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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’

As seen by Billboard, the letter instructs Drake to remove the track, Taylor Made Freestyle, within 24 hours, or face legal action. Drake’s embrace of the technology comes a year after an AI likeness of his voice, alongside one of the Weeknd, was used in a popular track called Heart on My Sleeve by producer Ghostwriter977. In March, the state of Tennessee passed the Ensuring Likeness, Voice, and Image Security (Elvis) Act which prohibits the use of AI to replicate an artist without their consent.

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