A lot of blacks see ink as a status symbol. Kind of like gold teeth or Nikes. Fellow spooks might think he's a baller if he could afford that $200 worth of ink on his face.

Does Joel Osteen strike you as a phony who snorts coke off his blonde wife's tits before he hits the stage? His message is that if you are religious, you will become wealthy and successful. Sounds like a great business plan for him (not the desperate idiots who buy his bullshit).