Street artist responsible for viral 50 Cent murals says he was attacked because of them

nme.com:

"The artist got [punched] in the [face] that wasn’t me i didn’t do that" Lushsux, the Melbourne street artist behind countless mural mashups of 50 Cent and other celebrities, claims he’s been hospitalised in an attack over his work.

Earlier this month, Lushsux’s murals attracted the ire of the rapper after he came across himself depicted as Taylor Swift, Donald Trump and Post Malone.

Yesterday (May 20), the rapper – real name Curtis Jackson – shared another; a mashup of him and Mike Tyson. Jackson captioned the image by writing “this guy need a ass whoopin bad, he still doing this shit”.

Shortly afterward, Lushsux shared a screenshot of Jackson’s post, alongside a photo from what seems to be a hospital bed, with a bloodied pillow, shoulder