Zayn Malik Defends 'Mind of Mine' Album Artwork

Zayn Malik weaves his way through the crowd with some help outside the Warwick in Hollywood on Thursday night (February 18).

After getting criticism over his Mind of Mine album artwork, the 23-year-old “Pillowtalk” singer took to Twitter to defend it, after comparisons were stuck between it and Lil Wayne‘s Tha Carter IV.

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“I’m not tryna be no rapper, my album is me [as] a child. My ideas have been with me a long time,” Zayn wrote.

He added later, “”Use your brain, appreciate art don’t discriminate what you don’t understand.”