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Kanye West and Pusha T have collaborated to create an album which has earned rave reviews, but it is the cover art of the record is sparking conversation.
West, who produced the entire ‘Daytona’ album, is said to have bought the cover art, a picture of Whitney Houston’s drug-covered bathroom, for $85, 000.
A crack pipe, pack of cigarettes, and white powder feature in the 2006 picture.
The image was released to the public following Houston’s death at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, in February 2012.
According to Pusha T, West changed the album cover last minute. The G.O.O.D Music president said: “He changed my artwork at 1 a.m. ’cause he wasn’t feeling it.”
The picture has drawn West condemnation by a section of Twitter, a pattern the rapper is now very much accustomed to.
https://twitter.com/PPathole/status/999902872732033026
Sorry, not sorry.
Kanye West is an ASSHOLE for the Pusha T album cover.
That photo is someone’s life tragedy you insensitive piece of shit.
— Persia (@PersiaNYC) May 25, 2018
https://twitter.com/globelamp/status/1000043612795682816
https://twitter.com/globelamp/status/1000047747326558208
But some have chosen to disregard the disturbing album art and focus on the “genius” of the super producer on Pusha T’s album.
https://twitter.com/officialdaddymo/status/999928225693294592
But didn't y'all say "Kanye West is canceled, he's trash, hes crazy, washed up" not so long ago? What's up with "Kanye is a genius" all of a sudden, after the Pusha T album drop? Y'all need to make up ya gad damn minds! #DAYTONA pic.twitter.com/u66X2LjEoz
— Dexter (@Leeds_IAM) May 25, 2018
Kanye West is a musical genius. The End.
— Mr. Lover Lover❤️🔥⚡️ (@Nu_Edison) May 25, 2018
Daytona was originally titled King Push. It is the follow-up to ‘King Push – Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude’, released in December 2015.
West and Rick Ross are the only featured rappers on the album.
