Drake is in his emotions.
On Friday (April 14), the chart-topping artist took to Instagram to voice his opinion about AI-generated variations of his voice, notably a video that options him rapping Bronx artist Ice Spice’s “Munch.”
“That is the final straw,” he wrote on his story, together with a put up in regards to the AI clip. The pairing of Drake with Ice Spice is especially fascinating, given the rappers’ historical past. Whereas Drake was an early advocate of Ice Spice, born Isis Gaston, he unfollowed her on Instagram, one thing Gaston had no clarification for in interviews. Nonetheless, shortly after, he re-followed her.
Drake’s criticism comes after Common Music Group requested streaming companies together with Spotify and Apple Music to stop synthetic intelligence firms from accessing their copyrighted songs. AI firms would use the music to “practice” their machines, one thing that’s changing into a trigger for concern inside the music business.
In an electronic mail despatched to Spotify, Apple Music and different streaming platforms, UMG mentioned that it had change into conscious that sure AI companies had been educated on copyrighted music “with out acquiring the required consents” from those that personal the songs.
“We won’t hesitate to take steps to guard our rights and people of our artists,” UMG warned within the electronic mail, first obtained by the Monetary Occasions. Billboard confirmed the main points with sources on each side. Though there isn’t readability on what these steps could be or what streaming platforms can do to cease it, labels and artists alike appear aligned a couple of wanted change.
UMG later issued a press release relating to the e-mail despatched to DSPs. “We’ve got an ethical and industrial duty to our artists to work to stop the unauthorized use of their music and to cease platforms from ingesting content material that violates the rights of artists and different creators. We count on our platform companions will need to stop their companies from being utilized in ways in which hurt artists,” it learn.
Different AI covers making the rounds embody Rihanna singing Beyoncé’s “Cuff It,” which sounded comparatively plausible, except for a glitch throughout a melodic run.
Whereas the implications of synthetic intelligence poking its head into music may be scary for artists and labels alike, it’s onerous to not smirk at Drizzy rapping, “A– too fats, can’t slot in no denims.”
