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Tupac’s estate threatens to sue Drake over dis track using what appears to be late rapper’s AI-generated voice

A lawyer for Tupac Shakur’s estate said “the estate would never have given its approval for this use.”

Tupac Shakur’s estate is threatening to sue Drake over his recent Kendrick Lamar dis track, calling what appears to be the use of an artificial intelligence-generated version of the late rapper’s voice a “blatant abuse” of his legacy. “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,” King wrote in the letter, which was first reported by Billboard. “Even more recently, no doubt with your approval and possibly even at your request, your record label took down a well-publicized AI imitation of you and the Weeknd with a great deal of news coverage highlighting how damaging the fake was to you,” King wrote.

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