Drake TAKES DOWN Kendrick Lamar diss track after Tupac’s estate threatened rapper with legal action for using AI to recreate late rap icon’s voice

Drake is settling Tupac’s estate after receiving a cease and desist order for using AI to recreate the late rapper’s voice in his Kendrick Lamar diss track, Taylor Made Freestyle.

After the 37-year-old rapper and his team removed the song from his social media accounts on Friday, they are also reportedly working with Tupac’s estate to remove the song from all other platforms online.

Drake provided no explanation for removing the song from his Instagram and X account, formerly known as Twitter.

According to TMZHis team and representatives were in direct contact with the late rap star’s estate on Wednesday and had several productive conversations.

This comes after lawyers for Tupac’s estate sent a letter to Drake for the “blatant violation” and for insulting Lamar, who they say was “a close friend of the estate” and “has publicly shown nothing but respect to Tupac and his legacy. privately.’

His team and representatives were in direct contact with the late rap star’s estate on Wednesday and had several productive conversations.

They also set a 24-hour deadline to remove the song and explain how the soundalike was created, including which recordings were used to recreate Tupac’s voice with AI.

The letter added that the estate was “deeply dismayed and disappointed” by the unauthorized use, as it was “a blatant misuse of the legacy of one of the greatest hip-hop artists of all time.”

Last week, Drake dropped Taylor Made Freestyle, which used artificial intelligence to clone the voices of both Tupac and Snoop Dogg in his second diss track against Lamar.

On Wednesday, the estate of the late rapper Drake sent a cease and desist order requesting that the song be removed. Rolling stone.

The letter, sent by attorney Howard King, gave Drake 24 hours to track down or they would take legal action against him.

The letter claimed that the estate would “never” have approved Tupac’s AI recreation.

Last week, Drake Taylor dropped Made Freestyle, which used artificial intelligence to clone the voices of both Tupac and Snoop Dogg in his second diss track against Lamar

He caused the outrage of Tupac’s estate and was given a ceast and desist letter for this

The letter claimed that the estate would “never” have approved of Tupac’s AI recreation; Tupac pictured in 1996

The song was released by Drake on Friday, but was dropped via a video on social media and not on streaming services.

If it had been released on streaming services, it could have earned royalties.

Despite this, the legal brief noted that the song continued to receive significant publicity and listens.

Adding to the outrage was the fact that the song was a diss track against “good friend of the Estate,” Kendrick Lamar.

“The unauthorized, equally appalling use of Tupac’s voice against Kendrick Lamar, a close friend of the Estate who has shown nothing but respect to Tupac and his legacy both publicly and privately, adds insult to injury,” the letter said.

‘That’s hard to believe [Tupac’s record label]’s intellectual property was not scraped to create the fake Tupac AI on the Record,” the letter continues.

King also insists that Drake provide an explanation for “how the sound-alike was created and the individuals or company who created it, including any recordings and other data that was ‘scraped’ or used.”

The letter also noted that the song may have violated publicity rights laws, provisions that “allow for the protection of a person’s likeness,” Rolling Stone reports.

The song was released by Drake on Friday, but was dropped via a video on social media, and not on streaming services; Drake pictured in 2022

Still, the outlet notes that the laws generally protect against the improper use of someone’s likeness rather than against AI problems.

In making his point that the song violated California’s publicity rights law, King stated that the song gives the “false impression that the estate and Tupac are promoting or endorsing the lyrics for the sound-alike.”

Drake’s previous efforts to prevent others from unlawfully using his likeness in the past were also addressed in the letter, which included the 2023 song that also used AI to recreate his voice, Heart on My Sleeve.

The letter claimed that the estate would “never” have approved of Tupac’s AI recreation; the deceased rapper depicted

The song is Drake’s second diss track against Lamar and was dropped on Instagram last week.

“Taylor Made Freestyle,” he captioned the post, adding, “While we wait for you I guess.”

Snoop humorously responded to the song on Instagram, saying to the camera, “They did what? When? How? Are you sure? Have a nice evening everyone.

‘Why is everyone calling my phone and blowing me up? What the f**k? What happened? What is happening? I’m going back to bed. Good night.’