Rihanna Music Video Director Accused of Stealing Ideas from David LaChapelle

A big week for plagiarism allegations, apparently. First, there was our report on The Art Guys saying director Morgan Spurlock had stolen several of their ideas from a project they’d put together in the late 90s. Now the shift is a brewing controversy between a music video and a famous photographer. Found by way of ArtInfo (who were very kind to talk about our Art Guys/Spurlock story), the internet is still awash in talk that the music video for singer Rihanna, directed by Melina Matsoukas, has

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