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Sheryl Crow slams ‘hateful’ Drake for using AI-generated Tupac in Kendrick Lamar diss: ‘You cannot bring people back from the dead’

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Sheryl Crow called Drake “hateful” for using an AI-generated version of Tupac Shakur’s voice in his Kendrick Lamar diss

Sheryl Crow slams ‘hateful’ Drake for using AI-generated Tupac in Kendrick Lamar diss: ‘You cannot bring people back from the dead’

Sheryl Crow called Drake “hateful” for using an AI-generated version of Tupac Shakur’s voice in his Kendrick Lamar diss “Taylor Made Freestyle.”

“You cannot bring people back from the dead and believe that they would stand for that,” she told BBC in a new interview.

“I’m sure Drake thought, ‘Yeah, I shouldn’t do it, but I’ll say sorry later’. But it’s already done, and people will find it even if he takes it down,” the “Soak Up the Sun” singer, 62, added.

Sheryl Crow at the Grammys On The Hill in 2024.
Sheryl Crow called Drake “hateful” for using an AI-generated version of Tupac Shakur’s voice in his Kendrick Lamar diss “Taylor Made Freestyle.” Getty Images for The Recording Academy
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“You cannot bring people back from the dead and believe that they would stand for that,” she told BBC. Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock
Sheryl Crow signing a wall in 2024.
The “Soak Up the Sun” singer said what Drake did was “antithetical to the life force that exists in all of us.” Europa Press / MEGA

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“It’s hateful. It is antithetical to the life force that exists in all of us.”

Amid Drake’s highly publicized beef with Lamar, the “Hotline Bling” rapper released “Taylor Made Freestyle,” which included AI-generated voices of Shakur, who was fatally shot in September 1996, and Snoop Dogg.

Throughout the song, Drake — born Aubrey Graham — rapped using the voices as he talked down on Lamar, who has called both West Coasts rappers his inspirations.

“Nephew, what the f–k you really ’bout to do? / We passed you the torch at the House of Blues / And now you gotta do some dirty work, you know how to move, right? Right?” Drake said using Snoop’s voice.

Drake going to his Barclays Center co<i></i>ncert in NYC.
Amid his highly publicized beef with Lamar, the “Hotline Bling” rapper released “Taylor Made Freestyle,” which included AI-generated voices of Shakur and Snoop Dogg. Rick Davis / SplashNews
Drake at an NBA game in 2022.
Throughout the song, Drake rapped using the West Coast rappers’ voices as he talked down on Lamar, who has called both emcees his inspirations. Getty Images
Tupac Shakur.
A lawyer for the Shakur estate sent a cease and desist letter to the “One Dance” emcee, demanding that he immediately remove the song from streaming services. Getty Images
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Prominent entertainment lawyer Howard E. King, who represents the Shakur estate, sent a cease and desist letter to the “One Dance” emcee, demanding that he immediately remove the song from streaming services.

In the letter, King called the song “a flagrant violation of Tupac’s publicity and the Estate’s legal right” and “a blatant abuse of the legacy of one of the greatest hip-hop artists of all time.”

“The Estate would never have given its approval for this use. The unauthorized, equally dismaying use of Tupac’s voice against Kendrick Lamar, a good friend to the Estate who has given nothing but respect to Tupac and his legacy publicly and privately, compounds the insult,” he added.

Drake, 37, subsequently removed the song and later addressed the controversy in another diss track to Lamar, 37, blaming him for the late rapper’s estate seeking legal action.

Tupac Shakur.
In the letter, attorney Howard E. King called the song “a flagrant violation of Tupac’s publicity and the Estate’s legal right” and “a blatant abuse of the legacy of one of the greatest hip-hop artists of all time.” The LIFE Picture Collection/Gett
Drake at an NBA game in 2022.
Drake subsequently removed the song and addressed the controversy in another diss track to Lamar, blaming him for the late rapper’s estate seeking legal action. Getty Images
Kendrick Lamar performing in 2017.
In turn, Lamar spoke about Drake’s “disrespect” towards the deceased “California Love” rapper on his latest No. 1 hit, “Not Like Us.” Amy Harris/Invision/AP

In “Family Matters,” the Toronto native rapped, “A cease-and-desist is for hoes, can’t listen to lies that come out of your mouth / You called the Tupac estate and begged ’em to sue me and get that s–t down.”

In turn, Lamar spoke about Drake’s “disrespect” towards the deceased “California Love” rapper on his latest No. 1 hit, “Not Like Us.”

“You think the Bay gon’ let you disrespect Pac, n–a? / I think that Oakland show gon’ be your last stop, n–a,” he rapped.

(By/Tamantha Ryan)
 
 
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