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Pop Smoke's Posthumous Album Cover Art to Be Changed Following Backlash

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stingy $50 donation to help bail out protesters outraged over George Floyd’s death, the designer and artistic director of Louis Vuitton’s men’s wear collection is now under attack for the design of the Pop Smoke’s posthumous album cover art that was released earlier this week.The cover art features a well-circulated photo of Pop Smoke, whose birth name is Bashar Jackson, with what appears to be silver roses surrounding him along with silver barbed wire.

Virgil, who has yet to respond to the backlash, posted the artwork for the debut album, Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon, to his Instagram account, writing in the caption, “This album cover was one of like 5 things we talked about.

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