As the decision to remove transgender model Amanda Lepore from Travis Scott’s Astroworld album art continues to garner criticism, an explanation for the removal has been offered.
The explanation came via David LaChapelle, the famed photographer who shot the colorful cover.
LaChapelle explained what happened in the comments of his Instagram post of the album art. In his comment, he revealed that Lepore, who can be seen at the left of the original photo, simply “upstaged everyone.”
He added that the edit had “nothing to do with hating.”
Reps for Scott later revealed to TMZ that the Houston rapper wasn’t aware of Lepore’s removal. He reportedly wasn’t even aware of the original photo.
Lepore had questioned why she’d been removed from the image, but sent her love to LaChapelle and Scott, writing “A girl can’t help it!Too distracting for the eyes !Upstaged everyone in the photograph.”
Controversy aside, Travis Scott’s Astroworld album was released on Friday (August 3).
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this is such a garbage article… where’s the comment of him saying this anyways? why do i click on this trash.
Obvious thing to add right?
FAKE NEWS, white leftist elite corporate media projecting its feelz onto black culture.
Yo trannys ain’t Hip Hop. That shit had to go.
Doesn’t the actual cover have kids on it?
Lol we still talking about this dumb shit? His album is out now, ain’t NO ONE give a flying fuck about this tran not being on the cover. Going forward, trans are banned from hip-hop album covers. Sign my petition.
Travis Scott’s more of a bitch than the tranny he put on his album. No one gives a fuck that he doesn’t want a tranny on his album but this bullshit “s/he upstaged everyone” excuse just to please a few sjws is the biggest bitch move he could make. No one cares, hip hop’s been homophobic since it’s inception. Just fucking own it, this weasel cop out just makes Travis Scott look like the biggest f@990t of them all. Scott and that tranny have something in common, someone cut off their balls.
You sound more mad than the tranny! smh!
Not mad, just amazed they thought anyone would believe this shit. I do hate his music though so there is that.
Why was is there in the first place?
Even Travis Scott’s gay azz knew he couldn’t put no tranny on his cover
If you don’t want a tyranny on your cover whats wrong with that now he doing damage control, the hip hop world is control by sick people who are pushing a sick wicked agenda that’s why the entertainment world is about to crash and burn as we speak
Yeah right…hogwash.
I doubt they’ll crash and burn anytime soon but you’re right this is 100% the billionaire execs exerting their control over the genre and trying to force their narrative down everyone’s throats. I know we’ll never see anything like the golden or silver age of hip hop ever again but the fact that we’ve gotten to this point is just sad.
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