By Breaking Celebrity News Staff

Chris Brown's sporting a new tattoo -- on his neck -- and there's wide scuttlebutt that the presumably painful ink is an image of Rihanna.

The neck art is that of a woman whose face is busted and bruised, dredging up painful memories of Brown's infamous February 2009 beating of his then-girlfriend.

The singers shared a well-publicized kiss at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards Thursday, fueling more speculation about their current relationship.