Sheryl Crow thinks Drake’s AI, which bears a resemblance to Tupac Shakur, is disgusting

Sheryl Crow thinks it’s “hateful” that Drake uses the image of Tupac Shakur’s artificial intelligence in “Taylor Made Freestyle.”

Sheryl Crow criticizes Drake for using an AI version of Tupac Shakur on “Taylor Made Freestyle”

In an article published by the BBC on June 21, singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow expressed her very idiosyncratic stance on the increasing use of artificial intelligence in the music industry. At one point in the conversation, in which the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member describes AI as a “slippery slope,” Crow specifically criticizes Drake for embracing this controversial practice.

She takes great offense to the Toronto megastar’s use of a computer-generated verse from the late Tupac Shakur to call out Kendrick Lamar on “Taylor Made Freestyle” last April. In fact, she believes the progressive yet shocking diss track should never have seen the light of day.

“You can’t bring people back from the dead and think they’re going to tolerate it,” Sheryl Crow says of Drizzy’s now-deleted AI song. “I’m sure Drake was thinking, ‘Yeah, I shouldn’t do it, but I’ll apologize later.’ But it’s already happened and people are going to find it even if he takes it down. It’s hateful. It’s the opposite of the life force that’s in all of us.”

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Drake’s use of artificial intelligence on “Taylor Made Freestyle” was a bold move

Drake released “Taylor Made Freestyle” featuring AI versions of Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur via Instagram at the beginning of his feud with Kendrick Lamar last spring. To provoke a reaction from K-Dot, who was remarkably quiet about the feud at the time, the 6 God penned verses in the style of the two West Coast icons. In the following track, fake versions of the two can be heard imploring Kendrick to respond to the attacks Drake threw at him in the diss track “Push Ups.”

While many in the hip hop scene found “Taylor Made Freestyle” creative and entertaining, others found the bold move disrespectful to Tupac’s legacy and dangerous for the rap game. Snoop himself gave the track a subtle nod of approval, but on the other hand, Drake was forced to remove the unauthorized song less than a week after its release. The song’s removal was prompted by the threat of a lawsuit from Tupac Shakur’s estate.

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Check out how Drake used AI-generated verses from Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg in his Kendrick Lamar diss track “Taylor Made Freestyle” below.

Hear Drake’s artificial use of similarities to Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg in “Taylor Made Freestyle”

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