American singer Sheryl Crow shocked fans by calling out Drake after he used an AI-assisted 2Pac verse on his “Taylor Made Freestyle” diss track aimed at Kendrick Lamar.
BBC News spoke to Crow about the use of AI in the industry and she used Drake’s track as an example of the negative side of AI.
Drake just dropped a track called "Taylor Made Freestyle" on IG with AI verses from Tupac and Snoop Doggpic.twitter.com/rtELoS8Qs2
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“You cannot bring people back from the dead and believe that they would stand for that. I’m sure Drake thought, ‘Yeah, I shouldn’t do it, but I’ll say sorry later.’ But it’s already done, and people will find it even if he takes it down,” she sahred.
She continued: “It’s hateful. It is antithetical to the life force that exists in all of us.”
The song eventually taken down after Tupac Shakur’s estate threatened him with a lawsuit.
“AI can do lots of things, but it can’t go out and play live,” she added. “So as long as we have live music, as long as we have hands holding a paintbrush, all is not lost.”