Machine Gun Kelly ditches “essentially copied” album artwork

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Last week, Machine Gun Kelly posted the artwork for his new album ‘Tickets To My Downfall’ online. Although he’s now been forced to ditch the hand-drawn album cover, as it turns out it was copied from someone else’s photo without permission.The rapper tweeted the artwork and tracklist for the album on Friday.

The striking similarity between it and a photograph posted on Instagram by actor Sen Mitsuji earlier this year was quickly pointed out.

The main differences being that the album artwork version is drawn and doesn’t feature a cigarette in the subject’s hand.Addressing the issue on Twitter yesterday, MGK wrote: “Found out that the album cover I released was essentially copied from a photo we do not own.