Whosoever sees Robert Pho’s life now might wonder how perfect it is, but what they are unaware of is the struggles he faced along the way. He was born a few years prior to the Khmer Rouge rule of Cambodia and had to flee to France when he was merely two years old. Then he and his family moved to Los Angeles, California in 1980, where he had to face a lot of racism. Unfortunately, due to gang culture and other issues, he was facing a life sentence but the judge reduced it to 14 years and tried him as an adult, but he fought and got relieved in seven years. But while being in prison, he learned the art of tattooing and used this skill to survive. The first-ever tattoo he made was his gang’s name that too on his own knees and later on, he started earning in the prison by charging his other inmates around $60-$80 per tattoo.