Aitch picked things up shortly after the mural of the late Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis was painted over with advertisements. trying to make for his next debut album.
On Tuesday (August 16), the 22-year-old rapper shared a message that a mural inManchester's Northern Quarter was being painted over, and he noticed of his albums being promoted there.
"It has been revealed that the iconic Ian Curtis mural on Port Street has been painted over with my album artwork," he wrote Aitch. "This is the first time I've heard of this. Me and my team are getting this fixed proto."
"I don't want to insult a local hero like Ian.
Curtis was an English musician. He was the lead singer and lyricist for his band Joy Division post-punk, and recorded his two albums with this group, Unknown Pleasures and Closer. .
In 1980, Curtis committed suicide by hanging himself. he was 23 years old.
This mural on Port Street depicts a black-and-white portrait of the frontman of Stretford Joy Division and was first unveiled in 2020 by his graffiti artist Akse P19. I was.
This artwork was created to raise awareness for mental health and is based on a photograph of Curtis' performance in Brussels taken by Belgian photographer Philippe Carly in 1979 .
Regarding mural replacement, Akse P19 states:
"It doesn't take much common sense to understand that this mural should have been left for what it represented and meant."
Curtis' bandmate One Peter Hook also responded to his Aitch tweet, writing:
