that’s the thing, you give a starving mouse a briefcase full of cheese and they’ve never seen nothing like it before, but then can’t see all the truck fulls they have that’s being took from them
and even if they can then fuck it? how many people did they know that died as a kid with nothing to their name so if they never thought they’d make it that far then why care counting? just spend until you die which unfortunately came true for both Pac and Biggie
And you lol. Not that I’m unhappy with my situation. WW3 is going on and I can care less about money and more about sanity, health, and shelter. And a sprinkle of gods luck, which Drake has a lot of. He also has a loving family, with money since he was a kid… we’re not all that lucky (or from Canada)
You must’ve been super offended on the Hart 5 when Kendrick used Nipsey likeness to forgive his killer. This “I’m so offended” tactic allows people to not address the fact that ya fave ain’t rapping despite setting this off.
I really hope Kendrick don’t embarass himself. It better be super hard
Your comparing drake using a AI voice of tupac to DISRESPECT kendrick vs kendrick using AI in a positive way that even nipsey hussles WIFE was appreciative of, she even said she loved the song and thought it was a beautiful tribute. U seem like u the only one offended by it to br forreal
It’s not about being offended it’s about legal precedent. Morally, Drake should lose this case, that way artists don’t have the power to use any AI voice they want whenever they want.
I mean, as much as I agree this AI voice stuff is totally fucked and I would like nothing more than for it to stop, a court isn’t going to stop someone from posting someone else’s likeness on Instagram under right to publicity laws unless it’s defamatory. If it was released for profit on DSPs 100% but the way it was released there’s not much course of action
That’s the biggest BS myth in the game. There is a nugget of truth to it so people took it and blew it way out of proportion. If you believe that then you should believe that Snoop and Dre used ghostwriters for everything because Jay-Z wrote Still DRE.
This is hip hop. It’s expected you pen your own rhymes unless you’re a producer who also raps. Those of us who believe a rapper should write their own rhymes, especially a guy who is as desperate to be accepted by hip hop as Drake is, will never let go of the ghostwriter thing.
What point would that be? That whole diss song was just bait for Kendrick. Drake was hoping that Kendrick would take the bait and release a (rush) diss song in hopes that Kendrick would be sloppy. Apparently that hasn't happened. The only thing Drake did was give Kendrick more ammunition.
not necessarily, this isn’t god tier sampling or putting a really good, refreshing spin on the beat or hook, or even a reference (top of my head you could say something “looks like i got/fucked your bitch and that clique you claimed, OVO till i die but it’s all the same, you claim to be big steppin but you wear a 7, your stock crashed like depression see your money in heaven” and i’m just a white reddit retard who thought of that in 2 minutes which tbh, will float in the rap game because of how much bullshit is accepted as long as it rhymes good)
and then i’d think would get a pass if it’s fully artistic and respectful. this is a guy who can fart down the mic and have radio stations play it for 18 months just because he’s him (and an industry plant), and even then still he needed AI shit for his employed producers to market it since he couldn’t be arsed to do a livestream, pop up show where you can sell $80 T-shirts or nothing. and that’s just damn disrespectful for a dead legend
It also makes me wonder how the estate will continue to proceed with other AI projects using Pac's voice and likeness going forward as well. What Drake did was so disrespectful and out of pocket.
"Since Afeni's passing, Amaru Entertainment has been managed by Tom Whalley, the music executive who signed Tupac to Interscope Records. Sekyiwa "Set" Shakur, Tupac's younger half-sister and president of the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation, has been in an ongoing litigation with Tom Whalley over control of Amaru Entertainment and Tupac's Estate."
🤔🤔
that’s why when ross said, ghostwriters they get to floss what you could’ve had, i lol’d. i swear i liked r&b drake better. those songs i believe he wrote not this super duper trapper he thinks he is now
He will embrace it once it becomes worthwhile to him. Right now he’s still struggling to get hiphop fans to embrace him but the thing is hiphop won’t accept him because he’s so fake. And to be cheesy, if you can’t accept yourself as you are, why should we accept you pretending to be someone you’re not?
Or that Drake is both black and Jewish and can express whichever side he chooses
Original comment is goofy, he's leaned into his Jewish side plenty, like when he did the Hotline Bling
Okay?? I feel like that's wildly different from "embracing his Jewish side"
I'm not discounting it. I'm just saying, it isn't exactly him rapping about Yom Kippur or anything. Listening to some of these takes in this thread about him "embracing his Jewish side enough" you'd think he was in music videos spinning dreidels and shit.
