The first thing you notice about when you look at him is the amount ink he’s got on his face. When he first broke out as a rapper with “White Iverson,” Malone’s visage was relatively clean but, in the years following, he’s been getting tons face tattoos to decorate his look, . The hitmaker revealed in a new interview that the reason why he keeps on getting new ones is likely because the way he feels about himself.

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“I’m a ugly-ass motherfucker,” says Post Malone in a new cover story with GQ before elaborating on why he believes his face tattoos form some sort shield between himself and the way he’s seen in public. “It does maybe come from a place insecurity, to where I don’t like how I look, so I’m going to put something cool on there so I can look at myself and say, ‘You look cool, kid,’ and have a modicum self-confidence, when it comes to my appearance.”

In the last several months, Post Malone has added a couple new tattoos to his face, . What do you think he’ll get next?