Estate of Tupac Shakur threatens legal action against Drake over AI diss track
by The Guardian
The Guardian— Drake used AI to simulate the voice of the late rapper and have him chide Kendrick Lamar, which the estate calls a ‘flagrant violation’The estate of the late Tupac Shakur has sent a cease and desist letter to Drake, following the release of a Drake track that uses an AI version of Shakur’s voice to lambast Kendrick Lamar.As seen by Billboard, the letter instructs Drake to remove the track, Taylor Made Freestyle, within 24 hours, or face legal action. Continue reading
Daily Mail—Drake TAKES DOWN Kendrick Lamar diss track after Tupac's estate threatened rapper with legal action for using AI to recreate late rap icon's voice. After taking down the track on his social media accounts on Friday, the rapper, 37, and his team are also reportedly working with Tupac's estate.
The A.V. Club—Tupac estate threatens Drake with legal action over A.I. voice on diss track. It was probably inevitable that, of all the really big names in rap and hip-hop, the first one who’d get seriously obnoxious with A.I was going to be Drake. (It was him or Kanye West, and West’s trajectory is so weird and out of step with modern tastes right now as to make the confluence unlikely). After all, A.I. is currently ubiquitous, deeply corny, and will probably conquer us all—so what better parallel for Drake’s music could there be? Now, though, the Canadian Degrassi alum finds himself...
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…