Lil Uzi Vert responds to accusations that he plagiarized his “That Way” cover art

thefader.com:

A Korean artist has claimed that the cover art for Lil Uzi Vert's new single "That Way" rips off a six-year-old painting they published online, as Genius points out. "My picture was posted on my blog six years ago," TaeTae (태태) wrote on Saturday, "and it is possible to use it for profile pictures or non-commercial purposes, but it is not allowed to use anything else.

Now I’m very embarrassed and don’t want to let this go.” Read Next: Lil Uzi Vert has the No.1 album in the country Lil Uzi's Instagram account "liked" the post and wrote a comment offering to pay the artist. “Hey I’m not a mean person or a thief I get inspired a lot,” the comment reads. “If you want Money I will have my team contact and give you Money.