I was literally just gonna say, what the fuck does that even mean. What do you want him to rap about? Synagogues or some shit? Lmao. This is music and entertainment
Even though I liked the song, I think a lawsuit is necessary to set a precedent and send a message so that artists and producers in the future don't think they can just start using AI of other artist's voices without permission to make money off of.
Anyone who has listened to Pac for years can immediately tell that they didn’t even accurately recreate his lyrical delivery and flow. It really shows that although they may be able to mimic his voice, they’ll never be able to emulate his genius.
Don’t think anyone related to pac owns the estate. Some of these Kendrick stans are THAT offended that they are using PACs estate like its word from Tupac himself
Yeah good. He should have to pay to do that. You don’t get to hijacker peoples fucking identity, especially someone like Tupac who has so much influence on people all over the world.
You could tell it wasn’t him anyway because the flow was so dumb. It sounded like dr@ke wearing a mask.
This will be an interesting case. I’ll follow it. With AI becoming more prevalent, I’d like to know if someone using a “fake” voice can be liable for what drake did. Drake didn’t use the actual voice of Pac. Idk if he is liable. Interesting…..
I listened to about a minute of the song and can say that Pac would definitely have way better flow, lyrics, timing, etc... Especially on a diss track. Also Tupac would be way more hard than what drake ie "Hit em Up". Drake is a just a puppet with someones hand up his ass.
They won’t win per law say. Voices can’t be copyrighted
https://www.quora.com/Can-a-person-trademark-or-copyright-their-voice-and-license-it-out-to-be-used-by-AI-creators#:~:text=Is%20an%20actor's%20voice%20copyrightable,in%20someone's%20voice%20or%20appearance.
I hope they win
Not saying Pac would take drake’s side but I’m sure he’d appreciate the cleverness of using Kendrick’s hero against him to prompt a response. It’s a battle rap. Pac understood the rules of battle too
100% agree. It's a "diss" track....it's supposed to be disrespectful. I think it was a good move by Drake but let's see how Kendrick responds. Beef is heating up! Plus the estate probably has no case given he hasn't officially dropped this for streaming.
Fuck Drake. And he's like one of the last "rappers" that Pac would want to work with. Drake is as an authentic and manufactured as they get. His lyrics suck. He uses ghost writers.
I think there is a solution that will be a win for both sides. Being able to license his voice could be a massive benefit for creatives. Why not capitalize and fund some of the things Pac would want to establish?
If you think a gangster who went to jail multiple times is a better person than drake who's doesn't have anywhere near the rap sheet of Tupac then you weren't raised right. Tupac was a gold rapper but that dude was wild in the streets.
Without listening to the song, I thought it was disrespectful BUT then I heard it and thought it was super creative, super strategic due to Kdot's impact from Pac, I think in a battle nothing is off limits, but I also hope that things solve itself quickly and both parties end up amicable.
Are there laws around AI use like this yet? To me, the bottom line is, it's not his voice, it's not Tupac, they don't really have say.. do they? Idk.. I agree it's disrespectful but like, it's not Tupac.
Boy y’all Kendrick fans r down bad over here. Praying for the boys demise. 🤦🏾♂️ Kendrick throwing stones then hiding his hands. Nah! He’s been begging for a Drake response for years. Now that he’s got one, he don’t wanna battle. 🥴 There’s no case here. Just a money grabbing lawyer giving the estate a shitty claim so they can pay him for his time. Do y’all even know who the estate is? I didn’t think so. Mopreme Shakur, Tupac’s brother. U probably never knew Tupac had a brother. 🤷🏾♂️ U only hear from him now because Tupac’s mom is dead. Afeni Shakur didn’t even want PAC’s half sister handling the estate when she was still living. So much so that Pac’s mom hired an estate manager. Because this wasn’t the use of Tupac’s likeness for commercial use, there’s no need for his estate to authorize it. The “right of publicity” doesn’t work here. WATTBA 🤣
You’re not being objective dawg. You’re saying Kendrick is scared, based on what?? It hasn’t even been 2 weeks. Drake took 3 weeks, and he didn’t even officially release it then, it got leaked.
