its a pretty tattoo!!, i dont think it means that he's dead , i saw a few people
that had mj tattoos way before he was "dead" , one of them was kinda harsh ( it was mj and maculay culkin ) :x
but there were some nice ones also ....
also it dosen't say r.i.p on it !! ...i didnt get r.i.p on mine because i felt that he wasnt dead so there was no need for it!!