Tupac estate threatens Drake with legal action over A.I. voice on diss track
by The A.V. Club
The A.V. Club— 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...
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 Guardian—Estate of Tupac Shakur threatens legal action against Drake over AI diss track. 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
NBC4 Washington—Tupac's estate threatens to sue Drake over diss track using what appears to be late rapper's AI-generated voice. A lawyer for Tupac Shakur’s estate said “the estate would never have given its approval for this use.”