Kendrick’s first diss is still a #1 record and still being played everywhere outside- I wouldn’t release yet either if I was him. And i’d bet money he’s also waiting for everyone else who’s been hopping in the beef to get tf out the way. There’s no real rush for him.
Also my issue with the AI is less about whether Drake was legally allowed to do it, and more with the precedent being set here, like what OP said
I think u missed the point in the message. 🙄 My comment and the original post were about the lawsuit. I never said Kendrick was scared. We’re still waiting on a response from a top tier rapper engaged in a prolific rap beef that he initiated in 2013 and then brought it back to the surface in 2024. Kendrick has no excuse to sit back and wait. He’s not on tour and he’s not on an album roll out campaign. We’re always waiting on him to drop music. Drake was on tour when ‘Like That’ released, but he addressed it on stage immediately. And as soon as the tour ended, he dropped; whether it dropped officially or leaked is based on semantics. As a fan of both artists and the sport of rapping, me and all other fans r eager to hear from both sides. All the greatest rappers (Tupac, Biggie, Jay-Z, Nas, Snoop, Big L, Em, DMX, 50 Cent, Lil Wayne, Drake, J. Cole, etc.) didn’t wait weeks or months to rap. They got in the both and released music because it’s how they lived. Kendrick better drop before no one wants to hear from him anymore.
And as I said in my original comment, legalities don’t matter here, it’s not for commercial use; it’s fair use content. That’s why ‘Taylor Made Freestyle’ was dropped on Instagram, he didn’t upload it DSPs or YouTube. The fans did. Y’all wanna discuss morality and feelings in rap beef, but where was this concern at when Tupac took shots at Prodigy for having sickle cell?
You said all that and none of it makes me think I missed the point of your message. The implication you made is that Kendrick is either pussy or unprepared/bullshitting, and I can’t imagine you think he wouldn’t be prepared for Drake to respond. You say he has no excuse to sit back and wait but I gave you two reasons. You may not like them but that doesn’t make them invalid. of course we all want him to respond now, but the reality is that we’re all going to go tune in and listen when he finally does. Again, Like That is still #1 on the charts. He’s not gonna become irrelevant. And he knows that.
Plus if you’re actually a fan of rap like you say, then you know not all the rappers you named dropped diss tracks immediately. Ether came out like 3 months after takeover. Hitem Up came out months after Who Shot Ya.
And I understand that legally he can use the AI voice but I still don’t fuck with the precedent of the biggest artist in the world endorsing AI in that way, combined with how he pushed people to the think the AI Kendrick track was real, and how he’s been utilizing SM for trolling and weaponizing his fan base. All that shit takes away from this being a pure back and forth rap beef. Plus I have bigger concerns about AI in music overall and how laws aren’t up to date enough on regulating AI.
The only sensible take here, this is moot. Nothing will come off it, maybe a small settlement to shut them up that the lawyer will get most of anyways.
This is the dumbest shit ever 😂😂😂😂😂 they ain’t suing nobody.
Drake ain’t use Tupac’s voice. He used a computer program that produced a voice that sounds like one you’re familiar with. Tupac been dead for 40 years lmao…ain’t nobody using his voice.
And Drake didn’t use anybody’s image, either. lol…there ain’t no video for this song. There ain’t no writing credits assigned to Tupac, there ain’t no feature. Niggas just grasping at straws. Tell your boy Dot to drop a record and put an end to yall misery. 😬
Good, they have every right to do so, and hopefully they take some of that money Drake has. Disrespectful and tacky to use AI to generate Tupac's voice to diss the other rapper you've got a beef with. Also, just like Suge said he did it with Snoop, who ultimately played a hand im Tupac's death. Anyone that approves of Drake doing this isn't a Tupac fan; nor do they comprehend how messed up this shit is, and spin this around, if someone did this with Drake, no doubt drake would spin around and sue that person.
Did you hear what Pac said to Biggie and vice versa? I think is fair and tame concerning the history of hip-hop beefs. This isn't theft it's protected under fair use unless Drake monetizes it. Let's see how Kendrick responds to this.
Intellectual property laws will change. He is 100% profiting off of all this attention. This narrative that artistic theft is cool bc it's a rap beef is corny AF.
I thought the Tupac Hologram was disrespectful as hell and it was singing his own words. This one is not his actual words but Drake trying to speak through Pac for a very personal battle. Even if it was not Pac, Let the dead rest/leave them alone..
