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Kylie and Kendall Jenner Endure Well-Deserved Backlash for Their Latest Collection of Vintage-Inspired Tees

Posted byBy Arianna Herriott | Published on: | Updated on July 10, 2017 CommentsComments (0)

Kylie and Kendall Jenner are in hot water again for appropriating Black culture. The two sisters recently launched their new ‘vintage’ T-shirt line that includes shirts with their personal Instagram post plastered on top of legendary artists’ like Tupac and Biggie and bands’ album covers and faces.

Twitter went on a rampage with fans heated on how the Jenners had the audacity to launch this line, with a price tag of $125 no less.

https://twitter.com/youngsinick/status/880442252769857537

While the Kendall + Kylie line has received a great amount of backlash, the site is nearly sold out with two shirts only having a few left in stock. Not surprisingly however, the Jenner clan may not have cleared use of the photos with the respective estates. Biggie’s mother Voletta Wallace has made that much known with this scathing Instagram post.

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