Tupac Shakur’s Estate Threatens Drake With Legal Action, Gives The Rapper 24 Hours To Take Down “Taylor Made Freestyle”
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@HipHopWired— Source: L. Busacca / Getty / Tupac Shakur Drake’s clever attempt at a Kendrick Lamar diss record could land him in legal hot water. Spotted on HuffPost, the Estate of the late iconic rapper Tupac Shakur is threatening Drake with legal action for using an AI-generated voice of Shakur. The Estate is giving the Canadian Hip-Hop star 24 hours to take down his latest Kendrick Lamar diss track, “Taylor Made Freestyle.” The track features AI-generated voices of Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg urging their...
NBC News—Drake pulls 'Taylor Made Freestyle' after Tupac estate threatens action for apparent use of AI voice. Drake's diss track "Taylor Made Freestyle" has been removed from his X and Instagram accounts, days after Tupac Shakur's estate threatened to sue him for appearing to use an artificial intelligence-generated version of the late rapper’s voice. In a cease-and-desist letter sent on Wednesday, Howard King, an attorney who represents Shakur’s estate, requested that Drake remove the track from all platforms where it is publicly available. The letter warned that Drake’s nonconsensual use of Shakur’s...
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