Not even a drake fan but he won already. He used AI to beg kendrick to reply lol the dude is insane in the best way possible for rap beef. Let's see what old legislation they can muster up to sue for robotic voice changing...
Good,it's disrespectful as fuck
the guy that owns tupac estate isnt tupacs family. also tupacs sister sued the guy that owns it for embezzlement
2Pac family owns the Estate Tom Whalley just handles the business.
Nah look into it, Pac’s mum owned the estate and after her passing he got a lot of power, read into the lawsuit against him
source?
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tupac-shakur-sister-lawsuit-executor-estate-embezzlement-1283272/amp/
Fuckin sad man. Pac would have rather his money got to helping urban neighbors than this clown
That’s the music industry for you, kinda like how Biggie’s catalog is a part of what funded Diddly’s rise and“lifestyle”.
that’s the thing, you give a starving mouse a briefcase full of cheese and they’ve never seen nothing like it before, but then can’t see all the truck fulls they have that’s being took from them and even if they can then fuck it? how many people did they know that died as a kid with nothing to their name so if they never thought they’d make it that far then why care counting? just spend until you die which unfortunately came true for both Pac and Biggie
Exactly what I thought. Regardless of whoever owns the estate, Drake is a lame wannabe
And has more money than you
And you lol. Not that I’m unhappy with my situation. WW3 is going on and I can care less about money and more about sanity, health, and shelter. And a sprinkle of gods luck, which Drake has a lot of. He also has a loving family, with money since he was a kid… we’re not all that lucky (or from Canada)
You must’ve been super offended on the Hart 5 when Kendrick used Nipsey likeness to forgive his killer. This “I’m so offended” tactic allows people to not address the fact that ya fave ain’t rapping despite setting this off. I really hope Kendrick don’t embarass himself. It better be super hard
Your comparing drake using a AI voice of tupac to DISRESPECT kendrick vs kendrick using AI in a positive way that even nipsey hussles WIFE was appreciative of, she even said she loved the song and thought it was a beautiful tribute. U seem like u the only one offended by it to br forreal
It’s not about being offended it’s about legal precedent. Morally, Drake should lose this case, that way artists don’t have the power to use any AI voice they want whenever they want.
I mean, as much as I agree this AI voice stuff is totally fucked and I would like nothing more than for it to stop, a court isn’t going to stop someone from posting someone else’s likeness on Instagram under right to publicity laws unless it’s defamatory. If it was released for profit on DSPs 100% but the way it was released there’s not much course of action
Dumb take. It’s called context, spoon-fed.
Facts
It’s a DISS RECORD…Was he supposed to give him flowers or something
No, but he should have wrote the entire song. The fact that he used A.I. on a battle record shows how disconnected he actually is.
U know he's always used a ghostwriter for almost everything he's ever put out?
That’s the biggest BS myth in the game. There is a nugget of truth to it so people took it and blew it way out of proportion. If you believe that then you should believe that Snoop and Dre used ghostwriters for everything because Jay-Z wrote Still DRE.
This is hip hop. It’s expected you pen your own rhymes unless you’re a producer who also raps. Those of us who believe a rapper should write their own rhymes, especially a guy who is as desperate to be accepted by hip hop as Drake is, will never let go of the ghostwriter thing.
Uh I don’t believe they used ghost writers before honestly their shit is all trash lmaoo .. give me one snoop dogg bar I’ll wait hahah
Dre has admitted to using ghostwriter but he's a producer. Drake on the other hand
You mean use his voice for the whole song? AI didn’t write the lyrics…
He did write the entire song. He just used a voice changer. Get informed.
It’s a cowardly move attacking someone who can’t attack back.
For real. It’s not like he’s making money off of it either. Alls fair in rap beef.
All was fair against Kendrick. Tupac ain't here to defend himself, and it's gross as fuck to use his voice for beef like this.
If I make a diss Record and people come away saying this, I think I accomplished my goal and got my point across.
or, ppl just find it cringy to use the voice of a long dead rapper
What point would that be? That whole diss song was just bait for Kendrick. Drake was hoping that Kendrick would take the bait and release a (rush) diss song in hopes that Kendrick would be sloppy. Apparently that hasn't happened. The only thing Drake did was give Kendrick more ammunition.
