During the 2020 all star break, Tatum added a tattoo to his back, as seen in the above photo.
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In March 2019, A. Sherrod Blakely profiled Tatum for NBC Sports, focusing on the player's admiration for his father, Justin Tatum. The article quotes Tatum: “I always wanted to be like my dad so I always wanted to get tattoos." He goes on to say that his first tattoos "hurt so bad, I was like I’m never doing it again. But then I had a son so that was my next tattoo. I wanted something to compliment this leg. Then I got a picture of my mom.”
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At the same time as the profile mentioned above, Dave Green of NBC Sports shared two photos on his twitter account - one of the tattoo on Tatum's leg, showing his high school and college jerseys, and one of the photo used as inspiration for the design:
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As first reported by Nicole Yang on twitter, Tatum arrived for the Celtics January 2019 game against the Raptors with a new tattoo on his left calf. An NBC Sports profile published in March 2019 confirmed the design is a portrait of Tatum's mother, Brandy Cole.
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Just before the start of the 2018-19 season, Tatum posted photos of his new tattoos to instagram. On his right thigh is a tribute to his hometown, St. Louis. On his left thigh is a portrait of Tatum holding his son.
