Drake deletes AI-generated Tupac track after Shakur’s estate threatened to sue
by Engadget
Engadget— Drake apparently learned it isn’t wise to mess with Tupac Shakur — even decades after his untimely death. Billboard first spotted that the Canadian hip-hop artist deleted the X (Twitter) post with his track “Taylor Made Freestyle,” which used an AI-generated recreation of Shakur’s voice to try to get under Kendrick Lamar’s skin. The takedown came after an attorney representing the late hip-hop legend threatened to sue the Canadian rapper for his “unauthorized” use of Tupac’s voice if he didn’t...
NBC News—Tupac’s estate threatens to sue Drake over diss track using what appears to be late rapper’s AI-generated voice. Tupac Shakur’s estate is threatening to sue Drake over his recent Kendrick Lamar diss track, calling what appears to be the use of an artificial intelligence-generated version of the late rapper’s voice a “blatant abuse” of his legacy. Drake released the track, “Taylor Made Freestyle,” on his Instagram page Friday, using AI software to generate verses emulating both Shakur and Snoop Dogg. In a cease-and-desist letter Wednesday, Howard King, an attorney who represents Shakur’s estate, requested...
TMZ—Tupac Shakur’s Estate Threatens to Sue Drake Over AI Vocals in Diss Track. Tupac Shakur's estate is laying down the law on Drake threatening to drag him to court for using an AI-generated version of the late rapper's voice for a diss track aimed at Kendrick Lamar. TMZ has obtained the cease-and-desist letter fired off…
The Independent—Tupac’s estate threatens to sue Drake over AI-generated vocals on Kendrick Lamar diss track. In a cease-and-desist letter, the estate says it would ‘never have given its approval’ for Drake to make the song