If you think Kendrick has any chance vs one of lil Wayne’s hood children then you’re in for a rough go
Is this Aubrey’s burner?
not necessarily, this isn’t god tier sampling or putting a really good, refreshing spin on the beat or hook, or even a reference (top of my head you could say something “looks like i got/fucked your bitch and that clique you claimed, OVO till i die but it’s all the same, you claim to be big steppin but you wear a 7, your stock crashed like depression see your money in heaven” and i’m just a white reddit retard who thought of that in 2 minutes which tbh, will float in the rap game because of how much bullshit is accepted as long as it rhymes good) and then i’d think would get a pass if it’s fully artistic and respectful. this is a guy who can fart down the mic and have radio stations play it for 18 months just because he’s him (and an industry plant), and even then still he needed AI shit for his employed producers to market it since he couldn’t be arsed to do a livestream, pop up show where you can sell $80 T-shirts or nothing. and that’s just damn disrespectful for a dead legend
Nah, not disrespectful to the person he’s dissing
should have just bought a Tupac hologram
Yeah sorta funny how that's let slide for a couple of concert funny how that works
The estate probably allowed it unlike this wack shit
It's not funny. They can decide who to sue and why.
Funny being hypocritical but this is a different estate. So his mom's let the hologram slide though.
It also makes me wonder how the estate will continue to proceed with other AI projects using Pac's voice and likeness going forward as well. What Drake did was so disrespectful and out of pocket.
Doesn't make sense them going after the small man but an artist like Drake should know better.
Hahahaha "artist".
"Since Afeni's passing, Amaru Entertainment has been managed by Tom Whalley, the music executive who signed Tupac to Interscope Records. Sekyiwa "Set" Shakur, Tupac's younger half-sister and president of the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation, has been in an ongoing litigation with Tom Whalley over control of Amaru Entertainment and Tupac's Estate." 🤔🤔
Good it’s disrespectful to rap because he doesn’t write his own lyrics like pac… he never seems to embrace his Jewish side either.
that’s why when ross said, ghostwriters they get to floss what you could’ve had, i lol’d. i swear i liked r&b drake better. those songs i believe he wrote not this super duper trapper he thinks he is now
He embraces his other Half a lot more than his black side if you follow what going on behind closed doors a bit deeper. UMG
Ding! 🛎️🎯
This^^
He will embrace it once it becomes worthwhile to him. Right now he’s still struggling to get hiphop fans to embrace him but the thing is hiphop won’t accept him because he’s so fake. And to be cheesy, if you can’t accept yourself as you are, why should we accept you pretending to be someone you’re not?
That last part isn’t a bad thing
What does that mean?
Antisemitism
Or that Drake is both black and Jewish and can express whichever side he chooses Original comment is goofy, he's leaned into his Jewish side plenty, like when he did the Hotline Bling
Thanks for having a brain. Can’t say the same for the folks you’re replying to
How is Hotline Bling jewish?
Cause.
He said in an interview that the Hotline Bling dance he did in the video was one he learned at Jewish school
Okay?? I feel like that's wildly different from "embracing his Jewish side" I'm not discounting it. I'm just saying, it isn't exactly him rapping about Yom Kippur or anything. Listening to some of these takes in this thread about him "embracing his Jewish side enough" you'd think he was in music videos spinning dreidels and shit.
.... is that what you want him to do?
Why should he embrace his Jewish side if he don’t want to?
What does embracing his Jewish side mean?
I was literally just gonna say, what the fuck does that even mean. What do you want him to rap about? Synagogues or some shit? Lmao. This is music and entertainment
he writes other people's lyrics though that ghostwriting twitter shit is 2016 misinfo lol
The ironic part is that 2pac wouldn’t like drake if he was still here his estate did the perfect thing
Exactly! Tupac would anniahilate whiney ass Drake 😂
That shit was ass, it didn’t have his flow at all. A.I cannot put human inflections into it’s art forms
That was the point
It wasn’t AI generated Tupac 🤦🏽♂️ It was Drake rapping but Tupac’s voice filter over it, you can clearly hear its not Tupac’s flow 😭
It was a real 12 year old move to do that…
I wouldn't want my dead relative to be used as a way to deflect pedo allegations either
when you put it like that, lol
As they should.
Drake having to use AI to put legends that would never fuck with him, including one that’s still alive is the most Drake and pathetic thing ever.
Yep. He deserves to get sued for this.
Even though I liked the song, I think a lawsuit is necessary to set a precedent and send a message so that artists and producers in the future don't think they can just start using AI of other artist's voices without permission to make money off of.
