattooing, but she was gone by the time the inspector got there,” said department spokeswoman Celina De Leon. “But he did find a tattoo artist who was unlicensed operating there.”
The city’s health code dictates that only properly qualified artists can tattoo.
Rihanna, a body art aficionado, has more than 10 tattoos, including a music note on her ankle, a trail of stars on her back, and a Sanskrit prayer going down her hip.
She had gone to the high-end parlor on July 1 to visit her regular tattooist, Keith “Bang Bang” McCurdy.
His work includes “Sssh” on her finger and a gun on her ribcage.
He has also worked on Rihanna’s ex — singer Chris Brown, who was recently sentenced to six months of community service for beating her in February.
While Rihanna was there, Bang Bang drew up a design — which included a plain picture of an umbrella with a swirly “R” underneath — and needled the star into tattooing it into his lower leg.
She then practiced her skills on another two workers.
“We couldn’t say no to her,” artist Josh Lord told OK! magazine at the time.
“It’s a pretty nerve-wracking thing to do your first time. We were amazed how well she kept her cool. By the third one, she was good.
“I’d hire her. If her career doesn’t work out, she’s got a backup.”
A co-owner of the shop, who gave her name only as Jen, said yesterday she had “no regrets” about the incident.
She said the unlicensed artist was visiting from another state, where he was legally allowed to work.
De Leon said inspectors have been back to the shop twice since issuing the citation, and have found no other problems.
Not to be left out, Brown reportedly copied his former gal a few weeks later, etching his own design of a cartoon face into Bang Bang’s leg at the end of July. But, after Rihanna’s brush with the law, Brown was a little more cautious.
He and Bang Bang drove out of state, where it’s legal for anybody to do the work, according to OK!
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