'Rasta strikes again!' The internet is tripping over his portraits of Beyoncé & Jay-Z
Someone said Bey and Jay must take Rasta back to America
Celebrity painter Lebani Sirenje, known to many as Rasta has got the social media streets talking again after pictures of a portrait he painted of Beyoncé and Jay-Z has gone viral.
Rasta was at the Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100 concert on Sunday where he painted the power couple.
Pictures of his drawing, which looks partially completed were shared on social media in the aftermath of the concert. The portrait also contains what may be a picture of Mandela in the background.
And Rasta strikes again... Beyonce and Jay Z 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🙏🙏🙏🙏 #GlobalCitizenFestivalSA #GlobalCitizen pic.twitter.com/uJtyUkE4ll
— Sir Makibinyane Mcdonald 👑 (@SavageGotze) December 2, 2018
Rasta has spoken out before about his frustration over people judging his work before it's finished, telling TshisaLIVE that people need to be aware that he also has feelings.
"I have been drawing for a long time, since my high school days and it's my passion something that I live for. What people don't understand is that painting is a process and it's not a fast process. There's a lot of steps that must be taken from the first sketch to the final product.
"The problem now is that the minute I sit down, someone takes a picture of my incomplete work and says to Twitter, 'Look at Rasta's painting!' but at that stage the picture is not done, so it doesn't look great because it isn't done. But Twitter doesn't care, they go ahead and judge anyway," Rasta said.
Of course that didn't stop tweeps from going in hard on poor Rasta, telling him to just chill on the drawings and not make the country look bad in front of the Carters.
Nanko ke u Rasta... this is supposed to be Jay-Z and Beyoncé 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/SNucu7UZXL
— Olwethu_Mdoda (@Olwethu_Mdoda) December 2, 2018
Beyonce's weave ngathi yi Ebony.....Rasta for you😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 https://t.co/HTFh7ufI2F
— MamKhawula's son 😂😂🔥 (@elton_newton) December 3, 2018
Rasta just after Beyonce and JayZ said "This Ain't Us!"😢😢#GlobalCitizenFestivalSA pic.twitter.com/j5tF4TrpHY
— maSAUCE💦 (@MrLue_SA) December 3, 2018
May someone take Rasta's painting equipment. He's drawing Beyoncé and Jay Z. 💔😭#GlobalCitizenFestivalSA pic.twitter.com/Iz1EGSxbi8
— Kagiso (@Kagiso_Mautla) December 2, 2018
Rasta just embarrassed us guys😓💀Beyoncé can't see this😐 #GlobalCitizenFestivalSA pic.twitter.com/gUUnrTz9Bf
— Bathandwa (@Bathandwa_Maya) December 2, 2018
Rasta is what we call a visual artists, if he wanted to make a carbon copy he would have used a camera to takes a picture of Beyonce and Jakes. pic.twitter.com/dehcOdexMc
— mbuyiselo (@mbuyiselodeyi) December 3, 2018
#GlobalCitizenFestivalSA
— Ayanda Dlamini (@imAyandaDlamini) December 2, 2018
HIBIRI...In the meantime while folks wait for Beyonce on YouTube..looks like mzansi artist Rasta has been busy.. pic.twitter.com/O2X9unjFup