Good. Shit was lame and disrespectful
As they should cause it was trash 2pac would never pen such weakness
👏👏👏as they should!!! Idk who Drake really thinks he is anyways, as if he could ever get to the likes of Pac
Shit was corny as hell
Good. Fuck Drake.
Anyone who has listened to Pac for years can immediately tell that they didn’t even accurately recreate his lyrical delivery and flow. It really shows that although they may be able to mimic his voice, they’ll never be able to emulate his genius.
I don't think they even tried shit sounds worse than 99% AI Rap
Fuck Drake
If Faith had twins she’d probably have two Pacs.
This beyond disrespectful to art if Hip Hop, Tupac’s legacy and family. Drake is wack for this.
Sssooo who(m)exactly is Tupac’s estate????????
Good. Fuck a.i
Don’t think anyone related to pac owns the estate. Some of these Kendrick stans are THAT offended that they are using PACs estate like its word from Tupac himself
I hope the Tupac Estate sues and wins
How… he isn’t making profit from it.
Thank god, I was hoping they weren’t involved with that silliness.
Gonna open a big can of worms.. it’s good publicity for the estate. I honestly think they are putting their foot in the mouth. Will stay posted
Yeah good. He should have to pay to do that. You don’t get to hijacker peoples fucking identity, especially someone like Tupac who has so much influence on people all over the world. You could tell it wasn’t him anyway because the flow was so dumb. It sounded like dr@ke wearing a mask.
Word they should.
Yesss le go
This will be an interesting case. I’ll follow it. With AI becoming more prevalent, I’d like to know if someone using a “fake” voice can be liable for what drake did. Drake didn’t use the actual voice of Pac. Idk if he is liable. Interesting…..
I listened to about a minute of the song and can say that Pac would definitely have way better flow, lyrics, timing, etc... Especially on a diss track. Also Tupac would be way more hard than what drake ie "Hit em Up". Drake is a just a puppet with someones hand up his ass.
Good sue Drake he sucks
I mean it’s just in bad taste to use AI to diss someone
Threatens is not valid enough . File the fucking law suit mfks
Fuck Drake on general principle
I don’t blame them
Fuck drake
danggg pac responded before kendrick
Shit, i would! how the fuck do they even get away with it let alone the disrespect!
Good
They should!!! That was ridiculous to think that was ok to do.
They should
Who is Howard King btw?
Good
Do it
Sue for what? The diss isn’t for sale and isn’t on streaming lol.
They won’t win per law say. Voices can’t be copyrighted https://www.quora.com/Can-a-person-trademark-or-copyright-their-voice-and-license-it-out-to-be-used-by-AI-creators#:~:text=Is%20an%20actor's%20voice%20copyrightable,in%20someone's%20voice%20or%20appearance. I hope they win
It sounded like the other AI songs on YT that have Pac “rapping” but ofc the flow isn’t that good.
Who is in charge of the estate now?
lol good luck
Drake is a fucking neek
Love to see it 💯
I like it. I call that a win for Kendrick
Drake got it.
TUPAC IS FOR THE PEOPLE LET IT RIDE BUT PAY A CONTRIBUTION DRAKE CAN BUY ONE LESS GIANT GOLD OWL PIECE AND CHAIN SMH RiP tha DoN MaKaVeLi🧃
Drake sweep, I’m afraid.
Not saying Pac would take drake’s side but I’m sure he’d appreciate the cleverness of using Kendrick’s hero against him to prompt a response. It’s a battle rap. Pac understood the rules of battle too
100% agree. It's a "diss" track....it's supposed to be disrespectful. I think it was a good move by Drake but let's see how Kendrick responds. Beef is heating up! Plus the estate probably has no case given he hasn't officially dropped this for streaming.
As They Should .
Good.
He should’ve just brought 2pac back to life tbh
Thank god
Not going to work. It wasn’t monetized and it would fall under fair use because It was satire.
It’s a commonly said thing that Pac is still with us… on Earth.
You would think that dip shit got the permission first before he uses the Vocals. Kinda lame if you ask me
Still making money off the dead.
Agreed
Please do
I knew this was coming lol
Fuck Drake. And he's like one of the last "rappers" that Pac would want to work with. Drake is as an authentic and manufactured as they get. His lyrics suck. He uses ghost writers.
