The cover art for the single attracted controversy due to the featuring of Nick Knight's highly graphic 1997 photo of a skinned monkey and the song's music video attracted controversy because of its depiction of West burying alive comedian Pete Davidson, who was dating his ex-wife Kim Kardashian.

On January 12, 2022, in an Instagram video shared by designer Tracey Mills, West was seen talking to DJ Premier on FaceTime with the Game and fellow collaborators Pusha T and Mike Dean in the studio.

[5] The picture was originally taken by English photographer and frequent West collaborator Nick Knight in 1997 as part of his research for the War editorial for Big Magazine, which he described as "a study in physiology, form, philosophy, and death".

Speaking about the picture, Knight said in 2013: These corpses of skinned animals had nothing of life left in them, not even the most tiny speck or hint of their former beauty, majesty and purpose.

"[11] On March 9, 2022, a second music video with CGI-animated visuals was released, in which the skinned monkey from the singles cover art is depicted beating a 3D model of Davidson, whose face is blurred out.