Ice Cube joins the list of artists who are against the use of artificial intelligence in music. The LA legend was the recent guest on Full Send Podcast for an interview with Kyle Forgeard and friends.
During the conversation, the rapper/actor was asked about the ongoing trend of using AI to make music with other artists’ voice, like the recent viral Drake and The Weeknd song ‘Heart on My Sleeve’. “I don’t wanna hear an A.I. Drake song,” he said at around the 50-min mark. “Yeah, I don’t wanna hear that bullsh*t. He should sue whoever made it.”
“A.I.’s coming for you too, bro,” the hosts told Cube. “And I’mma sue the muthaf**ka who made it and the people and the platform who play it,” he replied. “It’s like a sample, you know what I mean? Somebody can’t take your original voice and manipulate it without having to pay.”
“I think A.I. is demonic [and] I think A.I. is going to get a backlash from organic people,” he added.
While many artists are against AI technology, Timbaland took AI’s help to create his dream collaboration with Biggie. “I always wanted to work with Big and I never got a chance to until today. It came out right,” said Timbaland. The song’s preview featured Ai-made Biggie raps over the original Timba beat, where he mentions other late rappers like Young Dolph, Pop Smoke and Nipsey Hussle.
