Artist holds Yeezy to ransom



An Australian artist who painted a street mural of Kanye West passionately kissing Kanye West says he was urged by the singer to paint over it and will do so for $100000 (R1.5-million). Scott Marsh, the artist, said: "We all know that Kanye loves Kanye."Marsh has since released a print of the mural and has given West two weeks to buy one for R1.5-million.He said: "It's an open invitation to Kanye. If he buys that print then I'll paint over the mural."Marsh said while he had received an e-mail, purportedly from West's management, he was not convinced the e-mail was genuine.The 7m-tall image of West embracing himself, in the Sydney suburb of Chippendale, has made international headlines and was designed to sit opposite a large mural by a different artist showing Kim Kardashian naked. West's management has not commented.