Spot the difference: artist claims that Kendrick Lamar plagiarised her work
25 February 2018 - 00:00
Liberian-British artist Lina Iris Viktor's name was in the news recently when she alleged that her work had been plagiarised in rap superstar Kendrick Lamar's latest video.
Imagery strikingly similar to a Viktor painting from her Constellation I series was used in the All the Stars video from the chart-topping Black Panther soundtrack.
But who is Lina Viktor? Born and raised in London to Liberian parents, she is a conceptual artist and painter based in New York...
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