Furry Porn? Tyga isn’t sorry for racy ‘Kyoto’ album cover

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Tyga‘s new album, Kyoto, has plenty of people raising their eyebrows.

The album cover features a sexually explicit image of a tiger-striped woman in front of the Japanese flag. It’s been dragged by fans and others for being, essentially, furry porn and for being disrespectful to the Japanese flag.

But Tyga told TMZ that it’s just art, and people should enjoy it for what it is.

“It’s lit,” Tyga said of the cover, adding, “It’s art.”

As for the accusations of disrespect for the Japanese flag, Tyga denied that it was even the flag.

“It’s not a flag, it’s a sun. It’s a rising sun,” he said.

Then, he went for the excuse that “the artist is Japanese,” referring to Hajime Sorayama.

“He’s a very well-known Japanese designer, so that’s why I did it with him,” he said.

As for the idea that it’s furry porn, he said, “I don’t even know what that is.”

“I love it [the cover]. It’s an art piece. It’s definitely an art piece.”

My new Album KYOTO drops FEB 16❤️ I been wanting to make this album for a while now but didn’t have the confidence and the story to express my true emotions.I thank all the love and support you have given me over the years. Thru my ups and downs,At My highest and my lowest points.Thru my brightest and darkest hours.This album is me opening my heart to you and I hope you enjoy it and love it as much as I do❤️ THANK YOU GOD ALWAYS . Thank You Hajime Sorayama for allowing me to share this experience with the world thru your creative art & my vision. #HajimeSorayama #KYOTO FEB 16 Pre order link in bio now.??

A post shared by Tyga / T-Raww (@kinggoldchains) on Jan 22, 2018 at 7:53am PST

Courting controversy

This isn’t the first time Tyga has come under fire for disrespectful or explicit material.

For example, in 2013, Harvard students petitioned to get a scheduled performance at the university cancelled because of Tyga’s “violently misogynistic lyrics.”

He also faced massive backlash after he broke up with Blac Chyna and hooked up with Kylie Jenner, who was just 17 at the time. In 2015, she appeared in a music video for his song “Stimulated” and the lyrics had people raising eyebrows.

“They say she young, I should’ve waited, she a big girl dawg, when she stimulated,” he raps in the song.

Even though Jenner was 18 by the time the music video was released, it still gave a lot of people the creeps.

And then, in 2016, 14-year-old Molly O’Malia accused Tyga of sending her “uncomfortable” messages on Instagram.

Basically, Tyga is used to people giving him the side eye.