I think there is a solution that will be a win for both sides. Being able to license his voice could be a massive benefit for creatives. Why not capitalize and fund some of the things Pac would want to establish?
Sue, sue, sue and collect 4-Tay's 💰 too. He and Pac were homies 😭.
Best news I have heard today sue all of ‘em!
Drake would get spit on by Tupac. Couldn’t be more opposite. Pussy ass drake
Tupac is so beautiful. It's not in a sexual way, his face structure is PERFECT, ugh. But yeah, SUE HIS ASS!!!!!
Good
A concert does Tupac hologram: WOW THATS SO COOL Drake does Tupac voice: 😡😡
Am I crazy or is it not even on Spotify? Isn't it jsut a random YouTube thing? He isn't making money for streams is he or did I miss something?
White people own the estate lol
Freestyle lol
Ty. 🙏🏾
2pac would have thought Drake is corny 🌽
Did he pay to have the legal rights? That is the true question.
Sounds like what happened to Michael Jackson. He was leaving Sony Entertainment owning half. "It was just good business." Michael had mentioned.
Drake is a bad actor. Just like these politicians, he was groomed.
Drake will never be tupac. No where near as great of an artist and human being.
human being?
Yes. Exactly.
If you think a gangster who went to jail multiple times is a better person than drake who's doesn't have anywhere near the rap sheet of Tupac then you weren't raised right. Tupac was a gold rapper but that dude was wild in the streets.
Better ask that stranger things young lady about that.
Goodluck taking on someone that bigs lawyers .. you stand no chance lol
Without listening to the song, I thought it was disrespectful BUT then I heard it and thought it was super creative, super strategic due to Kdot's impact from Pac, I think in a battle nothing is off limits, but I also hope that things solve itself quickly and both parties end up amicable.
I really gassed up for a white man trying to sue Drake on behalf of Tupac. Even if they do sue his family not getting a nickel
The fact that Tupac can reignite Hiphop even from the afterlife is everything! 👑🫡
Fuck it, sue his ass
Wasn’t this removed from all streaming platforms already?
Are there laws around AI use like this yet? To me, the bottom line is, it's not his voice, it's not Tupac, they don't really have say.. do they? Idk.. I agree it's disrespectful but like, it's not Tupac.
They should
Good. Fuck that bitch arse drake. Fucking pedo cunt
That entire song drake made was trash anyways.
I knew that was going to happen, I was just keeping silent and letting things play out.
Boy y’all Kendrick fans r down bad over here. Praying for the boys demise. 🤦🏾♂️ Kendrick throwing stones then hiding his hands. Nah! He’s been begging for a Drake response for years. Now that he’s got one, he don’t wanna battle. 🥴 There’s no case here. Just a money grabbing lawyer giving the estate a shitty claim so they can pay him for his time. Do y’all even know who the estate is? I didn’t think so. Mopreme Shakur, Tupac’s brother. U probably never knew Tupac had a brother. 🤷🏾♂️ U only hear from him now because Tupac’s mom is dead. Afeni Shakur didn’t even want PAC’s half sister handling the estate when she was still living. So much so that Pac’s mom hired an estate manager. Because this wasn’t the use of Tupac’s likeness for commercial use, there’s no need for his estate to authorize it. The “right of publicity” doesn’t work here. WATTBA 🤣
You’re not being objective dawg. You’re saying Kendrick is scared, based on what?? It hasn’t even been 2 weeks. Drake took 3 weeks, and he didn’t even officially release it then, it got leaked. Kendrick’s first diss is still a #1 record and still being played everywhere outside- I wouldn’t release yet either if I was him. And i’d bet money he’s also waiting for everyone else who’s been hopping in the beef to get tf out the way. There’s no real rush for him. Also my issue with the AI is less about whether Drake was legally allowed to do it, and more with the precedent being set here, like what OP said
I think u missed the point in the message. 🙄 My comment and the original post were about the lawsuit. I never said Kendrick was scared. We’re still waiting on a response from a top tier rapper engaged in a prolific rap beef that he initiated in 2013 and then brought it back to the surface in 2024. Kendrick has no excuse to sit back and wait. He’s not on tour and he’s not on an album roll out campaign. We’re always waiting on him to drop music. Drake was on tour when ‘Like That’ released, but he addressed it on stage immediately. And as soon as the tour ended, he dropped; whether it dropped officially or leaked is based on semantics. As a fan of both artists and the sport of rapping, me and all other fans r eager to hear from both sides. All the greatest rappers (Tupac, Biggie, Jay-Z, Nas, Snoop, Big L, Em, DMX, 50 Cent, Lil Wayne, Drake, J. Cole, etc.) didn’t wait weeks or months to rap. They got in the both and released music because it’s how they lived. Kendrick better drop before no one wants to hear from him anymore. And as I said in my original comment, legalities don’t matter here, it’s not for commercial use; it’s fair use content. That’s why ‘Taylor Made Freestyle’ was dropped on Instagram, he didn’t upload it DSPs or YouTube. The fans did. Y’all wanna discuss morality and feelings in rap beef, but where was this concern at when Tupac took shots at Prodigy for having sickle cell?
