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Unauthorized Use of AI to Replicate Tupac Shakur's and Snoop Dogg's Voices in Drake's 'Taylor Made Freestyle'

Occurred
Apr 19, 2024
Published
Apr 25, 2024
Source
AI Incident Database

Summary

Drake released a song, "Taylor Made Freestyle," featuring AI-generated voices of Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg. The unauthorized replication of Tupac’s voice without the estate's consent led to a cease-and-desist order.

Developers

  • Deepfake technology developers

Deployers

  • Drake

Harmed parties

  • Tupac Shakur
  • Estate of Tupac Shakur
  • Snoop Dogg

Classification

Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%

Rationale: Unauthorized voice cloning of deceased artists led to legal action and cease-and-desist order.

Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8

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