Drake used artificial intelligence-generated voices of Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg to pressure Kendrick Lamar on his new song “Taylor Made Freestyle.” Drizzy also fired at K-Dot before shutting down the track.
Drake uses Tupac Shakur and Kendrick Lamar’s artificial intelligence voices to call out Kendrick Lamar in new song
Around midnight on Friday and running through Saturday (April 20), Drake took to Instagram to release a new song aimed at Kendrick Lamar, titled “Taylor Made Freestyle.” The Toronto superstar is taking hip-hop into uncharted territory, not only attacking Kenny with a new diss song, but also using artificial intelligence technology to fuel his ongoing battle with K-Dot. Drake features a computer-generated version of Snoop Dogg and verses from the late Tupac Shakur.
The song opens with a deepfake version of Tupac, imploring Kendrick Lamar for West Coast hip-hop in response to Drake’s recently released diss track “Push Ups.”
“Kendrick, we need you, savior of the West Coast,” a Tupac resemblance can be heard in the opening lines of Drake’s new song below. “If you handle this viciously, your name will be etched in hip-hop history/You seem a little nervous about all the publicity/Fuck this Canadian skinny, Dot.”
Later, AI Snoop Dogg’s voice can be heard sharing similar emotions through lyrics presumably created using artificial intelligence.
AI Snoop raps: “Nephew, what the hell do you wanna do? / We pass the house of blues torch to you, now you gotta do some dirty work / You know how to move, right?”
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Drake implores Kendrick Lamar to respond in ongoing rap war
Following the futuristic reworking of the two hip-hop icons, Drake bats his ass on “Taylor Made Freestyle.” He also asked Kendrick to hit back.
“Why aren’t you in the box?” Drake asked in rhyme. “Feel like you’re kind of removed/You try to let it go, no, no, no, not this time, n***a/You stay the course/I guess you need another week to figure out how Improvements/took so fucking long, we’re waiting for you.
Elsewhere in the song’s third verse, Drake hinted that Kendrick Lamar hasn’t dropped the new “Drizy” diss just yet to make room for Taylor Swift, who dropped her on Friday (April 19 )’s new album “The Tortured Poets Department”.
“Now we gotta wait a week ’cause Taylor Swift is your new top/If you’re gonna give up, she has to approve/This girl really wants you to act like there’s no argument/She’s tailor-made for you with Ant Gold If you follow the schedule, you will be out of the circle.
Kendrick first criticized Drake and J. Cole on Future and Metro Boomin’s song “Like That,” which appeared on their We Don’t Trust You album. Drizzy drops revenge track “Push Ups.”
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Drake uses artificial intelligence to track down fake Kendrick Lamar Diss tracks
Drake’s unprecedented use of artificial intelligence comes just two days after an artist named Sy The Rapper was responsible for using the groundbreaking technology to create a diss song about 6 God that went viral this week. Using software to replicate Kendrick Lamar’s voice, Sy showed off his step-by-step process for creating the fake song on Instagram. It has not been confirmed that Sy actually produced the song.
Listen below to Drake Press’ Kendrick Lamar talk about his new song, which features artificial intelligence versions of Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg.
Listen to Drake Diss Kendrick Lamar’s “Taylor Made Freestyle,” featuring AI verses from Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg
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