• 8 months ago
"All of these tattoos that I have are mostly about my family members." Lil Meech breaks down his tattoos. From his BMF neck tattoo to the portraits of his mom and dad (Big Meech), the 'BMF' actor shares the stories behind his ink.Season 3 of 'BMF' premieres March 1 on StarzDirector: Arielle NeblettDirector of Photography: Brad WickhamEditor: Phil CeconiTalent: Lil MeechProducer: Camille RamosLine Producer: Jen SantosProduction Manager: James PipitoneProduction Coordinator: Elizabeth HymesTalent Booker: Jenna CaldwellCamera Operator: Matthew DinnenyGaffer: David DjacoSound Mixer: Tyson DaiProduction Assistant: Malaia SimmsPost Production Supervisor: Rachael KnightPost Production Coordinator: Ian BryantSupervising Editor: Rob LombardiAssistant Editor: Andy Morell
Transcript
00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:03 I got BMF tatted on my neck.
00:12 You know, it stands for Black Monfait Family.
00:14 Growing up as a kid, I used to always hear BMF, BMF.
00:18 I never knew what it meant until I got older.
00:21 I understood who my dad was.
00:23 And I was old enough to understand
00:25 why he got incarcerated.
00:27 In school, people used to come up to me all the time like,
00:30 yo, you're Big Meech, son.
00:31 I'm like, what?
00:32 Who's Big Meech?
00:34 I didn't even understand back then who my dad was.
00:36 My family just kept me grounded and kept me in the kid's place.
00:41 I kind of regret the neck tattoo ever since I became an actor
00:44 because it's so hard to cover up.
00:46 I got to come to set two, three hours early
00:48 before we start filming just to cover up all my tattoos.
00:51 And even though I love my tattoos, I'm like, man.
00:54 I have BMF right here.
00:55 And I have Death Before Dishonor right here, DB4D.
00:59 Death Before Dishonor just means before we
01:01 would be dishonorable, we would die.
01:04 I would never get anything in my face.
01:06 It's not for my career.
01:08 That's not the direction I want to go in.
01:10 BMF was my breakout role.
01:12 My dad is very proud.
01:14 So every Friday when it comes on,
01:15 he's calling me right afterwards like, man, you killed it.
01:18 He always has his input about what he thinks could be better
01:22 or how he thinks I could play a certain part better.
01:26 He loves everything about the show.
01:28 He loves the way he's being portrayed.
01:31 I got my moms right here.
01:33 I got my dad.
01:35 These are my first two tattoos.
01:37 I got these when I was like 15, 16 years old.
01:40 I love my parents so much.
01:42 I used to always think as a kid, like, I want a relationship
01:45 like how they had.
01:46 And their relationship was so close.
01:48 And I always wanted them to be the first tattoos I got.
01:51 I really think I look like my dad more than my mom.
01:54 - Would you ever get a girlfriend's name tattooed on you?
01:58 - Yes, but I would wait until we're married with kids.
02:00 You know, I wouldn't rush into it.
02:02 [upbeat music]
02:05 All of these tattoos I have,
02:06 they're mostly about my family members.
02:08 This is another name of my dad.
02:10 He calls himself Zippo.
02:11 He calls me Lil Zippo.
02:13 The shading is probably the most painful part
02:15 because they use like five to 10 needles.
02:18 Every time I go in, I have an idea of what I want to get.
02:21 I don't have an idea of how I want it to look.
02:23 So I usually talk to the artists about what he thinks
02:26 and what direction he thinks I should go in.
02:28 And I decide off of that.
02:30 I got the lion tattoo right here.
02:32 Just a symbol of him.
02:34 He calls himself the lion, the king of the jungle.
02:37 Lion probably took six hours, seven hours to do.
02:41 Inversion, crying on that one.
02:43 I got boss of all bosses right here.
02:45 My dad called himself the boss of all bosses.
02:47 And I got another tattoo right here that says
02:49 blood makes you related, loyalty makes you family.
02:53 This is a quote that my dad has always inputted in my head.
02:56 You'll meet people in this world who have more loyalty
02:59 and really be there for you without them being blood.
03:02 Last ones I got was of my mother and my father's name,
03:10 my collarbone on the side of my neck.
03:12 This one is Zaza, Z-A-S-A.
03:15 And the godfather, Joey Zaza, was one of the mob bosses.
03:19 My dad had a lot of names, Zippo, Zaza, Meach.
03:22 Longest to heel was probably by my elbows.
03:25 My neck and the side, these are all covered up all the time.
03:27 You know, since I wear clothes,
03:29 these are out, exposed to the sunlight and everything.
03:32 It kind of burns when you're going through that process.
03:34 Burns in the sunlight, when you get in the shower,
03:37 anything you do.
03:38 Maybe later down the line, I'll do my legs,
03:41 you know, 'cause I live in Miami,
03:42 so I get to wear them shorts to show off my legs.
03:45 (upbeat music)