The rapper previously spent $85,000 to license the image for Pusha T's 'Dayona album', which he produced.
- May 30, 2018
AceShowbiz - Whitney Houston estate officials are "extremely disappointed" with Kanye West over his use of the tragic singer's drug-den bathroom photo for the cover of Pusha T's new album.
The controversial rapper spent $85,000 (£64,000) to license an image of the How Will I Know singer's lavatory, which was covered with drug paraphernalia, for use on Pusha T's Dayona album, which Kanye produced.
The troubling snap, which was first published by the National Enquirer in 2006, drew ire from fans, prompting Houston's cousin, Damon Elliott, to speak out publicly in defence of his late relative after the album dropped last Friday, May 25, and now estate officials have chimed in to express their upset.
Houston died of accidental drowning and complications related to drug use in 2012.
album 1 PUSHA T DAYTONA dropping 2mrw pic.twitter.com/M1UPvax5fa
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) 24 May 2018
A representative tells ET Online estate executors are "extremely disappointed in Kanye's choice" to use the image from one of the darkest corners of the singer's drug addicted past.
"Even in Whitney's death, we see that no one is exempt from the harsh realities of the world," the statement continues.
