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That’s so meta!

Ryan Cabrera, pop rock singer and former Ashlee Simpson beau, got a tattoo of Ryan Gosling on his right leg, according to the New York Daily News.

Mr. Cabrera, with his perma-hedgehog-hair and noticeable lack of substantive career, was marginally famous for his early aughts single “On the Way Down,” and for dating comely ingenues of the reality show and pop music variety.

Lest you think Mr. Cabrera’s body-branding was merely some April Foolery jest, Mr. Cabrera actually exhibited some intentional thought in the choice to tattoo his leg.

The Gosling tat came from a casual game of “tattoo roulette” with his pals.

“We blindfold each other. ‘You get to pick a tattoo for me, and I get to pick a tattoo for you. And you don’t get to see it till they’re both done,’” he told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The man’s logic is flawless.

“I do show it off at the pool, though. I’m very proud of it. I consider it the Bentley of tattoos,” he said.

We think that Ryan Gosling, also known as the Platonic ideal of all Ryans, will be a wonderful addition to Mr. Cabrera’s body. Upon closer inspection, the tattoo artist completed a satisfactory realistic rendering of Mr. Gosling, albeit an Edwardian-era looking one.

Perhaps Mr. Cabrera’s new ink will ignite a trend of aspirational tattoos for fledgling singers, or at the very least give women a reason to steal coy glances and/or salivate at his right leg.

Chris Brown, pre-neck tat. (Getty Images)

Chris Brown is either going through an insane period of self-flagellation, or this is the worst September's Fools Day prank ever. New photos of the rapper emerged earlier today showing new neck ink that looks suspiciously like the 2009 photo of a badly-beaten Rihanna that was leaked to TMZ.

Is this the star's way of giving himself a scarlet letter for life?

While Mr. Brown is denying that the woman on his neck has any relation to his ex-girlfriend--whom he was convicted of committing felony assault against, forcing him to comply with a restraining order that was dropped in 2011--the new tattoo is fairly damming evidence to the contrary. Rihanna recently appeared on OWN for a sit-down conversation with Oprah, during which she opened up about her love for Chris Brown, saying:

"It was a weird, confusing space to be in. Because as angry as I was, as angry and hurt and betrayed, I just felt like he made that mistake because he needed help and who's going to help him? Nobody's going to say he needs help. Everybody's going to say he's a monster without looking at the source, and I was more concerned about him."

While Rihanna may have forgiven Mr. Brown, it may be that the singer has yet to forgive himself. Then again, can we pass any more judgement on him than he's passing on himself with permanent branding?