The internet is buzzing around Kanye West again after Pusha-T, one of the rappers under his G.O.O.D Music label revealed the artwork for his new album, Daytona.
The artwork is an edited photo of Whitney Houston‘s Atlanta bathroom from 2006 which shows drug paraphernalia spread across the counter.
According to Rap Up, Kanye West reportedly paid $85,000 for the photo making a last minute change to the Daytona artwork. As Pusha-T himself told Angie Martinez, “He changed my artwork at 1 a.m. ’cause he wasn’t feeling it.” He went on to say he loves it and did not want to pay for it at first but Kanye forked out the money from his own pocket.
See some reactions below:
Let me take this opportunity to say that Whitney Elizabeth Houston deserves nothing but respect. That’s something that wasn’t afforded to her in life so it’s the least we can do for her now. RIP Whitney
Looks like @kanyewest is using Whitney Houston’s bathroom photo (full of drugs) as Pusha T album cover. Do you find this disrespectful? pic.twitter.com/TGPF1GdNVn
I’m a huge Kanye fan but come on .... how am I supposed to feel right supporting an album with this as a cover
Some might say, this is his way of connecting his state of mind, his state of affairs and his life, projecting it onto that photo, as an embodiment, an emblem, a totem, even. And we find ourselves staring at pain, at struggle, at anguish, why is this necessary? How does it help?
To use a successful Black woman's private space as a tool for his own means, only serves to reiterate Booker T Washington's words in my mind. Question: if all you seem to promote, purport & benefit off of is black pain&struggle for profit, who are you really making your art for?
A final inquiry, for I am so bloody sick & tired of this shit: why do Black men feel licensed to use Black women (our lives & our images) in ways that only serve to degrade & demean not only Black women, but our community as a whole. Fuck being "really real" what are you saying?
Bc as far as I am concerned, I am tired of being tired, of holding brothas, and CERTAINLY exhausted with a man who thinks it is OK to exploit the legacy of a woman who has done more for the culture than he can even imagine. In his attempt to reduce her, he reduces himself.
What are your thoughts on this?
Source: BellaNaija
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