Kendall And Kylie Jenner Pull T-Shirt Line After Legal Threats

Kendall and Kylie Jenner have cancelled a line of T-shirts featuring their faces superimposed over images of famed music artists including The Doors, Pink Floyd, Ozzy Osbourne and late great rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G.

The T-shirts, which retailed for $125, were pulled from sale one day after the launch after facing criticism from relatives of the artists, and cease and desist letters over unauthorised use of the images, The Guardian reports.

"I am not sure who told @kyliejenner and @kendalljenner that they had the right to do this. The disrespect of these girls to not even reach out to me or anyone connected to the estate baffles me. I have no idea why they feel they can exploit the deaths of 2pac and my son Christopher to sell a T-shirt. This is disrespectful, disgusting, and exploitation at its worst!!!" Wallace wrote in her Instagram post.

Sharon Osbourne, the wife of Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne, shared her views on Twitter: "Girls, you haven't earned the right to put your face with musical icons. Stick to what you know … lip gloss."

The Jenners released the following statement in response to the backlash: "These designs were not well thought out and we deeply apologise to anyone that has been upset and/or offended, especially to the families of the artists.”

"We are huge fans of their music and it was not our intention to disrespect these cultural icons in anyway," they added.

This is not the first ill-advised business move the Jenners have received backlash for this year. In April, Pepsi withdrew and apologised for an ad which showed Kendall Jenner attending a protest and handing a can of the fizzy drink to one of the policemen controlling the march. The imagery came under fire for drawing on the protests of the Black Lives Matter movement.