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Smile Now, Cry Later: Guns, Gangs, and Ink - The Story of a Tattoo Art Legend by Freddy Negrete, Steve Jones, Luis Rodriguez (Hardcover, 2016)

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ISBN-13: 9781609806941, 978-1609806941. Freddy Negrete is one of the most famous tattoo artists on the planet, who has inked Angelina Jolie and Harry Styles. Smile Now, Cry Later Guns, Gangs, and Ink - The Story of a Tattoo Art Legend.

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Pioneering black-and-gray tattoo artist Freddy Negrete was twelve years old and confined in the holding cell of a Los Angeles juvenile facility when an older teenager entered-covered in tattoos. Freddy was in awe, not just of the art, but of what it symbolized, and he wanted what this kid had- the potent sense of empowerment and belonging that came from joining a gang. The encounter drove Freddy to join the notorious gang La Sangra, and it didn't take long before he was a regular guest at LA County's juvenile detention facilities. By the age of twenty-one, Freddy had spent almost his whole life as a ward of the state in one form or the other. Enthralled by the black-and-gray tattoo style that in the 1970s was confined to the rebel culture of Chicano gangsters and criminals, Freddy started inking himself with hand-poked tattoos. Everyone wanted a piece of Freddy's black-and-gray style--gangbangers but also Hollywood starlets and film producers. In a riveting narrative that takes the reader from Freddy's days as a cholo gang member to evangelical preacher to Hollywood body art guru to addiction counselor, Smile Now, Cry Later is, ultimately, a testament to that spark within us all, that catalyst which gives us the strength to survive, transform, and transcend all that can destroy us.