Fans of the late Brooklyn drill artist shared their outrage online at cover art that was perceived to be sub-par.

The late Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke’s post-humous debut album ‘Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon’ is due to release this Friday 3 June.

Following the drill artist’s death, his team recruited Artistic Director of Luis Vuitton Menswear Virgil Abloh to execute the album’s cover art.

However, when the cover art was shared on instagram it was met with outrage from fans who claimed it was lazy and disrespectful to the late rapper.

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you were always shootings for the stars and aiming for the moon. everything we talked about is happening, the only thing is you’re not here in the flesh to see it all come together. you wanted Virgil to design your album cover and lead creative.. Virgil designed the album cover and led creative.. we love you and miss you more and more each day ❤️

A post shared by Steven VICTOR (@stevenvictor) on Jun 29, 2020 at 3:12pm PDT

A petition was launched to change the album artwork and currently has 18,000 signatures. Following the backlash from fans on social media Steven-San Victor responded stating that the late rapper would have listened to his fans and there would be a change made.

MAKING A CHANGE

— Steven-San Victor (@StevenVictor) June 30, 2020

POP WOULD LISTEN TO HIS FANS ❗️

— Steven-San Victor (@StevenVictor) June 30, 2020

‘Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon’ is set to be released on July 3.

Virgil has subsequently removed the images of the album artwork from his socials. It remains to be seen what will replace the current artwork.

Photography: Virgil Abloh – Katrina Wittkamp // Pop Smoke – Getty