Rasta’s Painting of Late Mpho Sebeng Causes a Stir on Social Media: “He’s Disrespecting the Dead”

Rasta’s Painting of Late Mpho Sebeng Causes a Stir on Social Media: “He’s Disrespecting the Dead”

  • Controversial painter Rasta recently caused a stir on social media with his recent drawing
  • Rasta painted a portrait of the late actor Mpho Sebeng, and the news and gossip page MDNews shared the picture of the painting
  • Many netizens were unimpressed with the popular artist's painting of the late actor
Rasta butchered the portrait of Mpho Sebeng
Rasta made a painting of the late Mpho Sebeng. Image: @officialrastatheartist, @mpho_sebeng
Source: Instagram

Rasta, the artist, has done it again, and this time around, he butchered the portrait of the late actor Mpho Sebeng.

Rasta's painting of Mpho Sebeng causes a stir on social media

South African artist Rasta has made headlines again on social media after drawing a portrait of the late singer and songwriter Zahara. Recently, the controversial painter caused a stir with his latest drawing of the late actor Mpho Sebeng.

Rasta, whose real name is Lebani Sirenje, paid tribute to the late Sebeng with a portrait that didn't resemble the deceased actor.

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The news and gossip page MDNews posted the picture of the portrait on their Twitter page and captioned it:

"Rasta painting Mpho Sebeng."

See the post below:

Fans unhappy with Rasta's portrait

Many netizens were unimpressed with the famous artist's painting of the late actor. See some of the comments below:

@Dingswayo_N said:

"Deport Rasta immediately..."

@Mfoka_Mlangeni wrote:

"Rasta will always do it in his own way."

@Giftmok90Mok responded:

"I wish i could pay him to stop drawing."

@NombuleloPS replied:

"We are giving this guy too much attention and I don't understand why because he's not talented."

@AdvMagadze commented:

"I'm totally convinced that he is doing all this on purpose, He know exactly what he is doing."

@StheMthimkhulu mentioned:

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"He's disrespecting the dead."

@sihle_ted responded:

"Someone needs to get the paintbrush off his hands."

@SKB_REAL_G replied:

"One thing about Rasta, He will show up no matter what."

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