Album Cover Makeovers

Wiz Khalifa’s album cover look has gone from Snoop Dogg to Andre 3000 in the course of one release. His 2011 debut, Rolling Papers, features a headshot of the Pittsburgh native with a green hue backdrop, sunglasses, and lots of smoke. Trade that for 2012’s O.N.I.C.’s leopard print fur coat, red-striped baseball pants and a chest full of body art. Wiz said he was surprised the Jimi Hendrix-inspired album cover has been criticized. “I thought they ... more 

Wiz Khalifa’s album cover look has gone from Snoop Dogg to Andre 3000 in the course of one release. His 2011 debut, Rolling Papers, features a headshot of the Pittsburgh native with a green hue backdrop, sunglasses, and lots of smoke. Trade that for 2012’s O.N.I.C.’s leopard print fur coat, red-striped baseball pants and a chest full of body art. Wiz said he was surprised the Jimi Hendrix-inspired album cover has been criticized. “I thought they would be like, ‘Yo, this is the craziest cover, this is the best sh-t I’ve ever seen in my life.’” less