Kanye Called Out For Copying Work... Again 🤦‍♀️

Everyone's favourite controversial King, Kanye West, is under fire for copying another artist's work. According to Diet Prada - the Instagram account that exposes fashion's dirty laundry - the images used to promote Kanye's Yeezy 500 'Supermoon Yellow' line look extremely similar to a 2015 series of photographs by Rita Minissi, which “was inspired by dealing with personal trauma and a resulting desire to reconnect with her own body.”

As you can see below, the images are veeeeery similar. 

Another day, another Kanye rip. The just released Yeezy Season 6 campaign lensed by @elirusselllinnetz bears a striking similarity to this 2015 series by @thingspowerthemselves . It’s pretty messed up when you consider the original work by Rita Minissi explores identity and was inspired by dealing with personal trauma and a resulting desire to reconnect with her own body. Will Kanye own up to it this time, or will he be blaming others like he did with the Tony Spackman sketch not so long ago? Lol • #yeezy #kanye #kanyewest #ritaminissi #art #photography #model #pose #neutrals #sneakers #hypebeast #hypebae #snobshots #athleisure #leggings #bikeshorts #sweats #sweatshirt #wiwt #ootd #dietprada

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This isn't the first time Kanye has been accused of being a copycat. Yeezy was accused of copying Tony Spackman's sketches, an ex-Nike designer, however Kanye insisted a Yeezy employee gave him the sketches; the employee was subsequently fired and Spackman was praised by Kanye for his designs. 

Copycat or not, Kanye is back in the media, a place where he loves to be at the moment. In related news, read our review of his most recent album with Nas.

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