Usually, being the muse of an artist’s paintings is a coveted role. But that’s not how 50 Cent feels about Australian graffiti artist Lushsux’s depictions of him as different celebrities.
Over the past few weeks, Lushsux has been painting 50 Cent as different celebrities.
The famous graffiti artist painted 50 Cent as Donald Trump, Mao Zedong, Mike Pence, Post Malone, Tekashi 6ix9ine, and even Taylor Swift.
Lushsux posted the finished portraits to his Twitter account.
He comedically labeled his Mike Pence and 50 Cent hybrid portrait “50 Pence.”
Lushsux also shared a video of his process painting 50 Cent as Post Malone.
One of his first depictions of 50 Cent as a different public figure was with none other than Donald Trump.
50 Cent himself was not happy when he saw these paintings of him- the rapper and actor has taken to Twitter to respond to these ostentatious portrayals, and his reactions have ranged from wary to threatening.
“Alright he’s talented, but why the f*** he pick me,” read one of 50 Cent’s tweets.
“I’m a have a knot put right on his f****** head,” he threatened in a tweet about Lushsux’s Tekashi 6is9ine grafitti.
See 50 Cent’s reaction to the artist’s portrayal as him as Taylor Swift below.
Lushsux responded to 50 Cent’s complaints simply by retweeting them.
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