Teardrop tattoo

Originally meant someone spent time in youth prisons (juvenile haul) in california, these people would get the tear drop tattoo signifying they have a long lengthy sentence and wouldn’t be able to get out soon which represents the tear drop as they wouldn’t see their families, the tattoo then got popularized by the likes of rappers like lil wayne and the game who then changed the meaning to they have lost loves ones, as the tattoo increased with popularity rumors of the tattoo have then been made that either someone has been raped in prison or they have convicted a murder (which in most cases could be true as someone who is spending a lengthy prison sentence for murder would get this tattoo to represent their time) however the rape rumor is false.