Travis Scott sued by artist who claims his artwork was used without permission

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An artist is suing Travis Scott for hundreds of thousands of dollars for allegedly stealing his artwork and using it as the cover of his 2016 album La Flame.Mickaël Mehala, who is also known as Black Childish,filed a lawsuit in his home country of France over claims the rapper used art he made of the rapper as a centaur without permission, according toTMZ.Mehala alleges he created the artwork in 2015 and sent it to Scott to see and share with fans in 2016.

An artist is suing Travis Scott for hundreds of thousands of dollars for allegedly stealing his artwork for the cover of his 2016 album La Flame; pictured 2018 in MiamiBut Mehala claims Travis never responded to the message.

Later, he discovered the image was being used as the album cover for La Flame.The artist alleges he formally registered a copyright for the piece in February 2019, according to French legal documents acquired by TMZ.

Mehala claims he contacted Travis and his management team over the artwork but an attorney representing Scott did not get back to him until the summer of 2019.The lawyer allegedly told Mehala that Travis did not know he had used artwork that belonged to anyone specifically.