Lil Uzi Vert Thread - "Pink Tape" Out June 30th!

Uzi previously changed his Instagram avatar to a picture of Marshall Applewhite, the leader of the infamous Heaven’s Gate cult, and the Eternal Atake cover art emulates the group’s artwork:

Heaven’s Gate was a UFO-based religious cult in San Diego, which believed that the Hale–Bopp comet was accompanied by a spaceship that would bring their souls to “another level of existence above human.” Applewhite and 38 of his followers committed ritual suicide in 1997 as the comet passed earth, drawing intense media coverage. In addition to the Jonestown Massacre, the Heaven’s Gate incident remains one of the most infamous examples of mass suicide in modern American history.

As Gizmodo explained in a 2014 investigative article, two surviving former Heaven’s Gate members maintain the group’s website. In an email statement to Genius, they denounced Uzi’s use of their artwork. “He is using and adapting our copyrights and trademarks without our permission and the infringement will be taken up with our attorneys. This is not fair use or parody, it it a direct and clear infringement,” the Heaven’s Gate rep told Genius.

https://genius.com/a/lil-uzi-vert-s...rt-references-the-infamous-heaven-s-gate-cult
 
**** is fire
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