After being sent a very guilt-inducing cease-and-desist, Drake has taken down his AI-generated diss track that deepfaked the voices of Tupac and Snoop Dogg.
"The Estate is deeply dismayed and disappointed by your unauthorized use of Tupac’s voice and personality," Shakur family attorney Howard King wrote in a letter to Graham. "Not only is the record a flagrant violation of Tupac’s publicity and the estate’s legal rights, it is also a blatant abuse of the legacy of one of the greatest hip-hop artists of all time."
If he didn't take it down, King said the Shakur estate would "pursue all legal remedies" to force him to do so — but it appears that the letter was enough to scare Drake straight.of the debacle, "Taylor Made" was hypocritical on several levels. Not only has its namesake Taylor Swift herself been the victim oflast year after someone used AI to make it sound like he was rapping the Ice Spice hit "Munch.
His label, UniversalMusicGroup, also took major umbrage to another song that used AI to spoof his voice, and went so far as toUnfortunately, we're likely to see a lot more of this kind of thing moving forward — but at least one of the people who was dragged into it against their will has a sense of humor about it.
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