Skepta – “Gas Me Up (Diligent)”

Skepta stirred up major controversy with the original artwork for his new single “Gas Me Up (Diligent).” The mood board for the British rapper’s upcoming album Knife And Fork supposedly draws from the football-centric skinhead culture of the 1980s, which led to artwork featuring the title tattooed onto the back of one bald head among many. This image understandably reminded many people of a Holocaust gas chamber, especially given the song title, and major backlash ensued. Skepta has sin...

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