Lonzo Ball Honors Barack Obama, MLK and Malcolm X in Fresh Sleeve

Take a look at the NBA player's sleeve by Steve Butcher

NBA player Lonzo Ball has had a busy few months. First and foremost, on July 6th he switched from the Los Angeles Lakers to the New Orleans Pelicans. Second, he’s been quickly adding to his tattoo collection.

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“Ain’t no money in the world that can buy you trust” #TrueColors

A post shared by Lonzo Ball (@zo) on Aug 5, 2019 at 4:47pm PDT

On August 12th, SoCal based tattoo artist Steve Butcher took to Instagram to share Ball’s completed sleeve—which features prominent African-American figures. This includes activist Martin Luther King Jr., activist Malcolm X, former President Barack Obama, abolitionist Harriet Tubman, activist Rosa Parks, and MLB player Jackie Robinson.

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Completed this sleeve this week on @zo ! Sleeve is 99% healed just added #TheMarathonContinues to the top of the arm. Was an honor to put these influential people on your arm brother. Done using @stevebutchersmambaglide @electrumstencilproducts @inkjecta @intenzetattooink

A post shared by Steve Butcher (@stevebutchertattoos) on Aug 12, 2019 at 11:37am PDT

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