After watching the newly released Lady Gaga video featuring Beyonce for the ‘500th time,' artist Yamino was inspired to stay up all night to draw a poster. She had no idea until seeing over 3,000 messages the next day that her poster would be an overnight success.
All it took was this tweet: "@ladygaga I drew a pic of you and Honey B today. I love you both
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Lady Gaga's Twitter Endorsement Made Artist Yaminor Famous
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