A few years ago we wrote about George Condo. His tight relationship with Kanye West propelling his rise to fame and two years later, Condo’s still making West’s album covers, and memorable art. This time for “Cold” ( both “Theraflu” and ” Way too Cold” have been dropped).

Condo is one of the most prominent contemporary artist of this time. He works with various techniques from painting to printmaking, and created the genre of Artificial Realism, “The realistic representation of that which is artificial,” he says.

Recently his work has become increasingly more abstract, but in a different way than you might expect. He challenges the definition of abstract by including faces and bodies, but Condo himself does not use that term to describe his work, scared of the negative connotation it often carries.

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Now, I’m not sure who made this or where it came from, but one thing is for sure: this is one of the more impressive videos that I’ve seen in a while. The wardrobe, swag, and performance are on point and very ‘Ye-like. All I know is that if there’s visuals from Kanye for this song, it has to be 10x better, if this is what the fans are making.

The only question left is, which video was better? The “Theraflu” review or this unofficial video?

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Apparently someone did, in fact, tell PETA that Kanye‘s mink is draggin’ on the floor. The organization has responded to Yeezy’s line on his new single, Theraflu. In a statement made to XXL, PETA’s Senior VP, Dan Mathews, says “[Kanye’s] a great musician but doesn’t seem to have the fashion sense to design anything more than caveman costumes.”

Mathews goes on to say that “what’s draggin’ on the floor is Kanye’s reputation as a man with no empathy for animals or human beings.” Kanye’s camp has yet to respond.

In related news, Hit-Boy recently told MTV that “Theraflu” was meant for DJ Khaled‘s upcoming album. Kanye, however, felt the song was an “urgent record” and needed to be released immediately. Khaled notes that the two have more records together and at least one will appear on the DJ’s forthcoming album, Kiss the Ring. Watch the interview below.

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