Zayn Malik is on the defensive following accusations online that his solo debut, Mind of Mine, album art is copying Lil Wayne‘s Tha Carter III and Tha Carter IV.
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All the albums all use photos of the musicians as children, adorned with their current-day tattoos. See the Mind of Mine art below:
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In response to those claiming that the Mind of Mine cover is a ripoff, Malik took to Twitter to say this is the artist embodiment of his album and his ideas have been with him for a long time.
I’m not tryna be no rapper , my album is me a child .. My ideas have been with me a long time,
— zayn (@zaynmalik) February 19, 2016
Use your brain, appreciate art don’t discriminate what you don’t understand
— zayn (@zaynmalik) February 19, 2016
And he retweeted this in support of his claims:
@zaynmalik true. a lot of artists use it for their own reasons https://t.co/tRziU4GpQ6
— cerise (@zaynhealy) February 19, 2016