Run The Jewels Launch 'Tag the Jewels' Street Art Project In Support Of 'RTJ2' [PHOTOS]

Last week Run The Jewels (Killer Mike and El-P) dropped their sophomore LP RTJ2, and now the duo has launched a global street art project in support of the album called "Tag the Jewels." They enlisted 30 artists across six continents to create and share their rendition of the album cover. The original cover was created by Nicholas Gazin and features one hand forming a gun with its fingers and the other hand clenched, handing over a hold necklace.

As Complex points out, Sepe, Sofies, Ox, Mila K, Low Bros, Dasic Fernandez, and Statik are among the artists involved in the project.

You can view the completed murals on the official "Tag The Jewels" Tumblr along with links to the artists' social media pages and an interactive map that shows the location of each piece.

In other RTJ news, the duo have committed to creating a project cat-sounds project called Meow The Jewels. After El-P and Killer Mike announced a number of ridiculous fake pre-order packages for RTJ2 — one of which offered a remixed version of RTJ2 "using nothing but cat sounds for music" — a determined fan decided he would make a Kickstarter to raise the $40,000 needed to purchase the package. The project was funded and is officially happening.

Check out some of our favorite "Tag the Jewels" pieces in the slideshow above, and let us know what you think in the comments section!

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Run The Jewels, El-P, Killer Mike