It didn’t take long for her to become well-respected within the East Coast tattoo community. In 2010, Lattimore moved to the Big Apple, New York City. It was time for something bigger and better. However, though life as a budding tattoo artist was kicking off great for Lattimore, she wanted to take her talents elsewhere. She began working at a local tattoo shop, quickly gaining a great clientele for her premier work. While in grad school, tattoo artistry had become her newfound love. She furthered her knowledge, working towards a master’s degree in Business Administration. native definitely had the brains to match. Although she was known as a beauty, the N.C. After high school, she attended North Carolina A&T and graduated cum laude, attaining a bachelor’s degree in Business Management with a concentration in Visual Art. At a young age, Lattimore developed a passion for the world of art. To us, she’s just Dutchess, but, when it’s all said and done, she’s still Crystana Lattimore from a little town called Lincolnton, in North Carolina. Recently, I got a chance to hear a little more of the story of Dutchess Lattimore of Black Ink Crew. I like to think that everyone has a story, a story that not many will understand unless they’ve been a character in it themselves.

However, there are so many more layers waiting to be peeled back. When the cameras are off and the lights are out, who are these people, really? Do we really know? We’re just going off of what’s been compiled in an hour’s time. It’s an illusion of what is wanted to be portrayed as reality.

Frankly, we only see what is chosen to make the final cut for airtime we only see what they allow us to see.

I always say that most reality stars are misunderstood. Dutchess Lattimore Talks Her Relationship w/ Ceaser, Finding Her Happiness, & More

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