Electronic musician Rabit says the artwork for Drake's new project Scary Hours is stolen, The Fader reports.
Rabit accused Drake and OVO of stealing the record's cover design from his 2015 MMXV Communion Tour poster, and posted a side-by-side comparison of Drake's design with his original design on Instagram.
"Today I wake up to see OVO has redone one of my 2015 tour posters designed by @collindfletcher for Drake's new single. Poor Collin is always having his style stolen????lol BUT I love being part of a team that's so creative and iconic," Rabit wrote in the caption. "Collin" refers to designer Collin Fletcher, who created the tour poster.
“This is a story that too many artists, musicians, and designers identify with,” Fletcher told Pitchfork. “Hopefully this results in a larger conversation about popular culture's relationship to underground artists.”
Scary Hours includes Drake's most recent tracks, "God's Plan" and "Diplomatic Immunity."
SCARY HOURS @Drake https://t.co/ZN6X50MEGu— OVO Sound (@OVOSound) January 20, 2018
A source "close to the situation" claims that the artwork was one of several offered to the label, and says OVO did not commission the piece. Drake and OVO have not yet released a statement on the matter.
