Taylor Swift mock memorial defaced with Harambe the gorilla epitaph

The mural was created to commemorate the 'death' of Swift's career
Vandalised: Taylor Swift has been defaced
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Emma Powell21 July 2016
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A giant mural set up to commemorate the ‘death’ of Taylor Swift’s career has been defaced.

The wall art, which was created by iconic graffiti artist Lushsux – featured Swift’s face next to the epitaph: “In loving memory of Taylor Smith 1989-2016.”

It was painted after the Blank Space singer became embroiled in a public spat with Kim Kardashian and Kanye West over his new single, Famous.

But someone has painted over Swift’s face with a Spongebob character and changed the epitaph to: “In loving memory of Harambe 1988-2016.”

Harambe the gorilla was shot at Cincinnati Zoo after a child climbed into the enclosure.

Lushsux said he is not upset with the defacing and found the new painting “pretty funny”.

Speaking to Buzzfeed he said: “It’s expected that someone will destroy anything you do. He’s in my prayers”.

The mock memorial’s new look comes a day after Swift’s Wikipedia page was vandalised.

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Hackers changed her name to “Taylor ‘People Will Side With Me If I Sue Kayne, Won't They’ Alison Swift” and switched her bio to read: “Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter fraud that got dragged to the grave by successful businesswoman Kim Kardashian.”

The changes have since been removed.

Swift faced a backlash after she denied that West asked her to approve the lyric “I made that b**** famous” before releasing Famous.

Kardashian hit back by posting a video of her husband on the phone with Swift which appeared to show the singer granting permission.

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