Sheryl Crow called out Drake after he infamously used Artificial Intelligence to generate the voice of Tupac Shakur without the estate's permission.
In a BBC interview, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer voiced her strong opposition to using Artificial Intelligence in music. Crow specifically called out Drake's move in using Tupac's voice in "Taylor Made Freestyle," his diss track against Kendrick Lamar.
"You cannot bring people back from the dead and believe that they would stand for that. 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. It's hateful. It is antithetical to the life force that exists in all of us," Crow pointed out.
Shortly after Shakur's estate issued a strong legal reaction to the song, Drake removed it from streaming platforms, but a version of the song stayed on the internet.
Crow's distrust of Artificial Intelligence in music stemmed from an incident where a producer replaced her vocals with John Mayer's voice.
"I know John and I know the nuances of his voice," Crow told the outlet. "And there would be no way you'd have been able to tell that he was not singing that song."
Crow has been at the forefront of advocating for stricter and tighter regulations on using artificial intelligence in music.
"AI will impact everyone's lives - songwriters, truck drivers, school teachers, everyone. I'm hopeful that AI will help us solve many of the world's problems and ease suffering, but we need ethical boundaries in place to help ensure that. Congress needs to act now, and we need to be diligent," Crow wrote in a column on The Hollywood Reporter.
Crow was one of the many 200 artists in the music industry who signed an open letter to technology companies imploring them to "Stop Devaluing Music."
In a published petition against AI music-generated technology, megawatt A-listers in the music industry like Crow, Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry, Billie Eilish, and Miranda Lambert have signed an open letter urging creators to practice using the technology responsibly.
"We, the undersigned members of the artist and songwriting communities, call on AI developers, technology companies, platforms and digital music services to cease the use of artificial intelligence to infringe upon and devalue the rights of human artists," the letter wrote. "Make no mistake: we believe that, when used responsibly, AI has enormous potential to advance human creativity and in a manner that enables the development and growth of new and exciting experiences for music fans everywhere."
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