Strong punches and the taste in art, are things worlds apart but Tyson makes it sound so exciting. Let's dig in to know more about Mike Tyson's interests and his take on the masterpiece Mona Lisa.
'The Baddest Man on the Planet' has fine taste in art and in the latest episode of 'Hotboxin with Mike Tyson' he expressed a little more about his interest areas.
The former two-time heavyweight champion is a big art enthusiast and for the podcast, he was with the legendary rapper and producer Swizz Beatz and the co-host DJ Whoo. The trio discussed about the art masterpiece Mona Lisa in detail.
Mona Lisa is the famous and most talked about piece of art from the time of the Italian Renaissance. This piece was painted by Italian genius Leonardo da Vinci in oil on a white Lombardy poplar panel. The masterpiece was stolen multiple times and is currently kept at the Louvre Museum.
DJ Whoo asked Tyson about his reaction when he first saw the art piece Mona Lisa to which Tyson replied that he was already aware of multiple conspiracy theories.
He said, “no because I’ve heard many stories about the Mona Lisa as I was growing up as a kid and that’s um Michelangelo’s cousin or something and it’s just so many stories about the Mona Lisa it’s always conspiracy.”