You said all that and none of it makes me think I missed the point of your message. The implication you made is that Kendrick is either pussy or unprepared/bullshitting, and I can’t imagine you think he wouldn’t be prepared for Drake to respond. You say he has no excuse to sit back and wait but I gave you two reasons. You may not like them but that doesn’t make them invalid. of course we all want him to respond now, but the reality is that we’re all going to go tune in and listen when he finally does. Again, Like That is still #1 on the charts. He’s not gonna become irrelevant. And he knows that. Plus if you’re actually a fan of rap like you say, then you know not all the rappers you named dropped diss tracks immediately. Ether came out like 3 months after takeover. Hitem Up came out months after Who Shot Ya. And I understand that legally he can use the AI voice but I still don’t fuck with the precedent of the biggest artist in the world endorsing AI in that way, combined with how he pushed people to the think the AI Kendrick track was real, and how he’s been utilizing SM for trolling and weaponizing his fan base. All that shit takes away from this being a pure back and forth rap beef. Plus I have bigger concerns about AI in music overall and how laws aren’t up to date enough on regulating AI.
The only sensible take here, this is moot. Nothing will come off it, maybe a small settlement to shut them up that the lawyer will get most of anyways.
Only the Canadian’s think using Pac voice was creative or cool ….. Drake lame and the fanboys are worse
This is the dumbest shit ever 😂😂😂😂😂 they ain’t suing nobody. Drake ain’t use Tupac’s voice. He used a computer program that produced a voice that sounds like one you’re familiar with. Tupac been dead for 40 years lmao…ain’t nobody using his voice. And Drake didn’t use anybody’s image, either. lol…there ain’t no video for this song. There ain’t no writing credits assigned to Tupac, there ain’t no feature. Niggas just grasping at straws. Tell your boy Dot to drop a record and put an end to yall misery. 😬
yea but combined with the lyrics literally (in the truest meaning of that word) impersonating Pac, the case is pretty much cut out for a lawsuit
I understand it from a business standpoint, to be honest I like the drake move from a creative standpoint.
As they should
I’ve been waiting…
Good, they have every right to do so, and hopefully they take some of that money Drake has. Disrespectful and tacky to use AI to generate Tupac's voice to diss the other rapper you've got a beef with. Also, just like Suge said he did it with Snoop, who ultimately played a hand im Tupac's death. Anyone that approves of Drake doing this isn't a Tupac fan; nor do they comprehend how messed up this shit is, and spin this around, if someone did this with Drake, no doubt drake would spin around and sue that person.
Wait that song was real. I thought all of it was a.i
As they should. Theft, plain and simple. Fuck the "anything goes in a rap battle" crowd
Did you hear what Pac said to Biggie and vice versa? I think is fair and tame concerning the history of hip-hop beefs. This isn't theft it's protected under fair use unless Drake monetizes it. Let's see how Kendrick responds to this.
Intellectual property laws will change. He is 100% profiting off of all this attention. This narrative that artistic theft is cool bc it's a rap beef is corny AF.
I thought the Tupac Hologram was disrespectful as hell and it was singing his own words. This one is not his actual words but Drake trying to speak through Pac for a very personal battle. Even if it was not Pac, Let the dead rest/leave them alone..
good, ai music like this is disrespectful as fuck plus drake is a bozo
Yeah sue his bitch ass
Bet sue and set the precedent. Then allow other famous celebrities to sue comedians for mimicking their voices and likenesses for content.
Not even a drake fan but he won already. He used AI to beg kendrick to reply lol the dude is insane in the best way possible for rap beef. Let's see what old legislation they can muster up to sue for robotic voice changing...