Jermaine Dupri has known as out the one who created a pretend Kendrick Lamar diss music utilizing AI.
The So So Def founder took to X (previously Twitter) on Thursday (April 18) to react to Sy The Rapper outing himself because the mastermind behind the viral observe, which contained pictures at Drake and J. Cole.
Alongside a screenshot of a Complicated headline that reads: “How a 23-Yr-Outdated From LA Fooled The Web With an AI Kendrick Lamar Diss Monitor,” Dupri added his personal unfiltered commentary.
“That is the dumbest most irresponsible factor I’ve seen in years, Hip Hop is simply too harmful and Hip Hop has all the time gone in opposition to pretend shit,” he wrote.
That is the dumbest most irresponsible factor I’ve seen in years, hip-hop is simply too harmful and Hiphop has all the time gone in opposition to pretend shit pic.twitter.com/mbS1JxIkcn
— Jermaine Dupri (@jermainedupri) April 18, 2024
The pretend music, titled “One Shot,” initially surfaced on-line on Monday (April 15), though it was instantly met with skepticism from listeners.
DJ Dahi, who has labored in depth with Kendrick Lamar, tweeted: “Man we dwell in a bizarre time, AI diss tracks!! we want Google authentications to verify all this shit is actual or not lol.”
The confusion was settled the next day when Sy The Rapper posted a video on social media exhibiting how he made the music.
In his interview with Complicated, Sy stated he thought it could be apparent that the observe was pretend.
“I believed individuals have been going to know that it was AI,” he stated. “Though it did sound actual, it gave the impression of an outdated model of Kendrick Lamar.
“It didn’t sound like his extra up-to-date fashion, at the very least in my view. The fashion sounded sort of dated, so I simply thought that might be a giveaway, however apparently it wasn’t.”
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“I used to be going to make a Drake observe first, however his observe leaked, and I didn’t actually get round to doing it,” he added, referencing Drizzy’s “Push Ups.”
Sy The Rapper additionally defined how he got here up with the “One Shot” lyrics and why he in the end determined to come back clear in regards to the music.
“I simply needed to place myself in Kendrick’s sneakers, and it didn’t appear to be Kendrick would come out swinging for the kill, contemplating that the [Drake] music was a ‘leaked’ observe,” he stated.
“[Drake’s leaked diss song] didn’t formally drop. So I used to be considering extra so within the mindset of, ‘If I’m Kendrick, I wouldn’t need to present my hand too early, since this music has been leaked and it’s not an official drop, so I can’t simply come out swinging. I’ve bought to come back out with form of a warning shot.’
“I actually didn’t suppose it could have an effect on something, however after I noticed that narrative, I’m like, ‘Nah, I can’t simply let that rock,’ as a result of that’s simply not the reality. That’s what made me debunk it.”
Drake has since launched “Push Ups” on streaming providers, whereas Kendrick has but to reply.
