Irezumi (入れ墨, 入墨, 紋身, 刺花, 剳青, 黥 or 刺青) is the Japanese name for the traditional tattoos that Yakuza members get. Irezumi means “insert ink” in Japanese. These tattoos were used for decorative and spiritual purposes. The process was done by hand poking, meaning that the ink was inserted beneath
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Marching to their own beat: Brass band keeps youngsters from gang life By Monique Rivalland, for CNN April 3, 2013 — Updated 1058 GMT (1858 HKT) CNN.com (CNN) — Every Friday morning 17-year-old Sarel Ramphele puts on his gold-trimmed suit, grabs his trumpet and walks the 6 kilometers from his
Punter a 19 year old caught after making up to $10 million dollars worth in damage. When they arrested him, they found black books, computer files and camera pictures of his artwork. The police state that some people may see it as art work but other might not. This is
Mara Salvatrucha also known as MS, Mara, and MS-13 is one of the world’s most ruthless gangs. They are estimated to become even more of a threat than the mafia as the country’s most organized criminal network. Most of the members have tattoos in order to identify themselves with the
From a recent Minneapolis Star-Tribune story: The tattoo on Jenkins’ [the dude pictured above; sadly, no pic of the tattoo itself] left bicep depicts a person holding a semi-automatic handgun with the barrel of the gun partially in the mouth of a pig, according to a criminal complaint. The tattoo
This is one of the most controversial albums ever recorded. Not a statement… It’s a fact. This was the album that started rising gangster rapper Sir Dyno and imprisoned the majority of the Nuestra Familia gang of Northern California. This tape titled “G.U.N.: Generations of United Norteños — XIV Till
This short clip talks about how a gang member tattooed a scene of a murder on his chest. More importantly, we can see how the criminal represents a connection between crime and art in a way that is unlike typical art/crime connections. For example, the tattoo on his chest is
Gangland is one of the—if not the—most egregious peddlers of ‘crimesploitation’ consumed in America these days. What is crimesploitation? Crimesploitation is a portmanteau of the words ‘crime’ and ‘exploitation,’ and it describes a particular type of media text that exploits crime. I propose that crimesploitation is a genre with the