Blueface says his relationship with Nevaeh Akira is over after an unusual tattoo controversy exposed what he described as a major lie she told him while he was incarcerated: the man's face tattooed on her leg was not Blueface at all.

It was NBA YoungBoy.

The situation erupted after footage surfaced showing Nevaeh having the portrait covered up by a tattoo artist. The video drew attention because Blueface had previously been led to believe that the large portrait on her leg depicted him.

Once questions began spreading online, Nevaeh acknowledged that the tattoo was actually a portrait of NBA YoungBoy.

That revelation quickly made its way back to Blueface.

The Los Angeles rapper responded publicly by declaring that he was finished with Nevaeh, turning what initially looked like another viral tattoo moment into a very public breakup dispute.

Blueface Says She Lied While He Was in Prison

The part that appeared to bother Blueface most was not simply that Nevaeh had another rapper tattooed on her body.

It was that, according to Blueface, she had specifically convinced him while he was incarcerated that the portrait was supposed to be his face.

Blueface had limited ability to independently verify what the tattoo actually looked like while behind bars, allowing the claim to apparently stand until after his release.

The tattoo itself eventually exposed the situation.

Nevaeh went to have the portrait covered, and her tattoo artist posted footage documenting the process online.

Social-media users began examining the original image and questioning whether the man depicted on her leg actually resembled Blueface.

The answer ultimately came from Nevaeh herself.

She admitted the tattoo was NBA YoungBoy.

That confession transformed the issue from speculation into a dispute between Blueface and the mother of his child over why she had misrepresented the tattoo to him.

Nevaeh Explains Why She Lied

Nevaeh did not deny misleading Blueface.

Instead, she attempted to explain why she did it.

According to her account, the NBA YoungBoy portrait existed before her current relationship with Blueface, and when Blueface questioned her about it while he was incarcerated, she chose to tell him that it was a tattoo of him rather than admit whose face was actually on her leg.

That explanation did little to calm the situation.

Blueface publicly accused her of lying directly to him and indicated that the revelation was enough for him to end their relationship.

The episode quickly spread across hip-hop social media because of how unusual the deception was.

Celebrity tattoo controversies are nothing new, particularly when relationships are involved. But convincing someone that an existing portrait of an entirely different famous rapper was actually a portrait of them created a situation almost tailor-made for the internet.

The fact that the other rapper was NBA YoungBoy only amplified the reaction.

Tattoo Artist Accidentally Exposes the Secret

The tattoo artist's role in exposing the situation appears to have been accidental.

Nevaeh had gone in to have the portrait covered.

By documenting the cover-up process, however, the artist gave social-media users a clearer look at the original tattoo.

Instead of making the old portrait disappear quietly, the cover-up effectively introduced it to a much larger audience.

Questions followed.

Nevaeh then acknowledged who the portrait actually represented.

The sequence created an almost immediate chain reaction: tattoo footage surfaced, viewers identified the apparent discrepancy, Nevaeh admitted the portrait was YoungBoy and Blueface publicly announced he was done with the relationship.

Another Public Chapter in Blueface’s Relationship Drama

The dispute adds another complicated chapter to Blueface's already highly public personal life.

His relationships have frequently unfolded in front of social-media audiences, with arguments, breakups and reconciliations becoming nearly as visible as his music.

Nevaeh became more prominent in Blueface's life during his incarceration and is the mother of one of his children.

That history makes the tattoo revelation more consequential than a random viral joke.

Blueface says she knowingly maintained the lie while he was incarcerated and unable to see the tattoo clearly for himself.

Nevaeh has admitted the portrait was NBA YoungBoy.

And now that the truth is public, Blueface says he's walking away.

Whether the breakup ultimately sticks remains to be seen given the rapper's history of complicated public relationships.

But at least for now, Blueface has made his position clear.

The NBA YoungBoy tattoo wasn't his face—and finding out appears to have been enough for him to call the relationship off.